Assassin’s Creed Rumours Surface

A recent rumour regarding Ubisoft’s next Assassin’s Creed game could see us not have another instalment until 2017. Rumours surfaced first on 4chan from an unconfirmed source, claiming to be a Ubisoft employee.

Kotaku also published rumours revealing that several sources have approached them with similar information. Eligibly the next instalment into the franchise is codenamed ‘Empire’ and will be set in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Rome, which could possibly mean a new trilogy is in the works.

‘Empire’ will is being developed by Ubisoft Montreal ,who brought us Black Flag and Unity. In my opinion Black Flag was an embarrassment to the franchise, with Unity just scraping a positive rating from me. I am really hoping that the year gap Ubisoft have opted for, really pays off for them! It will give them time to work out all the bugs and glitches, which made Unity’s launch one of the worst in 2014.

A lot of people have spoken about feeling ‘franchise fatigue’ within recent years regarding Assassin’s Creed. I can see why they feel so, with yearly releases not reaching the standards we have known and loved regarding the Assassin’s Creed franchise. With Syndicates release last year, which was one of the best games within the franchise since Assassin’s Creed III in my eyes, the bar has been set by Ubisoft Quebec for Ubisoft Montreal. The only question now is can they reach and surpass that bar?

What do you think about this news? Do you think Ubisoft are doing the right thing having a release gap for Assassin’s Creed?

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Written By

Raymond Bradshaw