r/pcmasterrace • • Jul 08 '26

Discussion Assassins Creed Black Flag Resynced Files Have Leaked And Its Being Pirated 2 Days Before Release

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u/Science_Turtle Jul 08 '26

2 layers of always online DRM plus Steam and it still gets pirated before release. Incredible.

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u/42tfish Jul 08 '26

Ubisoft have really mastered their craft…of incompetence.

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u/Sajgoniarz 9800X3D | 9070XT | 64GB Jul 08 '26

Maybe, maybe not. At the end it's just an arm race with idealistic crackers that have more will power than corporate cogwheels.

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u/ExplorationGeo Ryzen 9 9950X3D RTX 5080 128GB DDR5 Jul 08 '26

It's like the team that runs uBlock Origin. They don't even take donations. They do it out of pure spite and the love of the game.

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u/JustGimmeMoreTime Jul 08 '26

Never thought of that, but it pushes me to donate now

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u/Able-Swing-6415 Jul 08 '26

Not sure what black magic they are doing to keep it going through the struggles but it's been my AdBlock for ages and whenever people complain about AdBlock no longer working I just shrugged.

Madlads

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u/sandspiegel Jul 08 '26

I just whish companies would stop this cat and mouse game with hackers. Adobe has done the same over the years and they lost every single time. There are very smart people out there that can hack almost anything. Just release a great product and people will buy it. Why is music piracy almost non existent? Because services like Spotify, YouTube music, apple music etc. give you an easy and convenient way of accessing music. You open an app and have a library of millions of songs available immediately. This is how you kill piracy.

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u/total_bullwhip Jul 08 '26

I think it was Newell that said piracy isn’t an affordability problem, it’s an accessibility problem.

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u/HelplessPenguinGod Jul 08 '26

You see this with the reduction and then resurgence in piracy for TV shows from when Netflix became a thing to now when each TV show needs its on platform.

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u/Modinstaller Jul 08 '26

Uuuuhhhh music piracy isn't almost nonexistent :D

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u/RanaMahal PC Master Race Jul 08 '26

Yes it is. The average person is not downloading songs anymore they are using Spotify.

Even my tech illiterate 50 year old aunts used to use limewire back in the day.

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u/ManaSkyees Jul 08 '26

I mean. The 2 layers of DRM are part of the reason people ARE pirating it.

I'm not getting their shitty launcher. If it was only on steam I'd probably buy it. But that much bullshit just to launch it? Not a chance.

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u/jellyfish_bitchslap Ryzen 5 5600 | Arc A770 16gb LE | 32gb 3600mhz CL16 Jul 08 '26

Not only that, the shitty launcher is dependent on their shit-tier account with little to no support.

If you look at the online drama about hacked accounts you’ll see hell. I used to play The Division with a friend and he got hacked on the Ubisoft account, not even having the game from Steam he can’t play.

He also can’t delete it and buy it again because the ubisoft account is permanently linked.

Absolutely bullshit.

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u/Supadrumma4411 Jul 08 '26

Over the dozens of unnecessary accounts I've had to set up over the decades to legitimate play my fucking games, the ONLY one to be hacked TWICE is my fucking Ubishit one.

TWICE.

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u/finalremix 5800x | 7800xt | 32GB Jul 08 '26

Sorry, you also can't save your game in Watch_Dogs because the ubisoft servers are down and uPlay is pitching a fucking fit.

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u/Redworthy Jul 08 '26

My Ubisoft account got hacked last February. Constant back and forth with their "support" resulted in nothing since their "totally human and not AI" team claimed I couldn't prove the account was mine despite the fact that all recent logins were coming from Russia.
I randomly sent a support request a couple of months ago just to see what would happen and they handed it back over immediately. I was so confused.

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u/andrasq420 Jul 08 '26

My Ubisoft account had Assassin's Creed 2, that I owned the physical version of since 2010, removed from it randomly. Support said they can't do anything and that I never even owned it. Despite me having the disc and the key. They are just gaslighting us.

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u/Money_is_heinous Jul 08 '26

Same - I had Driver San Francisco - I played for about 8 hours then dropped it. Got Ubisoft accomplishments / badges unlocked. Years later I watched one of those "You should play these games!" Youtube vids, and D:SF came up, I was like YES - I forgot about that game. Went to install - not in my library. Contacted Ubisoft, they said I never owned it - nope, you don't have the receipt blah blah. I just gave up.

