Assassin’s Creed Codename Red Rumored To Feature Both A Samurai And Shinobi

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While Ubisoft has announced a number of Assassin’s Creed projects over the last few months news today from Insider Gaming claims that the in-development Assassin’s Creed Codenamed Red being led by Ubisoft Quebec will feature both a samurai and shinobi as its two playable characters. While Insider Gaming previously reported that the game was in ‘good shape’ and would feature two playable characters, it is only today that we’ve learned a little more about these characters.

While there is still little information about these two characters it is believed that the recent short teaser published by Ubisoft features the game’s female samurai. The shinobi is suspected to be an African refugee who picked up the way to the Creed. Alongside this, Insider Gaming also reported that Codename Red is set to focus heavily on stealth allowing players to hide bodies, submerge in tall grass, and extinguish lights to conceal their character. This would make a lot of sense given Ubisoft’s upcoming Assassin’s Creed title, Assassin’s Creed: Mirage is apparently set to bring the series back to its roots according to developers. Creative Director on Assassin’s Creed: Mirage Stéphane Boudon previously noted:

The increased hardware power and the extended expertise we developed also allow us to have a richer and denser map compared to the first Assassin’s Creed… and it means for us more gameplay opportunities, more interactions between systems, more depth. It also means incredible and immersive details to treat Baghdad as one of the main characters of Mirage… For the crowd blending for instance, we took a more systemic approach. In Assassin’s Creed 2 you could see the pattern of NPCs grouping in their lane, it was incredible at that time, but it