Over the last couple of weeks or so, numerous rumours have popped up around the web with regards to the next Assassin's Creed. The majority of these rumours have lacked any kind of concrete evidence but most of them have at least sounded reasonable, and so they've been the source of much speculation.
Enter ZhugeEX -- reliable industry analyst and insider -- who says that these recent rumours are basically a load of rubbish. He writes on ResetEra: "For what it’s worth. All of the new AC leaks so far have been incorrect. It’s not even called Ragnarok. Sure. Some of the details are right. Like improved combat or whatever. But in general they’re not that accurate."
He continues in a later post: "These recent leaks are based on the original AC Kingdom leak from Kotaku itself. So some of it is true or not far off the truth. But mostly it’s a bunch of educated guesses."
We're certainly inclined to believe ZhugeEX here. "Educated guesses" seems to be a spot-on assumption given the nature of these latest rumours. After all, how hard is it to dream up an open world Ubisoft game? And yes, they do seem to stem from the aforementioned Kotaku leak, which we reported on a while back.
The thing is, the Assassin's Creed franchise has a history of its games leaking months before they're officially revealed. And with many believing that we're going to get the series' next instalment later this year, the timing's perfect for a juicy rumour or two.
When are you expecting the next Assassin's Creed to be unveiled? Hop aboard your longboat in the comments section below.
[source resetera.com]
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They really need to let Gods & Monsters have some room to breathe for this year. I actually hope they hold the next Assassin’s Creed game until PS5, maybe in late 2021. They run the risk of running the IP into the ground again if they pump these out annually again.
Am I the only one disappointed at the fact that it isn’t going to be called Ragnarok?
@cloud36426 I'm the same. 'Assassin's Creed Ragnarok' has a good ring to it.
Of course it isn't called Ragnarok, I mean what else will the next God of War be called?
@AdamNovice Marvel's God of War: Thor Ragnarok obviously.
Everything is true, except for the lies.
I hope the part about co-op is not true. I dont mind co-op but i would rather AC just be SP. Ubisoft has enough co-op games, let one of them just be SP!
@JJ2
I see what you did there...
Who'd thought that leaks, might you know, actually not be true? I'm in a state of shock myself...
@No_Cartridge they released Odyssey way too quick for me personally.
I had never played a AC game but Origins piqued my interest. Waited for the price drop only to see Odyssey. So I skipped Origins completely and waited for the Odyssey price drop instead.
Us budget gamers gotta be picky.
I would like that they gave it a wide berth and released next year. Odyssey was a good game but it was huge and had a lot of busy work and to be honest, I still have content left to play there. I would rather they waited and optimised for next gen.
@AdamNovice God Of War: Thimbulwinter, then we'll have God of War Ragnarok
@No_Cartridge Ah yes, so it is. It seems like it was more recent than 2018 because the game is so huge and had so much DLC coming out gradually over the year. I guess a two year development window is reasonable if it comes out Oct 2020.
...Still, Gods & Monsters coming out side by side would be strange I think. I know it’s a new IP and not AC, but it is being made by Ubisoft’s Odyssey team and seems inspired by Assassins Creed, so a new AC game might cannibalize it. Kinda like EA releasing Titanfall 2 next to Battlefield 1 which caused them both to underperform and compete with each other.
I loved AC when it first came out especially Brotherhood and Revelation's. AC3 was just boring and on PS3 was a nightmare control wise because Connor wouldn't do what I wanted and the game slowed down so much.
Black Flag was a brilliant comeback from 3 but I haven't played one since then, the story of Desmond and I think it was Brotherhood where the futuristic women looked at the screen and calls at you as in the player and ends was oh my god on edge of seat. But revelations just didn't continue that story I've no idea after that if it did continue that story of the golden Apple etc
@Nakatomi_Uk To be fair, Assassin's Creed's modern storyline ended with AC3 and Connor. The new one (Leila was it?) isn't even half as interesting as Desmond's.
Back then the modern storyline wasn't about some futuristic cyberpunk-ish story of Assassin's fighting Abstergo (An evil corporation) for control and power and knowledge, it was literally about saving the world and mankind which made Desmond's story so interesting.
All the visions he saw from the First Civilization and Pieces of Eden, which true... had corrupting powers, were really relevant to the story. Desmond ran away from Abstergo and fought them, but his true fight wasn't with Abstergo, it was with the Apocalypse, something he was going to prevent and he DID give his life for that purpose.
After AC3 they should've just put aside the modern-day era OR make an entirely modern AC (probably would be something like Watch Dogs)
@cloud36426 I’m not surprised. I think the title will having something to do with the end of the trilogy. The the first one was Origins and that was the start. Odyssey is about the journey. So though I guess Ragnarok in theory works, AC games don’t usually use a subtitle that has a specific meaning or event. Meaning Ragnarok is the world ending when Thor fights the World Serpent. No mistaking that word or using in a broad sense like Origins or Odyssey. We saw how the AC brotherhood started in Origins. Odyssey showed how the Isu are involved and I think the 3rd game will lead into AC1. This trilogy will connect to the first AC game.
Similar mechanics to Odyssey but with Vikings sounds fab. I wanna play as a badass shield maiden so if there's only a dude protagonist I'm not buying it.
Did kinda feel like they needn't have bothered making Odyssey an ass creed game though, I really didn't care about that side of the story.
"Did kinda feel like they needn't have bothered making Odyssey an ass creed game though, I really didn't care about that side of the story."
It's been that way since forever imo..
I really feel the new AC should be a 2021 game, let the PS5 gets it feet in the door so to speak, but Ubisoft will probably want to make some money back and have a hit after the mess of Breakpoint, so wouldnt be surprised to see a new AC this year
@Kienda origins is a much better game than odyssey in my opinion. Better character, a nicer world to explore and the story was top notch. Odyssey was good but almost too big.
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