Assassin's Creed Syndicate Update Will Fix a Persistent PS5 Issue

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Ubisoft has announced a new update for the PlayStation 4 version of Assassin's Creed Syndicate that will finally fix the game's flickering issues when playing on PlayStation 5.

Assassin's Creed Syndicate first launched for PS4, Xbox One, and PC in 2015. But, when playing the game on PS5, fans noticed a flickering issue during gameplay with seemingly no solution.

Reddit conversations about the issue date back over five months, with the issue becoming a bigger problem after the game was noticed by more people through PlayStation Plus' Extra tier. Now, thanks to the Title Update 1.53 coming tomorrow, players will be able to enjoy the game flicker free.

Syndicate was the last traditional Assassin's Creed game before Ubisoft "re-examined" the franchise. After taking 2016 off, the franchise returned in 2017 with Assassin's Creed Origins, the franchise's first attempt at its current open world RPG formula.

As the last Assassin's Creed game under the old formula, Syndicate is worth trying before Assassin's Creed Mirage hits later this year. Mirage marks a return to the formula set by the first Assassin's Creed game, rather than a 150-hour long RPG. This will put Mirage in line with games like the original Assassin's Creed trilogy and Syndicate, rather than more recent entries like Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla.

For more on Assassin's Creed, find out where Syndicate landed on our ranking of the ten best Assassin's Creed games.

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