Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot revealed on Thursday that the corporate is engaged on remakes of the early Murderer’s Creed video games. He additionally talked concerning the writer’s plans for the sequence’ future, which embrace a denser however extra assorted recreation lineup.
Are Murderer’s Creed remakes in growth?
“Firstly,” Guillemot stated concerning the sequence’ future, “gamers may be enthusiastic about some remakes, which is able to enable us to revisit among the video games we’ve created up to now and modernize them; there are worlds in a few of our older Murderer’s Creed video games which are nonetheless extraordinarily wealthy.”
He didn’t explicitly say the remakes are in growth now or say particularly which video games Ubisoft plans to remake. That stated, a leak in 2023 indicated {that a} Black Flag remake was in growth at Cranium and Bones studio Ubisoft Singapore. Rumors additionally recommend that an Murderer’s Creed 1 remake is within the works, although Ubisoft has denied that previously. Nonetheless, it’s unclear when both of those tasks could be launched, with the Black Flag remake reportedly beginning growth final November.
As for brand new video games, Guillemot stated, “The objective is to have Murderer’s Creed video games come out extra frequently, however not for it to be the identical expertise yearly.” He gave the instance of the upcoming recreation codenamed Hexe, which he says will likely be very totally different from Murderer’s Creed Shadows. “We’re going to shock folks, I believe,” the CEO added.
Introduced in 2022, Ubisoft hasn’t stated a lot about Murderer’s Creed Hexe. It reportedly takes place in Sixteenth-century Germany, a time of mass hysteria round supposed witchcraft. Hexe additionally reportedly encompasses a feminine protagonist named Elsa, who has supernatural powers. Nonetheless, this data comes from uncorroborated leaks.