- Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced director Richard Knight says staff have “DLC ideas”
- He explains that the main game is the team’s focus right now and doesn’t know whether the Freedom Cry DLC will get a remake
- Knight also revealed that New Game Plus is in development
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced game director Richard Knight has revealed that staff on the development team have downloadable content (DLC) ideas, but is uncertain whether the Freedom Cry expansion will get a remake.
In an interview with YouTuber JorRaptor, Knight was asked if the team is actively exploring additional post-launch content, such as a remake of the DLC Freedom Cry, which is set 15 years after the main game and stars Edward Kenway’s friend and quartermaster, Adéwalé.
While Knight acknowledged that the 13-year-old DLC is beloved not just by fans but by the team, plans for the game’s future are uncertain. He explained that it’s focused on updating the base game for now, but revealed that team members do have “DLC ideas.”
“The reception has been amazing, but it’s still so early right now,” Knight said. “I know some folks on the team have DLC ideas. We need to balance those out with our future and then updating the core game.”
“But beyond that, I just want to say our focus with Black Flag remake has always been Edward,” he added. “He’s the kind of heart soul of the original game, and so you know maybe there could be more to tell there too.”
The director couldn’t comment further on plans or on a potential DLC, only that the team has its hands full right now.
In the same interview, Knight also confirmed New Game Plus is in the works, but couldn’t offer a release date.
“This is the one thing I can say: Yes, we’re working on that right now,” Knight told JorRaptor. “For sure. It’s one of the first things. Partly because Shadows has already built their version, so it’s considered a low-risk feature for us. We’re still doing the work, so I can’t promise exactly a day or anything, but we’re definitely working on this one. It’s just such a natural thing.”
When asked if the Shadows‘ New Game Plus made it easier for the Black Flag Resynced team to add the feature to the game, he joked that Simon Lemay-Comtois, associate game director of Shadows, “did the hard work” of introducing it in the first place, and it gives the Black Flag Resynced team “something to look at.”
“We have different challenges in terms of how that works,” he said. “We can’t skip to the hideout, necessarily. But we’re looking into it.”
On the possibility of the game having extra rewards for New Game Plus, like in Shadows, Knight suggested the game is still in early development, but, “If it’s up to me, yes.”
“There’s still production discussions about what we can do and how much time it takes,” he said. “Every item we make needs a model. Sometimes it needs cloth sim. All sorts of things.”
In terms of a release date for the mode, he added, “I really can’t promise anything – just to say it’s at the top of the list of things. There’s a lot of things. Some are harder than others, but it’s something we definitely want to get done.”
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced is now available on PS5, Xbox Series X and Series S, and PC.
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