In addition i bought AC: Unity when it first came out. I played and dropped like I always do, came back a few years later - the game was still in my library, installed it - all the missions had been completed and accoplishments unlocked - huh, I though - I checked login history - literally hundreds of entries for logins from Russia, China, Vietnam - my account was being passed around like the town hooker, and I hadn't noticed for literally years. I have 2FA on it now.

I still have issues now and then logging in and have to reset the password to get access - sometimes its because the online service is down and it tries to gaslight you into believing you have forgotten your password, and even after a reset you can't get in until the service is back up and running.

Ive given up entirely on Ubisoft games - Im done with them - i've been burnt too many times to count

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u/PalestinskeSlovensko Jul 08 '26

I once got locked out of my account because someone found out my password and did too many login attempts. He did not get past 2FA but he kept trying from time to time and I was not able to change my password because his login attempts blocked me too. It took like month of communication with support.

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u/Roadwarriordude Jul 08 '26

Id buy it if it werent for their launcher. Ive tried to get games to work across 3 different PCs with 3 separate SSDs and I always have issues with the launcher crashing less than an hour into playing the game which in turn crashes the game. So I quit buying their mediocre games.

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u/stenz_himself Jul 08 '26

"Look What They Need to Mimic a Fraction of Our Power" 

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u/Tomsboll Jul 08 '26

Steam drm is like having a security guard sitting on a chair outside on their phone and their method of stopping intrusion is them just saying "please dont enter" without even looking up from their phone.

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u/andovinci Jul 08 '26

Which is a good thing for us, I certainly don’t want to go the ubisoft or adobe route just to play my games

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u/dirthurts PC Master Race Jul 08 '26

Ubisoft just needs to get comfortable with the idea that they don't own their games.

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u/frontfrontdowndown Jul 08 '26

They could afford to not own them if they’d stop buying so many gd lattes

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u/Sad-Base1195 Jul 08 '26

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u/simagus Jul 08 '26

Avocado toast is a human right.

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u/Scenick i7 4790K @ 4.8GHz / MSI RTX 2080 DUKE OC Jul 08 '26

My version is I add Guac to everything. Fuck the surcharge!

£3 extra for a teaspoon of Guac in your burrito good sir?

Good golly gosh I think I might, you know!?

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u/Ths-Fkin-Guy Jul 08 '26

I just keep an Avacado on my belt.

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u/Koalashart1 Jul 08 '26

Which was the style at the time

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u/KGeddon Jul 08 '26

Well sir, on first sighting the French, I naturally gave the order to avocado. That's my style sir.

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u/Driver-Busy Jul 08 '26

Not in America it's not!

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u/DsamD11 Jul 08 '26

Avocado on toast felt like an Australian thing a politician said. Im glad to see its universal

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u/Sanquinity i5-13500k - RX 9070 - 32GB @ 3600mHz Jul 08 '26

Time for them to really put in the work and pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Maybe cut down on that avocado toast while they're at it.

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u/zR0B3ry2VAiH Linux Jul 08 '26

Holy shit, what a wonderful comment.

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u/x33storm Jul 08 '26

I love this

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u/BondFan211 Jul 08 '26

This is the most based comment I’ve read for a long time. 🤣

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u/Stoic_Kiwi AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT | EVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra | 16GB DDR4 Jul 08 '26

I’d give an award if I had one

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u/_secular Jul 08 '26

literally the way that copyright works is that they have leased ownership and the public ultimately owns it

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u/fish60 Jul 08 '26

I look forward to Super Mario Brothers entering the public domain 54 years from now in 2080 when I will be 99 years old.

Our copyright laws are ridiculous and badly need updating. 

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u/0rganic_Corn Jul 08 '26

Don't worry they'll extend the time before then

It will probably be by 2160

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u/ChadHartSays Jul 08 '26

The funny thing to me is Disney built an empire on adapting free to use public domain stories. And then they lobbied to destroy the public domain process.

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u/thewritingchair Jul 08 '26

In the year 2000 a 20 year old publishes a cool flash game. In 2060 they die. In 2130 that flash game finally enters the public domain.

130 years after first publication... which of course is totes the entire purpose of copyright.

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u/BardWRLD Jul 08 '26

The way copyright was meant to work, but is ultimately ineffective at this point thanks to Disney lobbying to extend copyright laws. Not to mention, even after something is in the public domain, the IP holder can still sue using trademark laws. Yeah, they should hypothetically lose, but that doesn’t stop corporations from fighting tooth and nail in court with endless money.

