Sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches and, credit where it's due, Ubisoft eventually leaned into the fact that its Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake became, in the publisher's own words, "the worst-kept secret in gaming."
The remake's existence was revealed ahead of time by countless leaks: everything from age rating boards to anonymous sources to its own lead actor, Matt Ryan—who then said he wouldn't be saying any more because "the company threatened to sue me." It got leaked by the existence of a statue. Twice.
