Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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One of the most beloved series entries in the Assassin's Creed franchise, Black Flag's Resynced revamp is one of the biggest technological upgrades we've seen, bringing all of the refinements seen in Assassin's Creed Shadows and even improving on them in some cases. In this detailed tech breakdown, Oliver goes inside the Anvil Next engine, showing you the key systems in action via developer visualisation, how they're radically revamped over the original, before providing the outlook on the PS5 game. We'll be looking at all versions in our next video with PC optimised settings to follow.

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00:00 Overview
00:57 Environment assets
03:13 Character rendering
04:38 Lighting and ray tracing
09:12 Water rendering
10:34 Gameplay changes
12:42 PS5 mode overview and performance