Four hours of AC Black Flag Resynced gameplay leaked at 4K/60 FPS on PS5 Pro
Three days before Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced launches on July 9, a YouTube channel broke Ubisoft's embargo and published four uncut hours of gameplay recorded at 4K/60 FPS on PS5 Pro. The footage, posted by Skill Games (YouTube), covers Edward Kenway's opening hours — his first fight with an Assassin, early sea battles, Havana's streets, and the pirate hub of Nassau. If you're deciding whether to buy, the review embargo doesn't lift until July 8 at 3:00 AM PT, leaving a narrow window to act on critical verdicts before launch day.
What's in the remake
The game is a full rebuild on Ubisoft's Anvil engine, not a remaster. Key changes include ray-traced global illumination, micropolygon rendering (finer geometry detail without pop-in), and instant load times across all platforms. The Abstergo office sections from the 2013 original are gone, replaced by optional, more dynamic present-day story sequences. New characters and cutscenes expand the narrative beyond the source material.
Combat and naval mechanics have been reworked throughout. The leaked footage shows the updated systems in practice across the game's opening stretch.
PS5 Pro vs. base PS5
The hardware split matters here. As detailed on the PlayStation Blog (June 29), PS5 Pro gets extended ray tracing across all three graphics modes — Performance, Balanced, and Fidelity — plus PSSR upscaling and strand-based hair rendering. On base PS5, ray-traced reflections are restricted to Balanced and Fidelity modes only, and Fidelity targets 30 FPS rather than 60.
The leaked footage confirms the PS5 Pro's Performance mode hits 4K/60 FPS in practice, which is what Ubisoft has been targeting.
The embargo problem
Resynced launches at $59.99 (standard edition; UK pricing is £49.99). A Collector's Edition is available at £174.99 in the UK. No multiplayer is included, and the original DLC does not carry over.
The review embargo lifting just 24 hours before launch is the tighter issue. Pre-orders placed before July 8 morning go in without any professional verdict to reference. The leaked gameplay fills some of that gap — though four hours of raw footage isn't a substitute for a full review covering performance stability, bugs, and the complete back half of the game.
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced releases July 9 on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.
