Assassin’s Creed new game Codename: Red finally delivers fans’ dreams
The Assassin’s Creed new game Codename: Red will finally transport fans to a location they have been dreaming of ever since the stealth RPG first emerged in 2007, with Ubisoft confirming the new project alongside Assassin’s Creed: Mirage, and details about Assassin’s Creed: Infinity.
At a Ubisoft Showcase event, attended by PCGamesN, the Rainbow Six and Far Cry developer confirmed that Codename: Red, a holding title for a new entry in the Assassin’s Creed series, will be set in feudal-era Japan, delivering on a setting that fans have posited and wished for since the stealth series first launched.
Marc-Alexis Cotê, creative director of Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, introduced Codename: Red, calling it Ubisoft’s “next, premium flagship title, and the future of our open-world, RPG games on Assassin’s Creed. It will let players explore one of their most awaited settings ever in the franchise, and they’ll live a very powerful shinobi fantasy.”
Developed by Ubisoft Quebec, the studio behind Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, the trailer for Codename: Red gives away very little indeed, showing only the rooftop of a Japanese building, sat atop by a shadowy figure sporting the series’ trademark hidden blade. However, the game is planned to release as part of the broader Assassin’s Creed project, Infinity, which Cotê says will serve as a kind of hub for AC games in the future.
“Infinity is not a game, per se,” they explain. “It’s going to be the single entry point for our fans into the Assassin’s Creed franchise in the future. Infinity is going to be a hub that will unite all our different experiences and our players in meaningful ways.”
No release date has been offered for Codename: Red, with Ubisoft describing it simply as “on the
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