Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™

Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag is the original 2013 release, still available on Steam. The store description and short description both explicitly frame it as "the classic pirate action-adventure game from 2013," confirming this listing represents the original, long-completed product. All DLC for this game — including the Freedom Cry expansion and various cosmetic and mission packs — shipped years ago, and there has been no indication of any new content being added to this original version. The most notable recent development is that Ubisoft launched *Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced* on July 9, 2026 — a full ground-up remake of the game built on a modern engine with new content, features, and enhancements. This remake is a separate product on Steam and does not represent new content for the original listing being evaluated here. The Ubisoft franchise update from March 2026 also confirms the studio's focus is on entirely new projects (Codename HEXE, Codename INVICTUS, etc.), with no mention of updates to the original Black Flag release. The original game's content has been complete for over a decade. The Freedom Cry DLC, the last major content addition, released on December 12, 2013 (as a standalone expansion it also released separately in February 2014, but it shipped as DLC for the original game in December 2013).