Assassin's Creed will reportedly be sticking to its annualized release schedule.
Kotaku's Jason Schreier reported that next year's Assassin's Creed game will be set in 19th century London and will only be released on current-gen consoles such as the Xbox One. The game, which is code-named "Victory" will mark several key changes in the franchise.
The biggest change is that Ubisoft Quebec will be the lead studio working on the title whereas Ubisoft Montreal has typically been in charge of development. New weapons will also be introduced as the player will now be able to use a grappling hook to swing around the game's environments.
Victory will use the Anvil engine which Assassin's Creed Unity debuted. Ubisoft Quebec previously worked on downloadable content for past Assassin's Creed games including Assassin Creed III's 'The Tyranny of King Washington' and Assassin's Creed IV's critically acclaimed Freedom Cry expansion.
Assassin's Creed Unity, the latest game in the popular franchise, recently released to much criticism from fans and media due to its many well documented technical issues. Let us know what you think about Assassin's Creed keeping with its yearly release schedule in the comments and if you think the Anvil engine's technical issues will be cleared up by an extra year of development.
Update: Ubisoft has commented on and confirmed the leak as real. Ubisoft told IGN the following: "It is always unfortunate when internal assets, not intended for public consumption, are leaked. And, while we certainly welcome anticipation for all of our upcoming titles, we're disappointed for our fans, and our development team, that this conceptual asset is now public.
"The team in our Quebec studio has been hard at work on the particular game in question for the past few years, and we're excited to officially unveil what the studio has been working on at a later date. In the meantime, our number one priority is enhancing the experience of Assassin's Creed Unity for players."
[source kotaku.co.uk, via ign.com]
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Totally down for a game developed by the Freedom Cry team.
Want more tropical less grey london.
Yes!!! Finally!!! Have to say I'm totally on-board for this - all the time I've been playing Unity I was thinking how cool it would be if I was climbing up some buildings that I actually know in real life, maybe even have a few other regions in the UK to travel to, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Bristol etc...
Having said that - the time period it's set in means a lot of the iconic buildings we associate with London won't even exist...
@stylon yeah I didn't even consider that but you're right that time period might not be the best choice. Oh well
I think next year's game is gonna be really great with how they've had another year to work under the Anvil engine. Plus the dev switch has me really intrigued.
I'm guessing that the century selected will win over non-British players being the period of our history the rest of the world is most in touch with.
Would have much preferred Victorian London - steam trains, jack the ripper, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, Westminster Palace (Big Ben). Instead we'll presumably be getting the plague and streets full of rats...
Yes, it's a bit predictable isn't it? Not really a departure for the series as such.
Just read Kotaku's article and it's actually 19th Century London, not 16th as reported here.
Really? Hope that's the correct time period - my excitement level has just sky-rocketed in that case!!!
@vadersmyfather whoops! Fixed the article. Apologies.
Shhhhhhh...no one noticed
This sounds really cool
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