Ubisoft is working on a number of Murderer’s Creed remakes, in accordance with CEO Yves Guillemot.
The writer’s head spoke about its flagship sequence’ future in an interview revealed on the Ubisoft website. When requested if the firm will proceed to supply a wide range of experiences from the franchise, Guillemot advised gamers to get excited for “some remakes.” It’s not clear simply what number of remakes there will likely be or which Murderer’s Creed tales they may cowl.
“Firstly, gamers will be enthusiastic about some remakes,” Guillemot stated, “which can enable us to revisit a few of the video games we have created in the previous and modernize them; there are worlds in a few of our older Assassin’s Creed video games which can be nonetheless extraordinarily wealthy.”
He continued: “Secondly, to reply your query, there will likely be loads of expertise selection. The objective is to have Murderer’s Creed video games come out extra commonly, however not for it to be the identical expertise yearly. There are quite a lot of good issues to come back, together with Murderer’s Creed Hexe, which we’ve introduced, which goes to be a really completely different sport from Murderer’s Creed Shadows. We’re going to shock individuals, I feel.”
One remake contender that followers might have already got their eyes on is 2013’s Murderer’s Creed 4: Black Flag. Final yr, Kotaku reported that Ubisoft Singapore was closely concerned in the growth of a reimagining of the fourth mainline Murderer’s Creed sport. Now, greater than a decade outdated, the pirate-themed action-stealth sport stays a favourite amongst longtime enjoyers of the franchise, although the firm hasn’t gone so far as to substantiate {that a} remake for this particular title is in the works.
Ubisoft has by no means launched a full-on Murderer’s Creed remake earlier than, however the sequence has quite a lot of choices to tug from. The unique Assassin’s Creed launched in 2007 and was adopted by the Ezio trilogy, which incorporates Murderer’s Creed 2, Murderer’s Creed: Brotherhood, and Murderer’s Creed: Revelations. The corporate reexamined Ezio’s three-arc story with a remaster bundle referred to as The Ezio Assortment in 2016.
Ubisoft is popping again the clock to reexamine Murderer’s Creed’s previous, however its future holds loads in retailer, too. Murderer’s Creed Shadows will transport followers to Japan when it releases its dual-protagonist story this November. In 2022, the writer additionally revealed a undertaking often known as Murderer’s Creed Codename Hexe. There firm may also finally launch Murderer’s Creed Infinity, a platform that’s stated to attach different experiences from the franchise below one umbrella. You possibly can take a look at every thing else Ubisoft has in growth right here.
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