Report: Next Assassin’s Creed Was Ubisoft’s Delayed Mystery Title

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Ubisoft publicly revealed that it was delaying . That announcement came with another delay, but the name of that other title was a mystery. Some theorized that it was the unannounced game that got pushed, which is exactly what a new report is alleging.

According to Bloomberg,, the codename for the next entry, has been pushed from February and is now planned to launch sometime between May and June, elaborating that it was indeed the “smaller unannounced premium game” from the earnings report. It is being delayed because the project is “running far behind schedule,” according to one of the outlet’s sources. Ubisoft Bordeaux, which previously developed ‘s Irish expansion, is said to be leading the game and has asked for more time.

Bloomberg (and Eurogamer) previously reported of ‘s existence, saying it was a smaller, stealthier entry that will star ‘s Basim (the one on the left in the above picture) and take place in Baghdad. It was originally supposed to DLC for, but was reportedly fleshed out to fill out Ubisoft’s barren release schedule. Not much else is known, but, as the Bloomberg report states, it will be unveiled during the franchise’s 15th anniversary stream in September.

‘s “future” will be revealed during that stream, which seems to have a few big things on the horizon., which Ubisoft did announce just after a Bloomberg report about it went live, is the live service entry being developed by Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Quebec, the teams that led and, respectively. Ubisoft was rather vague about it, but the Bloomberg report claimed it is being modeled after and will be a “massive online platform that evolves over time” that’s still “at least three years away.”

Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb also said that he heard Ubisoft