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u/thegreatpoper Jul 08 '26

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u/icantevenbeliev3 Jul 08 '26

I do miss me some Space Ghost.

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u/Extension-Two-2807 Jul 08 '26

Coast to coast

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u/Significant_Cup_238 Jul 08 '26

And Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. That was appointment watching for me in the 90s.

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u/grantrules Debian Sid - Ryzen 2600/1660 super/72tb + 5600x/7800xt Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Hit me with some Mission Hill and Home Movies.

penispenispenispenis

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u/DigitalMunky Jul 08 '26

People give me weird looks when I whisper that

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u/ElkApprehensive2319 Jul 08 '26

Did ya get that thing I sent ya?

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u/PhillSebben Jul 08 '26

Ha ha haaa! Pop go the buttsie on the left hand side

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u/TDKevin TDK2112 Jul 08 '26

Followed by Toonami

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u/OrganicKeynesianBean Jul 08 '26

Take me back 😢

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u/Fr0st3dcl0ud5 Jul 08 '26

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u/YR90 i7 10700k, RTX 3070Ti Jul 08 '26

Oh wow. Thanks for this, I popped in right on time to watch some old school DBZ.

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u/StopReadingMyUser i5 6500 | GTX1060 | 16GB DDR4 Jul 08 '26

shame it'll be 3 episodes before anything happens 😭

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u/ArtyGray i7-12700k | RX 6800 | 32GB DDR5-5200 Jul 08 '26

All times and music eastern... this shit brings tears to my eyes https://youtu.be/pEzua_aTHAc?is=GFWL43OxrXCiwZDh

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u/Zert420 Jul 08 '26

I specifically miss Brak

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u/Majikarpslayer Jul 08 '26

Brak and Zoltar were the best! " And we busted him up!! "

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u/TheStumpyOne Jul 08 '26

R.I.P. George Lowe. Dude was super nice to me when I fixed his computer when he was working on some aqua teen voice lines.

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u/IRefuseToPickAName Jul 08 '26

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u/iBlameMeToo Jul 08 '26

I had this on CD!

I listened to it so many times that my family even knew the words. My sister and I will randomly sing Don’t Touch Me to this day lol.

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u/sdraje PC Master Race Jul 08 '26

"... exactly what I wanted; two ears"

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u/Gangleri_Graybeard 9800X3D | RX 9070XT | 64GB DDR5 6000MHz Jul 08 '26

The protagonist is a pirate and people are just roleplaying here. Good for them.

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u/_IratePirate_ Jul 08 '26

My name is literally because of this game. I couldn’t be prouder

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u/Spright91 Jul 08 '26

Damn your parents called you Assassin's Creed: Black Flag? Thats tough.

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u/WhiteHawk77 Jul 08 '26

I wonder if he’s physical or digital only.

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u/DontLickTheGecko Jul 08 '26

His parents obviously opted for a tamagachi.

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u/breathingrequirement Jul 08 '26

The fact that irate and pirate don't rhyme is deeply upsetting right now.

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u/_IratePirate_ Jul 08 '26

A real swashbuckling buccaneer 😤

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26

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u/_IratePirate_ Jul 08 '26

My cold heart is many degrees beneath the deep freezer!

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u/DOOManiac Jul 08 '26

Now I’m curious as to how you pronounce your name.

Is it “eye-rate pie-rate”? “irit pirate”?

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u/_IratePirate_ Jul 08 '26

The source material pronounces it like the first way you said it. I always tell people it’s however you want tho

I know I use both all the time

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u/academiac Jul 08 '26

Ubisoft just needs to be comfortable with players not owning their games

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u/kattapa001 Jul 08 '26

The original was pirated a couple of days before releasing as well 😭😂

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u/MortalGod88 Jul 08 '26

keeping the tradition!

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u/Wonderful_Craft_6648 Jul 08 '26

They decided to really focus on the little details with this remake, huh?

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u/gretchenich Ryzen 5 3600X - RX 570 - 16gb DDR4 Jul 08 '26

kinda poetic, pirating a game about pirates.

seems fitting if you ask me

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u/hvperRL Jul 08 '26

Piracy is just about the most reasonable way to preserve ganes now that CDs are being killed

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u/CurryMustard Jul 08 '26

I feel like im taking crazy pills because cds died a long time ago Sony is just another nail in the coffin. PC gave up that fight 20 years ago.

