Murderer’s Creed is the jewel in Ubisoft’s crown, with video games within the franchise reportedly promoting over 200 million models because it began in 2007. The action-adventure collection has gone by a number of adjustments over 13 mainline titles, transitioning from its stealth-focussed historic journey roots to an open-world RPG method seen in current video games. Ubisoft is ready to launch the following recreation within the collection later this yr, however there are extra on the way in which. The studio has confirmed that a number of remakes of older Murderer’s Creed video games are within the works.
Murderer’s Creed remakes
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, in an interview revealed on the corporate’s web site final week, make clear the way forward for Murderer’s Creed and the studio’s upcoming portfolio of video games. The manager confirmed that followers can count on a number of AC remakes to reach, with out divulging any particulars concerning the titles or their launch timelines.
“Firstly, gamers might be enthusiastic about some remakes, which is able to enable us to revisit a number of the video games we have created up to now and modernize them; there are worlds in a few of our older Murderer’s Creed video games which can be nonetheless extraordinarily wealthy,” Guillemot mentioned.
The Ubisoft CEO promised extra selection in Murderer’s Creed titles, saying the collection will give attention to bringing totally different experiences with every launch. Final yr’s Murderer’s Creed Mirage, for example, supplied a leaner, stealthier expertise that harkened again to early video games within the collection. In the meantime, the upcoming Murderer’s Creed Shadows will proceed the expansive open-world RPG method of current titles like Murderer’s Creed Valhalla.
“The objective is to have Murderer’s Creed video games come out extra often, however not for it to be the identical expertise yearly,” he mentioned. Guillemot additionally talked concerning the already introduced Murderer’s Creed Hexe. The sport was introduced at Ubisoft Ahead in 2022 and can discover a interval setting focussed on the 16th-century witch trials. Whereas Ubisoft has saved its playing cards near the chest with regards to particulars concerning the recreation and its launch window, Guillemot confirmed that Murderer’s Creed Hexe could be very totally different from Murderer’s Creed Shadows. “We will shock individuals, I believe,” he mentioned.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows
Guillemot additionally shared a number of particulars concerning the upcoming Murderer’s Creed Shadows. The Japan-set open-world action-adventure title is ready to launch November 15 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Sequence S/X. The Ubisoft CEO talked concerning the dynamic climate system within the recreation, promising the mechanic would transcend superficial visible adjustments to affect gameplay.
“In Murderer’s Creed Shadows, for instance, now we have a climate system that can have an effect on its gameplay; ponds that had been as soon as swimmable may freeze, for example,” he mentioned. “Visually, we’re additionally seeing an enormous step ahead,” the Ubisoft CEO added.
The studio government additionally reiterated Ubisoft’s dedication to stay service titles and touted the potential use instances of generative synthetic intelligence (AI) in online game improvement.