Ubisoft has regularly been releasing newAssassin’s Creedgames since the first one launched in 2007, with the franchise showing no signs of slowing down. The last majorAssassin’s Creedrelease wasAssassin’s Creed Valhallain 2020, with reports indicating that the next game in the series will likely launch later this year. However, new information suggests that the nextAssassin’s Creedgame, codenamedAssassin’s Creed Rift, may actually come in early 2023 instead.
This is according to Colin Moriarty of theSacred Symbolspodcast, known for his insider information and breaking news on PlayStation games. While Moriarty is primarily known for his PlayStation scoops, his sources tell him that the nextAssassin’s Creedgame may actually launch in the first two months of 2023 instead of late 2022 as others have reported. Ubisoft made no mention of therumoredAssassin’s Creed Riftduring its latest investors call, so there may be something to this.
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Then again, it’s also possible theUbisoft conference callmade no mention ofAssassin’s Creed Riftbecause the game has not been officially announced. At the time of this writing, allAssassin’s Creedfans know is coming for sure is the live-serviceAssassin’s Creed Infinity, though that’s not expected to launch for quite some time.
As forAssassin’s Creed Rift, rumors suggest that it may actually return the franchise back to its roots. The latestAssassin’s Creedinstallments have shifted away from the series' original stealth gameplay to be massive, open world action-adventure RPGs instead. If the reports aboutAssassin’s Creed Riftare to be believed, the game will bemuch smaller in scale than games likeOdysseyandValhalla, which could make it more in-line with older games in the series.
There’s not a lot of other information aboutAssassin’s Creed Rift, except that it will reportedly starBasim fromAssassin’s Creed Valhallaas the main character and take place in Baghdad. Rumor has it that the game started life as anotherAssassin’s Creed Valhallaexpansion before Ubisoft made the decision to release it as a standalone title instead, though fans should take all of this with a grain of salt until an official announcement comes.
There’s a lot of Ubisoft games on deck for 2022 and 2023 even without anewAssassin’s Creedtitle, but the franchise’s release schedule certainly suggests that fans can likely expect the next game to be released this year. But fans should keep in mind that it could very well slip to early 2023 as Moriarty’s sources have claimed.
