Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, a reimagining of 2013's Assassin's Creed 4, is set to launch on Thursday 9 July, with preloads already available for those wanting to download ahead of time. The rollout is staggered and varies by platform, so the exact release time depends on whether players are on PC or console and where in the world they are.

On PC — including GeForce Now — the game unlocks globally at a single moment: 10 a.m. EDT, which is 3 p.m. GMT in the UK and midnight AEST for eastern Australia on 10 July. On console, it instead goes live at 12 a.m. local time in each time zone, with no early access for Pacific-time players. Some try the "New Zealand trick" on Xbox or the PS5 New Zealand store to start sooner, though this requires a New Zealand-based account and account-swapping. Preloads are live on Windows PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X, and the large file size makes preloading advisable.