Assassin's Creed Mirage is coming in August

Assassin's Creed: Mirage will follow a young Basim as he lives as a thief in Baghdad. Players will get to learn how Basim became a member of the secretive group of Assassins.

The upcoming title will return to the core gameplay of the Assassin's Creed series. The game will emphasize the stealth action gameplay rather than the RPG-esque leveling system of newer titles.

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's Tom Henderson has

corroborated the leaked information

. Henderson even goes one further, claiming that gamers will be seeing gameplay for the stealth game at the Ubisoft Forward event on June 12.

Ubisoft has been notorious for missing release dates and suffering delays. This new information may not be entirely accurate as the studio may have released a placeholder date for retail stores.

There have been rumors that Assassin's Creed: Mirage has suffered some hiccups in development. According to the rumor, the game has been affected by production changes in a big way and the title may release later than anticipated.

Aside from Assassin's Creed: Mirage, Ubisoft is also working on other titles for the series. Project Red will be set in feudal Japan and feature both Samurai and Ninjas. Project Hexe will be set in Central Europe while the mobile game Project Jade will take place in China.

Ubisoft is also working on Assassin's Creed Invictus which will be a multiplayer title and the VR game Assassin's Creed Nexus.

Assassin's Creed: Mirage is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S later this year.