{"id":6413,"date":"2022-09-06T21:28:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T21:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/06\/multiple-new-assassins-creed-announcements-rumored-for-saturdays-showcase\/"},"modified":"2022-09-06T21:28:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T21:28:47","slug":"multiple-new-assassins-creed-announcements-rumored-for-saturdays-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/06\/multiple-new-assassins-creed-announcements-rumored-for-saturdays-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple new Assassin&#8217;s Creed announcements rumored for Saturday&#8217;s showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 10, Ubisoft is hosting a livestream that includes &#8220;a special Assassin&#8217;s Creed showcase offering a peek at the future of the franchise.&#8221; Reports about the exact contents of that showcase have now been published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-09-06\/ubisoft-set-to-announce-several-new-assassin-s-creed-games\">Bloomberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tryhardguides.com\/ubisoft-to-reveal-several-new-assassins-creed-titles-at-ubisoft-forward\/\">Try Hard Guides<\/a>, stating that Ubisoft will be revealing several games, including last week&#8217;s leaked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/assassins-creed-mirage-announced\/\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Mirage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bloomberg&#8217;s Jason Schreier, Ubisoft will be showing two other major games: an Assassin&#8217;s Creed codenamed Red set in feudal Japan, as well as another codenamed &#8220;Neo or Hexe&#8230; set during the latter stages of the Holy Roman Empire and revolves around witch trials.&#8221; The two games are part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/assassins-creed-infinity-will-turn-the-series-into-a-live-service-game-with-multiple-historical-settings\/\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Infinity<\/a>, according to the report, which is Ubisoft&#8217;s plan for an Assassin&#8217;s Creed live service platform.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a mobile game in the showcase: a mobile game set in China codenamed Project Jade, according to Try Hard Guides&#8217; Tom Henderson. Henderson&#8217;s report echoes the same details as Bloomberg&#8217;s, with matching descriptions for Red and Hexe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We can likely expect to see the most of Project Mirage, which Ubisoft officially acknowledged last week after its leak. Mirage is expected to be set in Baghdad and offer a return to the stealth-focused design of the early Assassin&#8217;s Creed games, without the broader RPG features Ubisoft has incorporated since Assassin&#8217;s Creed Origins.<\/p>\n<p>PC Gamer can confirm that we attended a preview event related to this weekend&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed Showcase, but can&#8217;t corroborate the above reports at this time. The Ubisoft Forward stream begins at 12 pm PT (8 pm UK) on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Ubisoft)<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Multiple new Assassin&#8217;s Creed announcements rumored for Saturday&#8217;s showcase<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>On September 10, Ubisoft is hosting a livestream that includes &#8220;a special Assassin&#8217;s Creed showcase offering a peek at the future of the franchise.&#8221; Reports about the exact contents of that showcase have now been published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-09-06\/ubisoft-set-to-announce-several-new-assassin-s-creed-games\">Bloomberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tryhardguides.com\/ubisoft-to-reveal-several-new-assassins-creed-titles-at-ubisoft-forward\/\">Try Hard Guides<\/a>, stating that Ubisoft will be revealing several games, including last week&#8217;s leaked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/assassins-creed-mirage-announced\/\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Mirage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bloomberg&#8217;s Jason Schreier, Ubisoft will be showing two other major games: an Assassin&#8217;s Creed codenamed Red set in feudal Japan, as well as another codenamed &#8220;Neo or Hexe&#8230; set during the latter stages of the Holy Roman Empire and revolves around witch trials.&#8221; The two games are part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/assassins-creed-infinity-will-turn-the-series-into-a-live-service-game-with-multiple-historical-settings\/\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Infinity<\/a>, according to the report, which is Ubisoft&#8217;s plan for an Assassin&#8217;s Creed live service platform.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a mobile game in the showcase: a mobile game set in China codenamed Project Jade, according to Try Hard Guides&#8217; Tom Henderson. Henderson&#8217;s report echoes the same details as Bloomberg&#8217;s, with matching descriptions for Red and Hexe.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We can likely expect to see the most of Project Mirage, which Ubisoft officially acknowledged last week after its leak. Mirage is expected to be set in Baghdad and offer a return to the stealth-focused design of the early Assassin&#8217;s Creed games, without the broader RPG features Ubisoft has incorporated since Assassin&#8217;s Creed Origins.<\/p>\n<p>PC Gamer can confirm that we attended a preview event related to this weekend&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed Showcase, but can&#8217;t corroborate the above reports at this time. 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