Assassin’s Creed Baghdad to Launch in Spring 2023: Report
Assassin's Creed Baghdad, the latest in the line of Ubisoft's open-world RPGs, is now eyeing a 2023 launch window. The new Assassin's Creed title, codenamed Rift, was initially planned as an expansion to 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and was slated to release later this year. The news comes via a Bloomberg report, which states that the game will now launch sometime in Spring 2023 — that's between March and May 2023 — marking the “second such setback in recent days for the French video game publisher.”
According to Bloomberg, the planned expansion to Assassin's Creed Valhalla was modified into a standalone game in an effort to fill the gap in Ubisoft's “thin” launch schedule for the fiscal year. Assassin's Creed Baghdad will now be its own standalone, full-fledged project, albeit tighter in scope compared to the recent sprawling, open-world entries. The still-unannounced Rift is on track to release in either May or June 2023, which suggests it could slip into Summer 2023.
“Ubisoft's office in Bordeaux is leading development on the game and asked for more time because Rift is running far behind schedule, according to a person familiar with the company's plans,” it reads.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which is being developed in collaboration with Disney, was expected to release this autumn. But last week, Ubisoft pushed the launch back to a vague 2023–24 window. This leaves the AAA game publisher with two releases this year — the pirate game Skull and Bones and a Nintendo Switch exclusive Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope — both of which went through a difficult developmental process and delays.
Last week, details on a separate Assassin's Creed title, codenamed Project Red, surfaced online. Details are sparse, but
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