So far there is only a first teaser trailer for Assassin’s Creed Red, but it offers a lot that fans have been wanting for years.
Assassin’s Creed: Codename Red will be Ubisoft’s “next premium flagship title and the future of our Assassin’s Creed open-world role-playing games”. You read that right, the leaks for an Assassin’s Creed with Japan scenario were spot on.
Assassin’s Creed Red is being developed by Ubisoft Québec, the makers of the pre-predecessor Odyssey. Ubisoft veteran Jonathan Dumont also serves as creative director on the new project, having joined the company in 1999 but working on World of Warcraft for several years before returning for Assassin’s Creed Syndicate.
You can watch the short trailer for the new Japan game here; In a moment we’ll talk about what there is to see there:
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Assassin’s Creed: Codename Red sends you to Japan in the trailer – with Katana!
AC Red Explained: Weapons, Setting, Gameplay
The video features a female assassin sporting two confirmed weapons: the familiar hidden blade on her left wrist – and a katana. Various small flasks can also be spied on her belt, which could contain poisons or black powder for smoke and flash bombs.
The architecture on display fits the scenario, feudal Japan. These include the iconic gabled roofs; the protagonist balances on one of them. It can be assumed that players in Assassin’s Creed Red will also be able to play a male hero again; the two predecessors offered this option and were also considered action role-playing games. According to Ubisoft, the AC Mirage announced for 2023 is an action-adventure; there is only one fixed hero here. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing, as you can read in the preview:
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Promised during the Ubisoft show Ubisoft Forward, Executive Producer Marc-Alexis Côté’s return to the role-playing approach as part of “a very powerful shinobi fantasy” gives some clues as to the gameplay. In addition to the character choice, the following elements should also be part of Codename Red:
- Experience points, level ups and a talent tree
- Multiple-Choice-Dialoge
- Nebenquests
- Inventory and items with values and different degrees of rarity
By the way, the second big new announcement, Assassin’s Creed: Codename Witch, is supposed to be completely different. There was also a trailer for this, but it shows even less concrete:
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The trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Codename Witch leaves many questions unanswered
The release is still far away
Official information about the release date of Assassin’s Creed: Codename Red is not yet available. The usually very well-informed industry insider Tom Henderson, who unerringly predicted the Ubisoft announcements, wants to know more. Accordingly, Assassin’s Creed Red to be released in 2024.
What is already confirmed, however, is that Red and Hexe will be part of Assassin’s Creed Infinity as part of the series’ major new online platform. All games and players in the series are to be combined here, according to Ubisoft, it is also currently experimenting with multiplayer content as a standalone title.
Let us know which new AC game and setting you’re most excited for in our Hexe, Red, and Mirage poll. Or write it to us here in the comments!
