Next Assassin’s Creed is Mirage, stars Basim, set in Baghdad

A French YouTuber said the next Assassin’s Creed game will make a return to the series’ roots — in more ways than one — in a video partially corroborated by Bloomberg industry writer Jason Schreier.

The game’s title — Assassin’s Creed Mirage — These facts are true for Baghdad in late 9th Century. Schreier said on TwitterAccording to a source familiar with the matter, He said that other details of the YouTube video by YouTuber j0nathan were incorrect. For example, the setting in which there are multiple cities is not correct. (The video can be viewed in French. translated summaryRebs Gaming provided this information via Twitter.

Schreier did not provide any more details about the additional claims made by j0nathan. Bloomberg reported in February that Rift was initially planned to be an expansion. Assassin’s Creed ValhallaIt stars Basim, a well-known supporting character in the game.

In the game’s convoluted sci-fi canon, Basim is actually a human reincarnation of the Norse deity Loki, who actually belongs to an ancient and highly advanced humanoid species.

Bloomberg also reported in February that “the game won’t be a massive open-world role-playing game like previous recent entries, focusing instead more on stealth gameplay.” Bloomberg then said in July that Assassin’s Creed Rift/Mirage, in development at Ubisoft’s Bordeaux studio, had been delayed from a February 2023 launch to the following spring.

Schreier didn’t comment on any other details that j0nathan shared.

• There are no RPG elements like dialogue options, leveling and gender selection (because Basim is the character of the player)
• The “Eagle Vision” power, last seen in 2015’s Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, returns, but so does the “drone bird” that players could use to observe and mark enemies in the three most recent games.
• Ubisoft secretly working on a remake for the original Assassin’s CreedUse a large portion of the work and assets that were created. Mirage.
• The Ubisoft Forward Online Event on September 10th, which was announced by the publisher in July, will reveal much more.

Polygon reached out to Ubisoft representatives for more comment. However, the publisher seldom confirms rumors or acknowledges that games are in development.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Launched in November 2020. The most recent Assassin’s Creed project, confirmed or announced by Ubisoft, is codenamed Assassin’s Creed Infinity. The game is intended to be live-service, with multiple timelines and settings, as well as persistent content updates.