The next big Assassin's Creed game, tentatively titled Assassin's Creed Red, could be releasing sooner than some people think. According to a LinkedIn post by a business development and brand manager at Ubisoft (as spotted by PCGamesN), the Japan-based title is set to be the "biggest blockbuster for 2024". Hmmm.
To be honest, though, taking information like this at face value is rarely a good idea. Red might well be aiming for a 2024 launch right now, but plans can obviously change. It may even boil down to being a simple typo.
That said, 2024 does make some kind of sense. We know that Red has been in development for at least a couple of years, and that the recent Assassin's Creed Mirage was actually delayed quite a bit internally — and was crafted by a different core team. As such, we wouldn't necessarily take Mirage's 2023 release as an indication that Red will arrive after 2024.
Ever since the coronavirus pandemic effectively halted the gaming industry, Ubisoft as a whole has seemingly struggled to get its schedule back on track. Numerous projects were negatively impacted, and it's been a while since the publisher pushed a genuine blockbuster. It even decided to extend support for Assassin's Creed Valhalla across two whole years.
Of course, if this post is correct, then we could see Red go toe-to-toe (or thereabouts) with Rise of the Ronin — the Team Ninja game that was announced as a PS5 exclusive back in 2022. Surely we won't get Ghost of Tsushima 2 next year as well?
When do you think Assassin's Creed Red will release? Are you looking forward to it? Grab some kunai in the comments section below.
[source pcgamesn.com]
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Of course I'll go by game footage in the end but if I had to choose I would prefer what team ninja has to offer.
Where are my Tenchu and Onimusha?
They can go head-to-head all they like. I'll still play both.
I'll be getting both. Setting and theme are right up my alley so it will be a great year for me. Presumably Tsushima 2 could be teased next year too (for a release in 2025/6)
They look to scratch very different itches so no problem for me.
@Czar_Khastik Yes please to both.
I’m down for AC Red. Japan could be the move fun setting they’ve done for the series, honestly. The whole ninja thing mixes well with the Assassin mythos. AC and Rise of the Ronin are set in wildly different genres, even if the settings may be the same.
I’m still undecided about Rise of the Ronin, personally. I’m not a fan of Team Ninja. It’s not that they don’t make good games, but rather that their games tend to be more of the frustrating end of the Soulslike scales for me.
Hey hey now, this is just a rumor so lets not jump the sho-gun yet.
I got the platinum for base Ghost of Tsushima this morning. After I finish Iki Island, I got both Nioh games and Like a Dragon Ishin on the recent sales. Not to mention I still need to beat Sekiro.
Bring on more of these games next year!!
Hope Rise of the Ronin has combat different to Souls-like games. Got kinda tired of that .
Oh Red is up next? I thought it was Hexe or whatever it’s called. I’m well up for both. Mirage has reminded me how much I like the alternative huge RPG style! 👍
Red AC, Blue AC, One AC, Two AC.
I'll be down to play both. Mirage was excellent but I like the RPG ones too. I only hope that they don't overlap each other in terms of release is all. At least give me a month or two between them please.
I will play them anyway, AC Red first for sure!!
Ghost of Tsushima bored me to tears, so I hope this one can scratch that itch.
@Tomato_Goose Team Ninja don't do Souls combat.
@JohntheRaptor sure they do. But at the same time they've made Ninja Gaiden before and it was far more different.
@Lup really? I thought it was exceptional in every way lol. Each to their own
I‘m excited to see which one is better. Lmao
WAIT WTF ISNT RED A MOBILE GAME?
Rise of the Ronin, hands down. Sony has already shown they know how to make games dealing with Historical Japan, even when its stylized after a specific japanese film style.
@KundaliniRising333 No this is their Feudel Japan mainline entry from Ubisoft Quebec. No way in hell this would be a mobile game.
Reminds me of the era of Bloodborne and AC Syndicate, when that Victorian aesthetic was all the rage.
That time AC was there at the right time.
Yet this time I'm already feeling tired of the Japanese aesthetic. We've had Sekiro and Ghost of Tsushima some time ago, and I feel that just like Superhero movies, the wave has passed.
Same with Skull and Bones missing the AC4 wave, and all the looter shooters that missed the Division/Destiny wave.
I think Ubisoft has messed up here and were too late to the party.
@NotSoCryptic ohhh ok gotcha. Just realized isn't it jade that's the MobileOne? Fuedal Japan could be awesome for sure, just not if Ubisoft does another copy and paste job in terms of their AC design.
What can go wrong there
I too am interested in both games. Playing as an assassin in a historical Japan sounds awesome!
I couldn't give two flips about yet another japanese based Souls game, AC all the way!
@KundaliniRising333 ya I believe that is jade. I gave up on ac a while ago. Sony gets priority in most cases.
Team Ninja games crap all over Assassin’s Creed. I know where I’m spending my money..
Rise of Ronin for me anyday but hopefully they do a good job of an Assassins Creed in Japan. Sucker Punch totally proved Ubisoft wrong
@KundaliniRising333 no? red is the game based in japan? it was announced along with Hexe , both red and hexe are only code names for the games.
@KundaliniRising333
Jade is the mobile one being released
@KennethKoerperich88 @twitchtvpat
Gotcha yah I realized I had the wrong one. So is red the next big mainline title? I wonder if they are going to double down on the big open world style.
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