Assassin’s Creed 1 remake hinted at by Rift leaks

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Assassin’s Creed 1 may be getting a full remake as new leaks regarding the rumoured Assassin’ Creed: Rift, the spin-off from Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, suggest Ubisoft’s long-term plans for its stealth, open-world RPG series.

The leaks begin with a French YouTuber, j0nathan, who has regularly posted about Assassin’s Creed information and updates in the past. Handily translated on the Twitter account Rebs Gaming, the leaks suggest that Rift is in fact a codename for the next AC game, and the actual title will be Mirage. As has already been speculated, it will take place in Baghdad between 860 and 870 AD, and feature Basim from Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla as the playable character.

Ubisoft’s goal with Mirage is apparently to return to the basics of the series, removing some of the more RPG-based elements such as dialogue trees, gender selection, and a levelling system, to supply a game that focuses more on the Assassin’s Creed stealth gameplay fundamentals. Mirage will allegedly launch in Spring 2023.

This information has been partially corroborated by Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier, who has previously reported on leaked information regarding both Assassin’s Creed: Rift (or should that be Mirage now?) and Ubisoft’s rumoured service-style game Assassin’s Creed: Infinity, which is rumoured to be set in Japan, and will be updated progressively over a number of years, similar to GTA Online.

“A person familiar tells me parts of this new Assassin’s Creed leak are true,” writes Schreier, “such as the name and the other stuff Bloomberg has already reported: spring 2023, Baghdad, back to AC basics.” Schreier also explains that other parts of the leak, according to their source, are “not true”, specifically hints that Mirage will