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Côté told Axios that the Infinity approach would allow some studios to work on smaller projects and floated the idea of works led by Ubisoft’s Chengdu, Sofia and Singapore studios.The Infinity twist: Ubisoft will offer these AC games differently, connecting them through a hub called Assassin’s Creed Infinity that will serve as an interactive portal to access past, present and future games.

It's because they'll approach game design, they’ll approach structure very differently.” “We’re not coming out with another 150-hour game right after Red,” Côté said of Hexe’s release.

Hexe, led by original lead franchise studio Ubisoft Montreal, probably won’t be as long.

It is projected to reach the lengthening playing times of Odyssey and Valhalla that have thrilled some players but fatigued others.

Red is projected to be an epic, with years of post-release support, similar to recent Assassin’s Creed games.

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“By giving teams the same development budget in terms of dev months over a longer period of time, we believe our games can reach higher quality and be more sustainable from a human and technological point of view,” series executive producer Marc-Alexis Côté told reporters.A new multiplayer Assassin’s Creed game called Invictus is also coming from Ubisoft developers who’ve worked on multiplayer franchises Rainbow 6 Siege and For Honor.īetween the lines: As part of a production revamp, Ubisoft is projecting longer development times for its Assassin’s Creed games, with the Red project, led by Ubisoft Quebec, getting more than three years of development that the studio had to make 2018’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.Also announced are two mobile games, a free-to-play open-world adventure called Assassin’s Creed Jade, set in ancient China, and an unspecified AC that will be offered through Netflix’s mobile gaming service.They include 2023’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage, a scaled-down PC/console/streaming installment set in 9th century Baghdad, the undated, full-scale Codename Red set in feudal Japan, and another major release Codename Hexe. But releases in the series have slowed, some senior developers on the games have left, other Ubisoft projects have faltered and the company remains rocked by workplace misconduct scandals from the summer of 2020.ĭetails: Six new Assassin’s Creed games were previewed to Axios and other media in Paris at Ubisoft’s headquarters.

Assassin’s Creed had already been a bright spot for the company, with 2020’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the 12th mainline game in the series, becoming the first to gross $1 billion.Why it matters: Through Assassin’s Creed, the multinational game publisher is attempting a recovery in quality, productivity and reputation after several largely grim years.

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Ubisoft is going even bigger with a revamp and expansion to its Assassin’s Creed series that will include console, PC and mobile games, a return to multiplayer and an expanded partnership with Netflix.

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