A Game About Pirates, Pirated — Black Flag Resynced Leaked Two Days Before Launch
TL;DR
Ubisoft's Black Flag Resynced ships today, but a fully playable pirated build has been circulating since July 7 after DenuvOwO bypassed Denuvo.
Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced ships worldwide today, July 9, 2026. It has been playable via pirate sites since July 7, after the preload build leaked and a group called DenuvOwO bypassed Denuvo anti-tamper at the hypervisor level.
The leaked build did not come from Steam. It came from Ubisoft Connect, the publisher's own launcher. "Ubisoft allowed preload and didn't encrypt for Ubisoft Connect or just Ubisoft+ subscription users. It's a mess up," Reddit users wrote while piecing the incident together. Once the preload was live, the DRM bypass followed within hours.
The PC crack was preceded by a separate leak. Nearly four hours of gameplay footage, reportedly captured on a PlayStation 5 Pro at 4K/60fps, appeared on the Chinese video platform Bilibili before the July 8 review embargo lifted. The footage covers the opening chapters of Edward Kenway's storyline. Outlets tracking the leak point to review-code recipients and internal Ubisoft channels as the likely origin.
Resynced is a ground-up rebuild of the 2013 original on the latest Anvil Engine, launching on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Ubisoft's own product page frames it as a rework of naval and stealth systems with new content exclusive to this version, not a resolution patch. Ubisoft has not issued a public statement on the leak as of this report.
A game about Caribbean pirates got boarded before its own ship left port. The most-liked comment under the leak threads is one line: "Game about pirates getting pirated before release."
via Vice / Notebookcheck / Ubisoft
The leaked build did not come from Steam. It came from Ubisoft Connect, the publisher's own launcher. "Ubisoft allowed preload and didn't encrypt for Ubisoft Connect or just Ubisoft+ subscription users. It's a mess up," Reddit users wrote while piecing the incident together. Once the preload was live, the DRM bypass followed within hours.
The PC crack was preceded by a separate leak. Nearly four hours of gameplay footage, reportedly captured on a PlayStation 5 Pro at 4K/60fps, appeared on the Chinese video platform Bilibili before the July 8 review embargo lifted. The footage covers the opening chapters of Edward Kenway's storyline. Outlets tracking the leak point to review-code recipients and internal Ubisoft channels as the likely origin.
Resynced is a ground-up rebuild of the 2013 original on the latest Anvil Engine, launching on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Ubisoft's own product page frames it as a rework of naval and stealth systems with new content exclusive to this version, not a resolution patch. Ubisoft has not issued a public statement on the leak as of this report.
A game about Caribbean pirates got boarded before its own ship left port. The most-liked comment under the leak threads is one line: "Game about pirates getting pirated before release."
via Vice / Notebookcheck / Ubisoft
