Assassin's Creed Hexe – Everything we know about the new flagship AC game
With Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe, we may get our starkest change to the underlying formula since Assassin's Creed Origins pulled the series away from stealth and towards action-RPG territory. At least, that's what is being teased by Marc-Alexis Cote, a Ubisoft veteran who has also served as creative director and producer on two of the best Assassin's Creed games.
Assassin's Creed Hexe was revealed at the Ubisoft Forward 2022 showcase, which sought to give us updates on as many upcoming Ubisoft games as the publisher could reasonably squeeze into one block. It also acted as a celebration of Assassin's Creed's 15th anniversary and a look at what's to come next, following the first looks at 2023's Assassin's Creed Mirage, Assassin's Creed Codename Red, and new details on Assassin's Creed Infinity (opens in new tab). Ubisoft will reveal more information on each of these games in the coming months, but in the meantime here's everything we know about Assassin's Creed Hexe so far.
Assassin's Creed Hexe is described by Ubisoft's Marc-Alexis Cote as a "new flagship title" in the series, one which will be "a very different type of Assassin's Creed game." That much is evident from the tone of the reveal, which opens with ominous music and dead leaves floating from rotting trees – a far cry from the bombast that has been typically associated with Assassin's Creed reveal trailers in the past. If this first look is anything to go by, Assassin's Creed Hexe could be the darkest installment to the series yet.
It may only be 30 seconds long, but the Assassin's Creed Hexe trailer has got the gears of our brains turning. It's an effective mood piece, which concludes with an Assassin's Insignia – formed from broken branches – hanging
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