In light of an alleged brand new figurine of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag protagonist Edward Kenway popping up on online marketplace Vinted, Ubisoft has taken to social media to offer its own comment. While far from an outright announcement, confirmation or even denial, the company, through its Assassin’s Creed Twitter account, chose to post an image featuring the classic opening moment from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with protagonist CJ saying “Ah, s***, here we go again.”
The response is obviously a tongue-in-cheek one, and doesn’t really reveal much. However, the fact that the company isn’t outright denying any of the rumours might indicate that it is simply playing along to add marketing hype to the inevitable announcement of the Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag remake.
The figurine was first spotted by Twitter user j0nathan, who quickly posted about it on social media. “A guy on Vinted is selling a completely new Edward Kenway figurine and claims it would be released this year,” they wrote (via machine translation). “Knowing that the Black Flag remake was supposed to come out in less than 2 months, could this be the official figurine from the game?”
Ubisoft’s own post was in response to Assassin’s Creed fan account Zephryss, who wrote “This might be the new Edward Kenway figurine for the Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake. A guy on Vinted is selling a brand new Edward Kenway figurine and claims it’s releasing this year,” alongside pictures of the figurine.
As we reported earlier this week, the pictures didn’t really reveal anything about who might have made the figurine. However, considering comments from last year, licensed merchandise maker Play Arts might have some involvement with it.
A couple of hosts during a Play Arts livestream indicated that a remake of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag might be in the works. While they didn’t reveal many details, they noted that “something is going on with Edward”.
“Assassin’s Creed fans out there, you should be aware that there is something going on with Edward [Keyway]”, said one host in response to the live chat asking about new Black Flag figures. The other host quickly chimed in by asking “wait has that been announced?”
“I think so, I’m pretty sure I saw rumors about it. No, I definitely saw an article about it”, responded the first host, who would go on to note that, “there’s going to be something going on with Edward, and our PVC 1/8th scale statue will reflect that accordingly.”
The remake of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag—believed to be titled Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced—was originally rumoured for release on March 19. However, plans have seemingly changed, with a recent report saying it has been pushed back to next year. While reasons behind this delay are unknown, the source of the report believes it could simply be a matter of the developers needing more time to polish it up.
Rumours have also been fuelled thanks to music from Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag getting reuploaded onto the Ubisoft Music YouTube channel. However, considering Ubisoft’s recent corporate overhaul, the remake might have been one of the titles affected by delays.
