The game Assassin’s Creed fans have been asking for years is finally on its way. During its Ubisoft Forward event on Saturday, the publisher revealed Codename Red, a new entry in the series set in feudal Japan. Franchise director Marc-Alexis Côté called Red the “next premium title” in Ubisoft’s open-world series and said that Ubisoft Quebec was leading work on the project, suggesting it will move closer to Odyssey than next year Mirage.
Côté also shared a trailer for Codename Hexe, calling it “a very different kind of Assassin’s Creed game.” Ubisoft Montreal, the studio that first created the series, is leading development on the project, with Clint Hocking involved as creative director. Hocking may not be a household name, but he’s probably among Ubisoft’s most influential designers, with credits including Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Y far cry 2. according to a recent report of by Bloomberg Jason Scheier, the game is set during the last stages of the Holy Roman Empire.
Neither game has a release date yet, but Ubisoft said both would be integrated with Infinity, a service Côté called “not a game per se, but a single entry point into the series.” Ubisoft was cryptic about what Infinity would entail, but Côté said the company was exploring the possibility of creating standalone multiplayer experiences within the hub.
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