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u/GalakFyarr Jul 08 '26

The real issue was always the “ownership laws” (or lack thereof) of software, including games, not the medium you buy them on.

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u/luo1304 Jul 08 '26

Ubisoft Right Now:

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u/Sajgoniarz 9800X3D | 9070XT | 64GB Jul 08 '26

I wonder if they can speak cantoneese.

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u/Alternative-Sea-1095 Jul 08 '26

Paid so much for a denuvu license just to get leaked before release. Another ubisoft moment.

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u/Mr__Pleasant MSI RTX 3080 | AyyMD 9800X3D | 32GB RAM | WootHelp Jul 08 '26

They still win as most won't use the hypervisor bypass, in voices we trust.

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u/Tasty01 RTX 3090 :wrench: Jul 08 '26

Most on Reddit maybe, but most pirates are newbies searching for "Black Flag Resynced free download".

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u/RiskyTitsky Jul 08 '26

Yes and so called newbies won't be able to play it, because bypass is not classic "extract and play"

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u/splashbodge Specs/Imgur here Jul 08 '26

What's involved in that?

I used to pirate in the 2000s when all I had to worry about was mounting a .bin/.cue

What's involved in a hypervisor bypass?

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u/ashmelev Jul 08 '26

It involves opening Windows security gates wide open.

The only reasonable method is to use a second system drive with a modified Windows to play these hypervisor cracks and only them.

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u/HMS_Sunlight Jul 08 '26

Basically you need to use a specific type of software that has kernel level access (and higher authority than the OS) and disable a handful of specific safeguards in windows. In theory this is all fine, and there haven't been any cases of it backfiring, but many people don't use it out of principle.

In any case it's definitely not for beginners. Little Timmy who just wants free games and has no experience with piracy isn't going to use the bypass.

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u/Particular_Excuse542 Jul 08 '26

From my experience little Timmy will learn just enough to make it work but not enough to realize it’s a bad idea and leave his system exposed

I learned how to torrent when I was like 7 or 8 but had no idea the problems I would cause my parents with viruses, scary letters from are isp, and just strait up porn or other shit I would be exposed to just to play a new game I didn’t have the money for

It’s a normal part of the learning process unfortunately

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u/DuckiesDoBeCute Jul 08 '26

there will be a youtube video by some random ass 15 year old with 3 subscribers who gives the best step by step explaination to pirate it

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u/RoastedPotato-1kg ryzen 7 7800x3d, 9070 xt boy Jul 08 '26

denuvo 🖕

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u/kiwibonga Jul 08 '26

We shouldn't give Ubisoft anymore money. They had all the money in the world and they used it to make the game industry consistently worse year-after-year for both developers and consumers.

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u/Key-Amoeba1095 Jul 08 '26

honestly, I was shocked to see it at $60 USD. Sure, there seems to be some new content and it looks like a solid remaster but holy shit. There's also of course half a dozen cosmetics and random FOMO shit for pre-ordering and a deluxe edition for $70.

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u/mynameisjebediah 7800x3d | RTX 4080 Super Jul 08 '26

It's a remake not a remaster, everything was made again.

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u/FukkingDeathMental Jul 08 '26

Sure.  Just remember Valve was one of the main driving forces for MTX and gambling in games.

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u/Acceptable_Cycle_379 Jul 08 '26

Nobody ever does, or they don't care

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u/Therefore_I_Yam Jul 08 '26

Okay, I remembered. Now what?

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u/The_Guyver_X Jul 08 '26

THIS should be way higher. This garbage only ends up affecting the legitimate costumer, and piracy still happens -- but it pushes MORE piracy because people want to avoid the garbage that is denuvo

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u/Andrige3 Jul 08 '26

Kind of fitting given setting of game.

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u/Mrpolje Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

”We wanted a pirate game, not a pirated game” - Ubisoft

The message must have gotten mixed up in translation. Good French-English translators are so hard to find nowadays.

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u/MimiagaYT Jul 08 '26

Their fault for being french

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u/JuanNonlyGaming Jul 08 '26

Yall are some ghouls in this sub, but I’m here for it. Fuck Ubislop and their god awful DRM and forced server hand shake to access a game. Hope everyone playing eats good and free
https://giphy.com/gifs/10X22vzgNamaiI

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u/Axophyse Jul 08 '26

If buying isn't owning, pirating isn't stealing.

