What simply occurred? Ubisoft simply hosted what I am retrospectively calling Murderer’s Creed day. It laid out the plans for the subsequent few years of Murderer’s Creed titles, which is able to straddle the motion and RPG genres and the console, PC, and cell markets.
However earlier than you may load up a brand new title, you will should bid farewell to the content material treadmill that was Murderer’s Creed Valhalla. The now two-year-old title will obtain its send-off in a single ultimate free DLC referred to as The Final Chapter. Ubisoft was mild on particulars, which could be for the perfect, however the trailer reveals a pensive, story-driven epilogue to the saga as an alternative of a combat-focused one.
If fight is your factor, then you definately’ll like the subsequent main installment within the franchise: Murderer’s Creed Mirage. Set 20 years earlier than Valhalla, Mirage helps you to wield the swords of a novice murderer named Basim in Ninth-century Baghdad. Ubisoft pitches it as a return to the franchise’s roots; an journey filled with traditional fight and lore and fewer of the RPG components discovered within the latest Murderer’s Creed titles. It is slated for subsequent yr and might be pre-ordered already.
Ubisoft additionally introduced that two different multi-platform Murderer’s Creed video games are within the growth pipeline. Mission Crimson is the long-awaited open-world RPG set in feudal Japan. It should have ninjas and extra ninjas. Ubisoft Quebec, who final made Murderer’s Creed Odyssey, is main its growth.
The final main title is named Mission Hexe. It has a witchy theme and an occult setting throughout the witch-hunting period of what looks as if japanese Europe. Ubisoft Montreal is dealing with growth.
Ubisoft additionally has huge plans for cell. Along with Tencent, a serious shareholder, the writer is creating an “AAA” title set in historical China referred to as Mission Jade (trailer). Gamers will be capable to customise their characters and discover the Nice Wall. Ubisoft says that the sport is “coming quickly.”
The developer has additionally partnered with Netflix to make an unnamed sport for Netflix’s subscription service. Its launch will possible coincide with the discharge of Netflix’s tv adaption of the franchise. We’re nonetheless ready on a trailer for that one.
If 5 new video games have overwhelmed you, do not fret; Ubisoft has an answer referred to as Murderer’s Creed Infinity, a launcher that may interact with the lore of the sequence. Its main goal is to be a hub that unifies the complicated mixture of titles and eras which are a part of the franchise.
There have been additionally a number of different, extra minor bulletins, together with an 11-minute documentary on the making of the Murderer’s Creed video games posted to YouTube and a heap of recent merch. Watch Ubisoft’s full video for the finer particulars.