Assassin’s Creed fans left divided after major update on new games revealed

ASSASSIN’s Creed fans were left divided after Ubisoft announced a major update on new games and an upcoming live-action series.

Ubisoft, the developer of Assassin’s Creed, revealed on Saturday that four new games are coming to the game series.

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During Ubisoft’s September 2022 Ubisoft Forward showcase, the developer announced a live-action series based on the game is in the works, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is coming to an end with a free content update, and new games titled Mirage, Red, Hexe.

The developer also shared the news that an “open-world version of Assassin’s Creed for smartphones, currently dubbed Jade,” is also being developed, The Verge explains.

Assassin’s Creed’s official Twitter page shared a series of tweets as the showcase was underway.

One tweet read: “Take a look at the exciting future for Assassin’s Creed! – Assassin’s Creed Mirage: coming 2023. – 2 new AAA games – A new mobile title – The end of Eivor’s story.”

However, fans of Assassin’s Creed have expressed different feelings regarding the news.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is ending

It was revealed that Eivor’s journey will be finding its conclusion with a free “quest arc” called The Last Chapter, the game series’ official Twitter page said.

The Last Chapter will be available in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla in the next few months, but an exact date has not been revealed.

One Twitter user responded: “Man ain’t no one care about this s**t anymore. Drop Mirage asap.”

“I won’t be playing,” said another.

However, others were excited about the announcement.

“Didn’t disappoint and for sure this too won’t,” a third gaming fan tweeted in response. “Can’t wait.”

A fourth commented: “I might reinstall Valhalla just for this.”

“Glad it’s free, was afraid I’d have to pay to figure out how exactly his story ends,” a fifth person wrote.

The Last Chapter comes after three previous additional content packs for the series, Dawn of Ragnarok, The Siege of Paris, and Wrath of the Druids.

“Unlike those, The Last Chapter is free for all Assassin’s Creed Valhalla players,” Polygon explains.

“In a brief clip shown Saturday, Eivor announces that she’s ready to leave her Viking camp and ‘set forth for distant shores and new adventures.'”

The next major Assassin’s Creed game: Mirage

Now, as for the new game titled Mirage, Assassin’s Creed’s next major game, it will “shift the time-traveling series to 9th-century Baghdad, where players will take on the role of a budding assassin named Basim,” according to The Verge.

The news outlet explained further: “Ubisoft says that the game will get back to the action-adventure roots of the series, which means that the RPG mechanics from more recent games will not be present.”

The game is set to launch sometime next year. 

The series’ Twitter page said on Saturday: “Assassin’s Creed Mirage is set years before AC Valhalla and features a young Basim who will grow from a street thief to a Master Assassin.”

Some fans responded without excitement, with one commenting: “Eh. Interest just dropped.”

Another said: “I hope everyone that plays it enjoys but, I’ll be sitting this one out.”

But others are looking forward to Mirage.

One gamer said they were “hyped” while another said: “Good. Let’s freaking go!”

Assassin’s Creed Red

Meanwhile, another upcoming Assassin’s Creed game is codenamed Project Red.

Red, an open-world RPG that is set to be the next mainline game for Assassin’s Creed, takes place in Japan, GLHF’s Georgina Young explains.

Assassin’s Creed took to Twitter about the game, saying: “Experience the full Shinobi fantasy in our future open world RPG title set during Feudal Japan: Assassin’s Creed Codename RED.”

And fans appeared to reacted with overwhelming joy, with one commenting: “OMG OMG OMG.”

Others replied: “Sqqqueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Yaaassss!,” “RPG FINALY,” and “YESSSSSSSSIIIRRRRRRRRRR.”

However, others weren’t in agreement and criticized the move.

One seemingly unhappy gamer wrote: “The only thing that’s gonna make assassins creed – assassins creed again is a remake of the first one.

“You guys are at marvel level of milking this franchise at this point.

“Won’t spend a nickel or play the new game.”

Another wrote: “Kinda wasted the Japan setting on the rpg aspect tho.”

Assassin’s Creed Hexe 

Another upcoming game in development by Assassin’s Creed is codenamed Hexe, which means “witch” in German.

It will take on a “very different” and darker tone than other games in the series, according to Young.

The storyline, setting, and time period for Hex, which is being developed by Ubisoft Montréal, are not yet known.

On Saturday, Assassin’s Creed tweeted a short video clip, writing alongside it: “We work in the dark… That’s all we can say for now about Assassin’s Creed Codename HEXE.”

The footage showed sticks tied together and hanging from a tree, which led one Twitter user to comment: “I’m so lost.”

Other users commented on the number of games that have just been announced.

Two fans replied: “How many games are you announcing?” and “Y’all announced like 4 games.”

And one user insisted they were “not playing.”

But others seem to be looking forward to it, with one gamer writing: “I’m very curious about this one!”

Live-action Assassin’s Creed series and mobile game

Assassin’s Creed also announced this weekend that “Ubisoft Television and Netflix are currently working together on the live-action Assassin’s Creed series and on an original mobile game!”

The announcement led fans to reveal the series “looks awful,” with one person commenting: “At this point, anything would be better than that movie.”

A second fan said: “Well you can’t do any worse than the movie you guys did.

“So if you are going to run the franchise into the ground bring on the tv show!”

A third replied: “WAIT I had no hope in the series but I’m putting my last effort into the mobile game.”

Despite the negative comments, some admitted they were looking forward to the series.

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