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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, layoffs and Ubisoft Connect outage

gamingJul 13, 202642354

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced arrived as a triumphant relaunch that coincided with troubling company news: Ubisoft Barcelona reportedly laid off 51 employees who worked on the project. Shortly after release many PC players found the single-player title temporarily unplayable when Ubisoft Connect suffered an outage, even though the company had promoted offline playability. Players and streamers celebrated Edward Kenway, the Jackdaw and the game’s refreshed cinematic moments and shanties, while a promotional one-of-a-kind PC prize surfaced alongside coverage praising the remake. The release hit major commercial highs, with posts citing two million copies sold on day one and 99,451 concurrent Steam players, plus a top Twitch ranking.

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