Ubisoft is cooking up a number of Murderer’s Creed sport remakes, based on firm CEO Yves Guillemot. And whereas he hasn’t revealed which of them but, the information follows experiences final yr that Ubisoft’s much-loved Murderer’s Creed Black Flag is getting the remake therapy.
Guillemot made the feedback in an interview on Ubisoft web site, discussing the corporate’s upcoming portfolio. And whereas it provided little in the way in which of surprises – Yves as soon as once more talked about generative AI NPCs, insisting they might be “extra clever, extra interactive” (and never simply dead-eyed creepy) – he did handle to share a smattering of contemporary info.
Which brings us to these remakes. In reply to a query about Ubisoft’s future plans for the collection, Yves revealed, “Firstly, gamers could be enthusiastic about some remakes, which is able to permit us to revisit among the video games we have created previously and modernise them; there are worlds in a few of our older Murderer’s Creed video games which might be nonetheless extraordinarily wealthy.”
That lends credence to a Kotaku report final yr claiming Cranium and Bones studio Ubisoft Singapore was “closely concerned” in a remake of fan-favourite pirate-themed Murderer’s Creed: Black Flag. Nevertheless, the mission was stated to be “nonetheless in its earliest levels” and unlikely to be full “for at the very least a number of years”. After all, Guillemot has now confirmed remakes, opening up a world of chance – though my cash’s in all probability on Murderer’s Creed 2. One of the best joke within the collection deserves one other likelihood to shine.
However Guillemot had a bit of extra to say about Murderer’s Creed, too. When requested if the distinction in approaches between the leaner Mirage and extra historically hefty upcoming Shadows was indicative of Ubisoft’s future plans, Guillemot stated, “There can be loads of expertise selection. The purpose is to have Murderer’s Creed video games come out extra usually, however not for it to be the identical expertise yearly.”
“There are plenty of good issues to return,” he added, “together with Murderer’s Creed Hexe, which we have introduced, which goes to be a really completely different sport from Murderer’s Creed Shadows. We’ll shock individuals, I believe.”
Hexe, in fact, is the one in all a number of new collection instalments that had been confirmed to be in growth all the way in which again in September 2022. It is set in sixteenth century Europe and seems to be concentrating on a 2026 launch, with the mobile-focused Murderer’s Creed Jade anticipated first in 2025. As for this yr’s feudal-Japan-set Murderer’s Creed Shadows, that is coming to PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X/S on fifteenth November.