Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag: Guild of Rogues

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, the upcoming remake of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, will give players the option to completely disable the HUD at will.

The spitting image of the game I remember, despite how much it's actually changed.

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced looked impressive in a new hands-on gameplay preview. Read Polygon's AC Black Flag Remake preview.

Later this summer, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced will give players a chance to revisit the age of pirates. But there's a real treasure worth $500,000 waiting for at least one lucky player, thanks to a new contest held by Ubisoft and Unsolved Hunts.Gold & Crystal - The Lost Treasure of Edward Kenway--which is named after Black Flag's lead character--has been designed to be "a unique and immersive pirate experience." The prize awaiting at the end of this journey is a chest that has a replica crystal skull from Black Flag, as well as gold coins that have been minted with the game's log

There are always the usual questions when a remake for an already-beloved game gets announced. What about it is actually new beyond the visual upgrade? Why is this specific title getting the remake treatment and not another game in the same series? And, most importantly, why remake this older game in a different engine, with new recorded voice lines, different gameplay, and reimagined characters and storylines, when all of the time and resources to do all of that could be used on a brand-new game?That last one in particular kept ringing in my head during a preview event for Assassin's Creed Bl