Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced star says "this ship has had more leaks than a worn-out hull" ahead of Ubisoft reveal showcase, but he was part of the problem

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Ubisoft will soon satisfy our swashbuckling souls with its Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced reveal showcase later today, April 23 at 12pm EDT / 6pm CEST, though the surprise is slightly spoiled by a refrigerator's worth of leaks. Black Flag voice and motion capture actor Matt Ryan is part of the problem, having told a fan in 2025 "you might have to beat [the game] again," but at least he seems to be in good spirits when he admits it.

Ubisoft posted a teaser video on Twitter starring Ryan, who also played Black Flag's hard-bitten hero Edward Kenway in the original 2013 game. He acknowledges in the clip, "Now, this ship has had more leaks than a worn-out hull – but the real treasure is still below deck."

That's somewhat hard to believe since, only this week, Black Flag Resynced has had price leaks suggesting the standard game edition will cost $59.99 / £49.99, plus in-game footage leaks showing off what looks to be seriously impressive graphics. That wasn't the case for some other, unfortunate screenshots of gameplay and a cutscene that got passed around casually online, like table salt, but Ubisoft quickly chimed in to say the images were real, just "from an old internal version of the game."

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So Ryan continues in his teaser video, "It's only a few hours left before we show you what we've been cooking, so make sure you tune in, lads. It's almost time to set sail again. I'll see you there." I get it, he's keeping it vague, pretending to be relaxed, since Ubisoft allegedly threatened to sue him over his past Black Flag tease.

Soon he'll be free from some of that pressure, since gaming's "worst-kept secret" will be officially out. You can watch the Black Flag Resynced livestream on Assassin's Creed and Ubisoft's official YouTube channels – where some people are already convincing themselves there's a shadowdrop on the way.

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Ashley is a Senior Writer at GamesRadar+. She's been a staff writer at Kotaku and Inverse, too, and she's written freelance pieces about horror and women in games for sites like Rolling Stone, Vulture, IGN, and Polygon. When she's not covering gaming news, she's usually working on expanding her doll collection while watching Saw movies one through 11.

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