A dataminer has seemingly uncovered a scrapped, half-finished cutscene buried in Murderer’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, and the precise look of a personality named Miko greater than implies that stated cutscene may have served as a teaser for some type of Murderer’s Creed III prequel.
Sadly, you’ll be able to’t at the moment watch the video for your self, as Ubisoft allegedly simply issued a copyright strike in opposition to it. The scrapped cutscene in query, which was uncovered by Sliderv2, options Edward Kenway strolling right into a bar and conversing with Miko. For context, Miko is the co-founder of the British Brotherhood of Assassins, which primarily featured in Murderer’s Creed: Syndicate. After Miko states that he “put out a name to the broader Brotherhood,” the scene then cuts to Adéwalé.
Whereas the looks of Adéwalé would possibly lead you to imagine that that is teasing one thing associated to Murderer’s Creed: Freedom Cry, which was initially included in Murderer’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s season go in 2013, customers on the r/GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit pointed out an fascinating discrepancy within the unused cutscene’s dialogue. Coincidentally, stated thread was “eliminated by Reddit’s filters” similtaneously Sliderv2’s video was hit by Ubisoft.
The cutscene opens with Miko telling Edward that “The king is lifeless.” Murderer’s Creed Black Flag Resynced ends in 1722, and Freedom Cry begins in 1735–the identical 12 months that Edward canonically dies. Which means the one “King” Miko could possibly be referring to right here is George I of Nice Britain, who died in 1727.
Sadly, the video was taken down by Ubisoft itself. pic.twitter.com/Ph64siuPrq
— Sliderv2 (@Totocko97) October 12, 2026
As for why this would possibly indicate that Ubisoft is planning some type of Murderer’s Creed III prequel, that half is easy: Haytham Kenway, Murderer’s Creed III’s antagonist and the son of Edward Kenway, was born in 1725.
Coincidentally, the one particulars we have now about Edward’s life throughout this 1725-to-1735 interval come from the book Murderer’s Creed: Forsaken, which is an in-universe diary of Haytham’s life, and it barely covers the last decade between Haytham’s beginning and Edward’s dying. Which means it’s free actual property so far as the Murderer’s Creed canon is anxious. Plus, there’s one other fascinating wrinkle that ties this altogether: Haytham personally assassinates Miko throughout Murderer’s Creed III’s prologue.
After all, as a lot as this all does slot collectively very neatly, Ubisoft will need to have lower this for a superb cause. So far as I can inform, this cutscene wasn’t current within the recordsdata for the unique 2013 launch of Murderer’s Creed IV: Black Flag, which might imply it was created particularly for Murderer’s Creed Black Flag Resynced…solely to finally find yourself being scrapped anyway.
Possibly that suggests Ubisoft has altered its plans totally, or possibly it means this placeholder cutscene was created as a teaser for a future Murderer’s Creed challenge. As an example, possibly this cutscene was created early, as Ubisoft had Edward’s voice actor, Matt Ryan, again to report dialogue for Murderer’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. That is only a concept on my half, however maybe we’ll see the completed cutscene in a Resynced model of Murderer’s Creed: Freedom Cry someplace down the road.