Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot, has been speaking to investors on a conference call and has revealed that the next instalment of the popular Assassin’s Creed franchise will be on the shelves by March 2012, possibly earlier. The game will be officially announced in May this year and until then Yves is keeping his cats firmly encased in sacks.
“There will be something around Assassin’s – that’s all we can say,” was his only comment. We tried poking him with a pointy stick to make him talk* but he remained utterly silent.
Can Ubisoft maintain the excellent standards of the previous games if they release a title each year? Let’s hope so. In the meantime, let the rampant speculation as to which time period and location our hero will visit next begin.
Personally I favour the 1797 invasion of Fishguard in Wales by the French during which Jemima Faw, a.k.a. ‘Jemima the Great’ single-handedly captured twelve of the invading soldiers. Jemima (47), wife of a Fishguard cobbler, did have one advantage: the invading soldiers discovered a Portuguese ship had run aground recently and the Welsh had an ample supply of salvaged wine. The French promptly got so rat-arsed they couldn’t fight and Jemima rounded them up with her pitchfork.
Come on Ubisoft, isn’t about time we had a Welsh assassin? Play as Jemima, scouring the streets of Fishguard for the invading forces, a spring loaded pitchfork hidden in her gusset. There’s lovely.
Source: Gamasutra
* No we didn’t
jamess109
Gah not the welsh. Plus the game would have to be an 18 for all the sheep shagging that would occur! lmao
SeLwOoD-X
Im happy for an Assassin’s Creed game anytime, i just hope they scrap the Multiplayer, and focus on the single player.
dizwod
but the multiplayer was amazing…. i would play everyday if i hadnt lent it to a pal :(
nemesisND1derboy
Whose pointy stick? And please don’t, I only finished Brotherhood yesterday. I can’t take anymore mindf**ks!
aerobes
I’m probably missing something here but I’m finding a handheld Assassins Creed release pretty likely, what with 3DS and possibly NGP surfacing.
beeje13
Careful Ubisoft, you want to have the balance of profitabiliity while keeping demand for the series high, I think the series is slowly coming to the present day just like CoD has done.
maneorix
It will come to present day at some point, otherwise the Desmond over-arching story wouldn’t make any sense. They could wait a while for that I’m hoping..
Foxhound_Solid
Whoa, whoa, wait one damn second.
I havent gotten round to Brotherhood yet, give a chap time Ubi.
No rush man…..
SpikeyMikey23
I remember Ubisoft saying when brotherhood was announced that there would be no AC in 2011. Im happy with this. A march release would be great!
gazzagb
I’d love to see it set during the Industrial Revolution in London, it would be amazing!
Although it doesn’t really matter where it is, after the ending of ACB, I just want to play AC3!!
deadwelsh
Ubi-vision, or acti-soft?
AC – ground breaking game play, boring story
AC2 – boring story continued, half finished
ACB – What AC2 should have been
AC3 – not going to be in my collection
kevatron400
Not sure too many people would echo your sentiments on this. I certainly don’t.
AC – Great story, amazing open world, repetative/boring missions.
AC2 – As before, but with the removal of repetition of mission objectives.
ACB – Story felt a little less focussed maybe, but still fantastic to play and the addition of fully fledged, original multiplayer mode.
AC3 – they’ve delivered every time for me, can’t wait for this.
Mundham
Assassin’s Creed MMO anyone? :-)
maneorix
Not likely given the development time, MMO’s need massive time to get right. Besides I don’t want an MMO, that’s ruins the whole feeling of being Superman ;D