Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed game series has been in the news a lot lately. Earlier this month, we reported that the studio is rumored to be working on 11 different Assassin’s Creed titles – an ambitious undertaking indeed.
Of the 11 rumored games, Ubisoft has officially announced four, and one of them is Assassin’s Creed Codename Red.
Ubisoft announced Codename Red last year during its Assassin’s Creed Showcase. We know, from the trailer, that the game will be set in Japan during its feudal era. Apart from this tiny detail, there is little else confirmed information available about the game. We have heard rumors that the game will have two playable characters, though – but that is all they are. Rumors.
The company also neglected to give us a release date, or window for that matter, besides a vague tag at the end of the trailer that read, “On the Horizon.” Nevertheless, we expected the game to take some time, given how many projects the company is currently working on.
It looks like a few months ago the Business Development and Brand Partnership teams at Ubisoft were looking for sponsorship partners for #AssassinsCreed Codename Red in 2024, which could act as a partial confirmation of the game actually being planned for 2024 at the moment! pic.twitter.com/m7mq2z3Gp5
— Access The Animus (@AccessTheAnimus) July 11, 2023
It now appears we were wrong as, according to a new report, Assassin’s Creed Codename Red will arrive sooner rather than expected. We have Access The Animus, a popular and reliable Assassin’s Creed Twitter fan account, to thank for this report.
On Wednesday, Access tweeted that a Ubisoft Business Development and Brand Partnership team member named Arisa Lagunzad had put out a call asking for partners who are interested in sponsoring the game to contact them. Lagunzad had hinted that the game will launch next year.
In their words, “We are seeking a sponsoring partner for this title Assassin’s Creed Codename RED for next year.” Lagunzad had also claimed that Ubisoft was expanding the franchise to include podcasts and manga series and had dubbed it “the biggest blockbuster for 2024.
We should mention that we can’t verify the veracity of this claim. But, if true, we expect Ubisoft to make it official soon and maybe accompany it with a new trailer. Right now, we only have that one very short trailer, released last year, that shows next to nothing of the game.
Assassin’s Creed fans have wanted a version of the game set in Japan for a very long time. Last year, when Ubisoft announced that such a game was in the works, it was to the delight of many gamers. If the game were to arrive as early as next year, then the company will well and truly have granted the fervent wish of many Assassin’s Creed fans.
Of the four games that Ubisoft has unveiled, Assassin’s Creed Mirage is the only one with a concrete release date. Recently, the studio released a new trailer that shined a spotlight on the game’s main character Basim.
Another of the games, Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade, began accepting registration for a closed beta last month, which makes us believe that it is also not far away from release.
Assassin’s Creed Codename Red is in development at Ubisoft Quebec.
