A dataminer has seemingly uncovered a scrapped, half-finished cutscene buried in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, and the specific appearance of a character named Miko more than implies that said cutscene could have served as a teaser for some sort of Assassin’s Creed III prequel.
Unfortunately, you can’t currently watch the video for yourself, as Ubisoft allegedly just issued a copyright strike against it. The scrapped cutscene in question, which was uncovered by Sliderv2, features Edward Kenway walking into a bar and conversing with Miko. For context, Miko is the co-founder of the British Brotherhood of Assassins, which primarily featured in Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate. After Miko states that he “put out a call to the wider Brotherhood,” the scene then cuts to Adéwalé.
While the appearance of Adéwalé might lead you to assume that this is teasing something related to Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry, which was originally included in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s season pass in 2013, users on the r/GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit pointed out an interesting discrepancy in the unused cutscene’s dialogue. Coincidentally, said thread was “removed by Reddit’s filters” at the same time as Sliderv2’s video was hit by Ubisoft.
The cutscene opens with Miko telling Edward that “The king is dead.” Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced ends in 1722, and Freedom Cry begins in 1735–the same year that Edward canonically dies. This means that the only “King” Miko could be referring to here is George I of Great Britain, who died in 1727.
Unfortunately, the video was taken down by Ubisoft itself. pic.twitter.com/Ph64siuPrq
— Sliderv2 (@Totocko97) October 12, 2026
As for why this might imply that Ubisoft is planning some sort of Assassin’s Creed III prequel, that part is simple: Haytham Kenway, Assassin’s Creed III’s antagonist and the son of Edward Kenway, was born in 1725.
Coincidentally, the only details we have about Edward’s life during this 1725-to-1735 period come from the book Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken, which is an in-universe diary of Haytham’s life, and it barely covers the decade between Haytham’s birth and Edward’s death. This means that it’s free real estate as far as the Assassin’s Creed canon is concerned. Plus, there’s another interesting wrinkle that ties this altogether: Haytham personally assassinates Miko during Assassin’s Creed III’s prologue.
Of course, as much as this all does slot together very neatly, Ubisoft must have cut this for a good reason. As far as I can tell, this cutscene wasn’t present in the files for the original 2013 release of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, which would mean it was created specifically for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced…only to ultimately end up being scrapped anyway.
Maybe that implies Ubisoft has altered its plans entirely, or maybe it means this placeholder cutscene was created as a teaser for a future Assassin’s Creed project. For instance, maybe this cutscene was created early, as Ubisoft had Edward’s voice actor, Matt Ryan, back to record dialogue for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced. This is just a theory on my part, but perhaps we’ll see the finished cutscene in a Resynced version of Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry somewhere down the line.
