Ubisoft ended up again in the sights of his community, and this time to end up in the spotlight is Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, one of the most loved chapters of the entire saga.
In these hours, the Steam page of the original game of 2013 (which you find on Amazon) has received a series of mysterious updates that have nothing to do with corrective patches or ordinary maintenance.
In fact, completely new features have appeared, such as personalized volume controls, the possibility of modifying the difficulty, free saves and other modern options never present in the original version.
And these additions have unleashed a wave of concern: according to many users, there would be the first concrete signals that Ubisoft could replace the original game with the remake, for some time at the center of insistent rumors.
To make everything even more disturbing is the temporary unavailability of the standard version of Black Flag on the Steam store, which suddenly became not purchasable without any official explanation.
This behavior has turned on the fear that Ubisoft is testing the land to completely remove the original title from digital sale, replicating a strategy already seen in the past with other companies, and which has raised many criticisms in terms of videogame preservation.
The thought that one of the symbolic games of the PS3/Xbox 360 era can be replaced silently, without any possibility for players to choose which version to own or replay, is something that many fans are not willing to accept.
In the general silence of the company, the signals speak for themselves. The changes that appeared on the page do not seem the result of an accidental mistake, but of a precise strategy in place.
It remains to be understood if Ubisoft will publicly clarify his intentions or if he continues to move in the shade, risking to definitively compromise the relationship with the most passionate and careful part of his fanbase. Also seen that the Black Flag remake would be almost certain.