Ubisoft Announces New Assassin's Creed Games Set in Baghdad, Japan, and More

 

After a series of leaks, Ubisoft has officially unveiled the next big Assassin's Creed game. As expected, it's called Mirage and will move the time-traveling series to 9th-century Baghdad, where players will take on the role of an up-and-coming assassin named Bassem. (Fans may remember the name from its appearance in Assassin's Creed Valhalla; Mirage takes place two decades before that game.)

Specifically, Ubisoft says the game will return to the series' action-adventure roots, which means the RPG mechanics of recent games won't be present. The Mirage is expected to launch sometime in 2023. Also worth noting: In an impressive piece of casting, Shohreh Agdashlo will be voicing Bassem's murderous mentor.

But that's not all for the series, as Ubisoft has made several other big announcements regarding the future of the franchise.

Let's start with mobile. Ubisoft is developing the first open-world version of Assassin's Creed for smartphones, currently titled "Jade," set in ancient China and allowing players to customize their own characters. will give. You can also parkour across the Great Wall, which sounds like fun. "Code Name Jade" is listed as coming soon. Elsewhere, Ubisoft also says it's working on an unnamed mobile title for Netflix's gaming service, though there are no details on that yet. (Netflix and Ubisoft are currently working together on a live-action series based on Assassin's Creed.)

As for the future of the mainline series, Ubisoft shared some details about the games that will follow Mirage. One of those games, codenamed "Red," is being developed at Ubisoft's Quebec City studio and will be set in feudal-era Japan, while the Montreal team is developing another, codenamed "Hexe." is working on There aren't many details about it yet, but it seems to be about witches in some form. While Mirage is largely avoiding the RPG mechanics of games like Odyssey, it looks like both Raid and Hex will retain them.

Elsewhere, the publisher provided some more details about its Assassin's Creed "Infinity" project, which appears to be one such online hub that will combine mainline games with standalone multiplayer projects. Think of it like an animus for games, only you use it to launch video games.