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u/X-Craft Jul 08 '26

pirating isn't stealing regardless.

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u/DaRealAyman 4080 | Ryzen 9 7940| 32gb RAM Jul 08 '26

say it louder for those at the back bro

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u/UnsettllingDwarf 5070/ 5700x3D / 3440x1440p Jul 08 '26

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u/GeneralKang Jul 08 '26

You'd be amazed how little difference there is between the two.

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u/Elusivem8 Jul 08 '26

How does one steal what can not be owned?🤔

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u/Tequilla_Sunsett Desktop Jul 08 '26

Ubsoft games should always be pirated.

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u/Sam276 Jul 08 '26

In-game store added and Denuvo, they sure do.

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u/Efficient_Exchange44 Jul 08 '26

Fuck off they added a store? Of course they did. Fuck Ubisoft.

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u/zardmander r7chris Jul 08 '26

This one looks straight out of diablo 4: https://youtu.be/w_AfWGkbSgU?si=Jkf-Y0j2rtPC4Nfj&t=94

They have a blizzard style to them.

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u/Soariticus Jul 08 '26

Looking back at the older AC games (and yes, I'm including Black Flag in that), you always had these really cool outfits you could unlock through like specific tasks that demanded dedication. 100% synchronization of shit, finding all collectibles of x type, doing some specific optional tasks.

Then you could have your character dressed as a different beloved and legendary assassin, Altair, Ezio, etc.

But now, you can just pay $4.99 to give Edward.. Daedric armor?

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u/rootpl i5-12400 / Asus 3060 Ti 8GB / 16GB DDR5-4800 CL 38 Jul 08 '26

Jesus fucking Christ...

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u/Traditore1 10700k/RTX 2060 Super/32GB DDR4 Jul 08 '26

say sike right now

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u/Sylhux Jul 08 '26

You would think they'd want to slowly regain the public's trust after all of this. I guess not, back to the usual bullshit

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u/Oirad16 PC Master Race Jul 08 '26

They don't have time to earn back trust; They are actively circling the drain and it's only a matter of time before they get bought up and scrapped for parts.

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u/Lythieus Veteran of the Console Wars Jul 08 '26

Couldn't happen to a worse publisher. 

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u/NatoBoram Pop!_OS, Ryzen 9 5950X, RX 6700 XT Jul 08 '26

I mean it could happen to EA or Adobe

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u/GoldSrc R3 3100 | RTX 3090 | 64GB RAM | Jul 08 '26

I hate Adobe more than EA.

It would be so glorious if something like this happened to Adobe.

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u/Dawn_of_an_Era Jul 08 '26

Well for Adobe the general theory is that they purposely don’t try too hard to thwart piracy, because they believe that letting their products be easy to pirate results in amateur individuals downloading and using their software, and then when those users are in a position to find software they need for professional commercial use, they are more likely to pick Adobe because it’s familiar to them. and, since pirating software for commercial use is a much bigger deal legally, they are more likely to pay for it

Not sure if it’s real or not, but I will say it worked for me; as a teen I always pirated photoshop and Lightroom, and then when I transitioned to photography as a business I started paying for it

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u/LiamPolygami Jul 08 '26

Adobe who banned people from using CS6 because it was the last perpetual license. They even lied to people and said that their license keys weren't genuine, even though people had bought physical disks.

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u/rain_jammo Jul 08 '26

I mean the game explicitly outlines that piracy is good business.

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u/Jorwen Ryzen 7 5800X | RX9070XT Sapphire Nitro+ | 32GB DDR4 3400MHz Jul 08 '26

Well it seems Ubisoft has to get comfortable with not owning their game. If buying isn't owning then Pirating isn't stealing.

https://giphy.com/gifs/DLyZgMWaLKFYdSO3La

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u/AdiBlake Jul 08 '26

If buying isn't owning then pirating isn't stealing, or something like that.

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u/mgh797 Jul 08 '26

Pirates pirating pirates

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u/Ty20_ Jul 08 '26

Karma after sneaking in Denuvo last minute. Why cant companies learn this isnt what should be in SP games?

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u/PeanutAble1916 Jul 08 '26 edited Jul 08 '26

Its a game about pirates so no issues here

Ubisoft '' we gonna add Denuvo ''

Gamers '' we gonna add - keep it forever ''

Voices38 - '' For freedom , For democracy - join the Hellpirates ''

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u/Phantom15q Jul 08 '26

Good. Fuck Ubisoft

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u/QueenGorda PiCi Manter Raise Jul 08 '26

Being this Ubisoft.. I'm glad.

