Three years after reports of an Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake first surfaced - and amid a mounting stack of evidence pointing to its imminent arrival - Ubisoft has finally made its worst-kept secret official.
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Apple today released iOS 18.7.6 for older devices, addressing an issue that caused some older iPhones in Australia to be unable to connect to emergency services. According to Apple's release notes, the update fixes an issue that was preventing the iPhone XS and iPhone XR from properly connecting to emergency networks in Australia. This update addresses a mobile network issue for iPhone XS models and iPhone XR when establishing a connection to emergency services in Australia. Australian mob...
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Learn how to unlock the Merchant's Tale Variant Dungeon in Final Fantasy 14, introduced in patch 7.45, and how to access every route.
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Jason Schreier’s comments sparked conversation in the PC space, but a nod from Xbox’s former vice president has added fuel to the fire.
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Streamlined versions of D&D 5th edition rules and a character sheet covered with pictures are meant to make the TTRPG more accessible.
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When cooking pizza with the high heat of an outdoor oven, you have to rotate your pies to ensure even cooking. That’s usually done by hand, but Ooni’s latest accessory automates the process. The company announced the Rotating Stone for its Koda 2 lineup, which helps distribute heat evenly across the surface of a pizza so that it’s consistently cooked all the way around. Ooni says its Rotating Stone has a mechanism around its perimeter rather than a central pivot. According to the company, this t...
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At the start of February, OpenAI upgraded its Codex coding app to give it the ability to manage multiple AI agents. At the same time, it released a standalone macOS app. If you've been patiently waiting for Windows to get that same treatment, OpenAI just released a dedicated Codex app for Microsoft's operating system. The Codex app is now on Windows.Get the full Codex app experience on Windows with a native agent sandbox and support for Windows developer environments in PowerShell.https://t.co/V...
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Ubisoft drops news on Assassin's Creed games Project Hexe and Project Invictus, as well as the future of co-op and AC Jade.
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Ubisoft has officially confirmed that it's working on a remake of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. This remake has been rumored for years. After all, the 2013 original is one of the most beloved entries in the franchise. The official title is Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, and that's about all we know for sure. The company released some concept art but it's just protagonist Edward Kenway hanging out on a boat. Reports have suggested that this will be a substantial remake, with visual and ga...
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Turns out a marketing team genuinely believed that Super Meat Boy, an iconic platformer, would sell below the sequel to a pinball game.
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CS:GO was subsumed into Counter-Strike 2 a few years ago, but now it has its own Steam page again.
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"I wish we could redo that project and just stitch the maps together."
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Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart investigate a murder in Nebraska in the forthcoming HBO Max series, Lanterns.
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Players will do anything for housing decor.
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Apple is looking to gain a foothold in the more budget-friendly end of the laptop market with the MacBook Neo. The system starts at $599, which is darn inexpensive for an Apple laptop — it even has the same starting price as the M4 iPad Air. As such, the MacBook Neo should help Apple compete with cheap Windows laptops and Chromebooks. Pricing it at $499 for educational use won’t exactly hurt either. Apple is really lowering the cost of entry for those looking to pick up a new MacBook here. The b...
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Earlier today we began tracking the first pre-order offers on the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, and now the MacBook Neo has joined in at Best Buy. If you pre-order the new low-cost MacBook Neo at Best Buy, you'll get a free $25 Best Buy gift card after purchase. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Best Buy. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. In order to get the deal, you need to pre-order any MacBook Neo mo...
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Apple today released macOS Tahoe 26.3.1, a minor update to the macOS Tahoe operating system that came out last September. macOS Tahoe 26.3.1 comes three weeks after Apple launched macOS Tahoe 26.3. Mac users can download the new software by opening up the System Settings app and navigating to the Software Update section. According to Apple's release notes for the update, it adds support for the new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR. Apple has also released a firmware update for the new d...
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Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how third-party app stores and alternate billing systems will be handled by Android. Some of these tweaks were proposed as part of the settlement the company reached with Epic in November 2025, but rather than wait for final judicial approval, Google is committing to revamping Android and the Play Store publicly. The biggest change is to how Google will collect fees from developers publ...
