Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot took part in an interview on Ubisoft’s official blog discussing the future of the highly popular Assassin’s Creed franchise and stated that fans “can be excited about some remakes, which will allow us to revisit some of the games we’ve created in the past and modernize them.” Rumors surfaced last year that the company was preparing a remake of the hit Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, which would now seem reasonably legitimate judging by Guillemot’s comments. Here’s what he had to say:
As for Assassin’s Creed, we had Mirage, which was a smaller homage to the series’ roots, and now Shadows, which is much larger in scope and more in the spirit of Odyssey/Valhalla. Looking to the future, can we expect this diversity to continue? Smaller games next to bigger ones?
YG: First, players can be excited about some remakes, which will allow us to revisit some of the games we’ve created in the past and modernize them; there are worlds in some of our older Assassin’s Creed games that are still extremely rich. Second, to answer your question, there will be many different experiences. The goal is for Assassin’s Creed games to come out more regularly, but not to have the same experience every year. There’s a lot of good stuff coming, including Assassin’s Creed Hexe, which we announced, which will be a very different game than Assassin’s Creed Shadows. We will surprise people, I think.