Rumor: The next Assassin’s Creed is likely to be released in 2017

Sources at game publisher Ubisoft have said that the next Assassin’s Creed game will not be released in the fall of 2016, but in 2017. The future game, codenamed ‘Empire’, is said to be set in ancient Egypt.

A source at Ubisoft also told game site Kotaku that the plans to release the game not in 2016, but later in 2017, stem from the less successful release of Unity in 2014. This gives more time to play the game as much as possible. possible to get rid of bugs and other problems. The source is also reported to have reported that the move to a biennial release cycle may well become the new trend for the Assassin’s Creed franchise.

Rumors surrounding the upcoming game started on 4chan forums Monday morning. On the forum, an anonymous poster claimed that Assassin’s Creed would skip a year. This would be the first time since 2009 that there will be no annual release of the game. Kotaku was unable to verify that the anonymous 4chan poster was indeed a Ubisoft employee. However, the site says it has been hearing similar rumors for some time.

Two sources are said to have confirmed Kotaku’s code name ‘Empire’ and the fact that the adventures take place in ancient Egypt. Another source had previously said the game would be set in ancient Rome, something that may have changed. The 4chan poster announced, among other things, that there would be plans to make a trilogy with this protagonist, which could possibly bring ancient Greece and the Roman Empire or Rome back into focus.

The latest AC game, Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, set in 19th-century London, was unlike Assassin’s Creed: Unity, well received, although the game still contained some graphical flaws and virtually unchanged gameplay upon release.

Ubisoft has yet to comment on the rumors. Kotaku often brings out rumors about upcoming Assassin’s Creed games. The site is generally right when it comes to Assassin’s Creed games.