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Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag Steam update sparks more remake speculation, but hold fire, sailor

Update: Ubisoft have confirmed that these updates to Black Flag et al were just rejigging of Steam pages "to reflect each game's accessibility options" in line with the new accessibility tags Steam introduced in June. So, everyone can most definitely put their tricorns away. Sadly, the publisher didn't explain what makes cameras comfortable.

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Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Remake chatter has started reverberating around the decks of the internet again recently, like a mighty sea shanty that Ubisoft won't say much about.

With folks keener for new info than they are booty, an update to the original Black Flag's Steam backend is the latest thing to fan the Remake speculation flames, but before you get excited about it, it's worth bearing in mind that a bunch of other Assassin's Creed games got similar tweaks yesterday.

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