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As they discuss a possible takeover by Tencent, we continue to receive rumors about the future of one of Ubisoft’s most successful sagas: Assassin’s Creed. For example, the possibility of seeing a co-op mode in the recently delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows that would arrive after launch, or an almost implausible mode where there was talk of the possibility that the delay was because they were going to eliminate Yasuke. of the game.
But what we receive today is striking to say the least, since it speaks of Ubisoft’s idea to launch at least ten games in the saga in the next five years.
From remakes to multiplayer games, everything fits into Ubisoft’s plan
Something that, at first glance, surprises. Especially since in recent years Ubisoft has given a little more air to the franchise. Not in vain, in the Three games have been released in the last five years: Valhalla, Mirage and Nexus VR. So, would Ubisoft want to overexploit one of its best sagas again? The information comes from Tom Hendersonone of the most influential voices in the industry and one who has already successfully advanced information about Assassin’s Creed.
According to him, the studio’s idea would be to launch the following ten games within five years, of which for the moment only the following are official: Shadows of Assassin’s Creed (February 14, 2025), Assassin’s Creed Jade (mobile game planned for 2025), Assassin’s Creed Hexe (which takes place during the era of the witch hunts in Europe) and Assassin’s Creed Invictus (the multiplayer proposal of the saga in the style of Fall Guys). As for those that are rumored and have not yet been announced, they would be: Assassin’s Creed 4 Black Flag remake, Nebula Assassin’s Creed (which would have a triple setting: India, Aztec Empire and Mediterranean Basin), Assassin’s Creed Raid (a free, cooperative game) and Echoes of Assassin’s Creed (another multiplayer game, but narrative-based). To these We should add another remake and the Nexus sequel.
A total of ten games and a very ambitious project to which we do not know if Ubisoft will be able to provide a response and resources. Especially because, as Henderson points out, The delay of Shadows could cause a chain effect and have two major consequences. The first, the one all subsequent projects are delayed to leave space between them. The second, that More time is given to development teams to prevent the same thing from happening again. This is without counting the problems that could arise during the various developments of not one, but up to 10 games.
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Assassin’s Creed is a saga that is already fading due to the overproduction of games, where it released one game per year. Something that seemed not to be repeated after the launch of Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla, where Ubisoft gave more time and space to its teams. Will he fall back into his past mistakes?