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Apple today released a new firmware update for the Studio Display and Studio Display XDR, two products that aren't set to launch until March 11. The Studio Display Firmware 26.3 update is only for the new Studio Display options, and it is not available on the older model. Studio Display firmware can be updated by connecting the display to a Mac and going to System Settings > Software Update. Pre-orders are available for the Studio Display and Studio Display XDR as of today. Prices start at $1,59...
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Apple today provided public beta testers with the third release of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.4 update for testing purposes. The public beta comes a week after Apple seeded the second beta. After signing up for beta testing on Apple's beta site, public beta testers can download the updates using the Software Update section in the settings app for each update. macOS Tahoe 26.4 includes several new features. The Compact tab layout has been reimplemented in Safari for those who missed having the ...
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Apple today released iOS 26.3.1 and iPadOS 26.3.1, minor updates to the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 operating systems. The software comes three weeks after Apple released iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3. The new software can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by going to Settings > General > Software Update. According to Apple's release notes, the update adds support for the new Studio Display and Studio Display XDR, and it includes unspecified bug fixes. Apple is also beta testing iOS 2...
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The Legend of Khiimori is a surprisingly detailed horse courier sim that I'm actually loving more than just in solidarity with my horse girl gamer friends.
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Well, the secret - if, indeed, you can call it that - is finally out, and Ubisoft has officially confirmed Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced.
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Humble Games' library has returned home, so to speak. Indie publisher Good Games Group (GGG), led by former Humble leaders, has acquired the full back catalog of over 50 Humble Games titles from Ziff Davis. Alongside the purchase, GGG has rebranded to Balor Games, positioning itself as a force in "triple-I" gaming. "For the developers we have worked with over the years, this moment is a reunion," Balor Games CEO Alan Patmore wrote in a statement. "[It has] the same leadership and the same commit...
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Game Freak has already considered a Flying-type Eevee, and leaks refer to new monster types and mechanics that could justify a new Eeveelution
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Just a week after we asked if it had been buried at the bottom of the sea, the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake has been confirmed.
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Crimson Desert, the successor to Pearl Abyss' wildly successful MMORPG Black Desert Online, revealed its upcoming game more that six years ago.
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Marathon and Arc Raiders are more similar than you think, so why am I a chilled robot scrapper in one and bloodthirsty in the other?
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Pokémon cards now dominate PSA grading, surpassing sports cards as Pikachu leads a new era of collectibles.
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Hear your teammates both in-game and IRL thanks to the open design of these compact and secure-fitting gaming earbuds from Asus.
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Well it's about time. Ubisoft has finally acknowledged the terminally leaked remake/remaster of Assassin's Creed Black Flag, appropriately subtitled 'Resynced'. In a franchise update, Head of Content Jean Guesdon provided news on projects Hexe and Invictus, the former being a proper narrative driven mainline entry in the series, and the latter a PvP title from the For Honor team at Ubisoft Montreal. It sounds like Hexe is still quite a way off, with the team looking to "be quiet for a while long...
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"Keep your spyglass on the horizon."
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Ubisoft have released a broad update on the future of Assassin's Creed, with thoughts from new head of content Jean Guesdon. It doesn't tell us much, but it doesn't tell us nothing. At the very least, it's not another layoff announcement. Firstly, don't believe the scuttlebutt about their Assassin's Creed multiplayer project, Codename Invictus, which is "progressing steadily" in the hands of some For Honor veterans. It's not some kind of Fall Guy house party malarkey, whatever the rumour-mongers...
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Following the implosion of Humble Games in 2024, two of the label's former heads have bought it back and rebranded it in the process.
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Arc System Works, the studio best known for its stellar fighting games including the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series, has unveiled its latest endeavour: a simian-themed card game that's brilliantly titled Goritaire. It's out very soon too, coming to PS5, Switch, iOS, and Android in a couple of weeks.
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