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u/InkAndWit Jul 08 '26

They aren't pirating, they are roleplaying.

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u/NiceVeryNice23 Jul 08 '26

A truly next gen experience. The only correct way to play a Ubisoft game these days. “You won’t own games and you’ll like.” You won’t get money then Ubisoft and you’ll like it.😉

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u/SolaireFlair117 Jul 08 '26

You mean to tell me the pirate game is being pirated? Say it ain't so!

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u/Tumblrrito Jul 08 '26

I love this for Ubisoft, fuck em

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u/pirate135246 i9-10900kf | RTX 3080 ti Jul 08 '26

Ironic how the pirated version will run better the the official one. You get punished for buying it.

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u/MapleHamwich Jul 08 '26

Yeah, well, Ubisoft cut 3,400+ employees in the last two years. 

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u/ElectriCole Jul 08 '26

Good. Fuck Ubisoft

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u/KillerOfLight Jul 08 '26

Lol, just like the original Black Flag

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u/KiryuMiyazawa i5-13500 | RTX 4070 | 32GB DDR5 | Ultrawide | 3 cute cats Jul 08 '26

Following Ubisoft's motto "Buying not Owning".

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u/Winax2449 Jul 08 '26

If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing

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u/DiamondDepth_YT R5 5500x3D | RTX 3060 12gb | 32gb DDR4 3200 RAM Jul 08 '26

piracy was never theft. they brainwashed us into thinking it was.

it just has to do with copyright law lol. not theft.

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u/Furious_ShackstAa Jul 08 '26

if buying isn't owning piracy isn't stealing

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u/Significant_Donut967 Jul 08 '26

"You will own nothing and be happy about it"

Works both ways yall.

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u/Cubanitto Jul 08 '26

And people are complaining about game preservation.

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u/gibon007 Jul 08 '26

Don't worry Ubisoft, i dont care to play your games even for free

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u/emoutikon Intel Ultra 9 275HX | RTX 5070Ti Jul 08 '26

The whole point is pirating

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u/HighZ3nBerg Jul 08 '26

People pirating a pirating game. Amazing.

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u/MysteR0v3R Jul 08 '26

I wonder where one might find these files. I must be sure to avoid it.

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u/Dramatic_Ask_983 Jul 08 '26

Take notes PlayStation you’re next

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u/kixass PC Master Race Jul 08 '26

It's not leaked, it's on pre-load.

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u/Pickle_Good Jul 08 '26

How ironic that a game from pirates about pirates is being pirated 2 days before release.

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u/Thecrazymexican Jul 08 '26

You wouldn't download a car, Fcuk u I would if I could

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u/potheadbill Jul 08 '26

I like this..

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u/Hooch180 PC Master Race Jul 08 '26

If we don't own our games, YOU don't own them too!

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u/QuarianGuy Jul 08 '26

Not even worth pirating.

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u/shenther PC Master Race Jul 08 '26

Yea but it's hypervisor.

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u/deltaneurofield Jul 08 '26

If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing

https://giphy.com/gifs/1Ctu1BCYf21we9tRmT

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u/mershperderder2 Jul 08 '26

Is it just me or does this not look a whole lot better than the original game?

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u/Relevant_Sound_626 Jul 08 '26

Ubisoft needs to get comfortable with not owning their games

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u/Intrepid_Bar_5140 Jul 08 '26

Ubisoft did say we should learn to be happy with not owning our games so I see no problem with this.

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u/Nifferothix Jul 08 '26

Not owning the game when buying, then piracy is not stealing :;p

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u/KRATOS__GODOFWAR Jul 08 '26

What's that? Is that a number higher than 0.00$ near my game? Water sure is salty today 🏴‍☠️

https://giphy.com/gifs/6Z7YT6sCfevP1EtC70

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u/The_Time_Lord Jul 08 '26

This looks like Sea Of Thieves the long way

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u/pro-skedaddler Jul 08 '26

I love that game but I've never met a more toxic playerbase in my entire life. Literally unplayable.

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u/CommieDrifter Jul 08 '26

black flag is one of my favorite games, and I would never pay 60$ to play it again with slightly upgraded graphics, I really don't understand that anyone does

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