What's Next for the Assassin's Creed Franchise: Rift, Nexus, and Infinity

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The Assassin's Creed franchise is clearly not afraid to add variety to its key frameworks and formulas in the name of staving off tedium within its loyal player base. As well as the recent installments to the franchise adopting more RPG-like elements, the upcoming additions to the long-standing IP appear to offer their own comparatively unique experiences.

With Rift, Nexus, and Infinity all being slated to release under the Assassin's Creed moniker as the next steps in the franchise's trajectory, it can be difficult to keep up with the rumors and details. Further, each of the upcoming games is rumored to provide a wholly unique experience, so determining the differences between the titles can be the source of further confusion.

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Assassin's Creed Rift is the working title for an upcoming installment within the franchise that is rumored to be a smaller-scale and narratively focused game that will provide an experience more akin to classic Assassin's Creed titles. It is strongly rumored that Rift will see Basim Ibn Ishaq as its protagonist, who was a character that featured frequently within Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

Rift was originally intended to be a part of Valhalla's post-launch DLC, however it has clearly grown in scale to the point where Ubisoft believes that it warrants its own standalone release. The game will reportedly be set primarily within the Middle East, most likely before the events of Assassin's Creed Valhalla. With the Iraqi capital of Baghdad being the primary rumored setting, many have noted the potential links between the upcoming Rift and the original Assassin's Creed, both physically and, to a lesser extent, temporally.

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