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It’s lastly taking place: Assassin’s Creed goes to Japan. After a collection of earlier experiences and leaks, Ubisoft lastly made the information official throughout Saturday’s 2022 gaming showcase.
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It was only a quick tease, however we acquired a fast animated glimpse of a ninja slinking via the shadows in feudal Japan. Called Project Red in the meanwhile, Ubisoft confirmed the sport would be the subsequent main entry within the collection’ newest open world RPG flip. Development is being led by Ubisoft Quebec, the studio that beforehand helmed Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. It’s additionally being directed by Jonathan Dumont, one of many many senior figures inside Ubisoft to be accused of bullying and different poisonous conduct throughout a office reckoning on the firm in 2020. The firm has beforehand claimed that anybody accused of misconduct had been completely investigated and sanctioned the place applicable.
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Fans have been hoping for an Assassin’s Creed sport primarily based in Japan for years, and it seems the French writer has lastly relented. How precisely the collection’ evolving open world RPG method will play on the market stays to be seen, however now it looks like Sucker Punch’s critically-acclaimed stealthy sandbox Ghost of Tsushima will formally have some competitors.
The rumors across the sport, codenamed Project Red, started swirling earlier this summer time. Bloomberg later reported that the sport can be a part of Assassin’s Creed Infinity, a brand new platform supposed to include a number of time intervals and worlds to assist gamers transfer between them extra seamlessly.
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Project Red is only one of three new Assassin’s Creed video games coming, nonetheless. There’s additionally Assassin’s Creed Mirage, which started as a DLC enlargement for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla earlier than reworking right into a smaller standalone sport to assist fill gaps in Ubisoft’s launch calendar. Project Neo/Hex, in the meantime, is a 3rd sport seemingly set in Europe in the course of the period of witch hunts that can be coming additional down the highway.
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Ubisoft seems to be banking exhausting on the continued success of its greatest franchise. The Division 2 and Watch Dogs Legion didn’t precisely propel both of these collection to new heights, and the French writer has but to discover a multiplayer dwell service sport that may replicate the success of Rainbow Six Siege. Meanwhile, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and, extra just lately, Valhalla, had been each wonderful, and have been multi-year gross sales juggernauts for the corporate. Hopefully, doubling down on that method doesn’t run it into the bottom.
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Earlier in September, Ubisoft introduced that Chinese conglomerate Tencent is shopping for a 49.9 % financial stake within the funding automobile that has allowed leaders at Ubisoft to retain management on the firm. Everyone, it appears, is betting massive on Assassin’s Creed.