Assassin's Creed series might not return with yearly releases

Feb 19, 2016, 15:26
Assassin's Creed series might not return with yearly releases

We've also updated our development processes and recommitted to making Assassin's Creed a premier open-world franchise.

We already knew that the annual release streak for the franchise would be broken when Ubisoft confirmed last week that there would be no new main series Assasssin's Creed game in 2016. Today, Ubisoft and Scholastic announced their partnership on a series of young adult novels based on the Assassin's Creed franchise. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said during Ubisoft's Investor Day that while releases would be "regular", they won't necessarily be annual.

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Again, this sounds good from where we're sitting. Not even spin-offs like Assassin's Creed: Chronicles were spared, with pundits describing the series as "uninspired" or "simple".

Assassin's Creed is taking this year off to re-evaluate, and when it comes back Ubisoft want it to be regular, but they won't commit to annual. Give it a rest in the comments section below.

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"We are setting up rules so that they will have enough time to polish the game and come with something really exceptional, so this is what we have for our first priority. We will be able to come on a regular basis, [but] we can't say every year". Ubisoft plans on releasing young adult novels set in the Assassin's Creed universe this fall, and the Assassin's Creed feature film is scheduled for release this year as well. And while the games preceding Unity have all received decent scores, many were nonetheless criticised for their formulaic approach.

Martinez said: "We have focused one of our best teams behind what we are working on Assassin's Creed".

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