Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced launched on Steam at 32%, but shamed Shadows with 95 thousand online players — a series record
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced launched on Steam with 32%, but shamed Shadows with 95 thousand concurrent players — a series record
After console players slipped in at midnight, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has finally landed for the PC lot — boyar corsairs, assemble. Ubisoft pushed out a launch trailer. The remake was worked on by no fewer than eleven studios (Canada → Philippines, e.g.), and Steam reacted fast: roughly 1 hr after launch concurrent users climbed past ~99,000 — a series high (for comparison, Shadows managed ~65,000). That number was still rising as this was written.
Yet the release isn’t all fanfare: review scores sit at a mostly negative 32%. The issue seems less technical than social — Chinese players are livid, claiming they were forced to wait while certain local streamers/bloggers were allowed early play, i.e., a 3-day head start. The backlash has clearly dented the public score, giving the launch a messy aftertaste despite the traffic spike.