Ubisoft may be going back to Damascus with an Assassin's Creed 1 remake following Black Flag Resynced

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has been officially revealed, and fans are ecstatic about exploring the golden age of piracy again. We covered a report earlier this month that another Assassin's Creed remake was supposedly in the works, with rumors pointing towards an earlier installment in the series. A new leak suggests that Ubisoft may be going all the way back to Damascus for the next remake.

The leak comes from @xjØnathan on X (formerly Twitter), stating that an Assassin's Creed I remake is in the works. There is not much else to go on here, but the leaker claims that the original source is someone within Ubisoft. However, this lines up with the earlier report from Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson, who claimed that another Assassin's Creed remake (after Black Flag) was already in the works.

Ubisoft also gave us an update on the roadmap of Assassin's Creed early last month. Head of Content, Jean Guesdon, stated that multiple projects were currently in progress, including the mainline game codenamed Hexe, a PvP multiplayer experience known as Invictus, and a AAA mobile game currently known as Jade. These projects are all moving at different speeds; however, as we recently saw with Assassin's Creed Hexe losing two directors in two months.

It was also strongly rumored that Ubisoft was testing the waters with Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, and that the possibility of future remakes would depend on the response to the project. However, it is likely that Ubisoft decided to push ahead swiftly with the AC1 remake, given the largely positive reception of the AC Black Flag Resynced reveal.

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Regardless, if there is one mainline Assassin's Creed game that deserves a complete remake, it's the OG one. The 2007 classic is quite outdated by today's standards, both in graphics and gameplay mechanics. Newer fans of the franchise often struggle with the mechanics of AC1, so it will be great to experience the story of Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad again, but with improved graphics and polished gameplay.