Assassin's Creed Meta Quest game features evil corporation influencing behaviour and voting records
Tonight's Ubisoft Forward has given us a closer look at the trio of Assassin's Creed titles set to launch in 2023, including the Baghdad-set Assassin's Creed Mirage, VR title Assassin's Creed Nexus and smartphone entry Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade.
We began with a look at Assassin's Creed Nexus, which is due to launch for Meta Quest 2. Tonight provided our first real detail of the game, including the fact it will star three of the series' best-loved protagonists: Ezio, Kassandra and Connor.
Nexus will boast a «full single-player campaign», Ubisoft said, with an Abstergo-set modern day threat revolving around the evil tech company trying to use people's memories to sway their behaviour — and even their voting preferences. It's perhaps a bold choice of narrative for a game set to be played on Mark Zuckerburg-branded hardware.
To stop Abstergo's plans, you'll need to revisit fresh chapters in the lives of Italian Renaissance hunk Ezio (where you'll also catch up with «some old friends»), Greek demigoddess Kassandra (via a chapter set in Athens) as well as Assassin's Creed 3 star Connor.
Nexus will be first-person and feature «open map» environements with non-linear approaches, so you can explore and parkour — or go in using full-on combat. You'll fight with melee weapons using authentic gestures, with other tools in your arsenal such as throwing knives and smoke bombs. Finally, you'll be able to teleport to traverse around, with settings to help players who may have a fear of heights.
Next up, Assassin's Creed: Codename Jade. This is the Ancient China-set mobile game announced last year, which Ubisoft has now confirmed will get a closed beta this summer. Pre-registration for that will open up today, 12th June.
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