When the leaks about the next Assassin's Creed game started getting out of hand, Ubisoft had two choices: try and eventually fail to plug all the holes or just confirm the game already.
Judging by Ubisoft's most recent announcement, the publisher chose the latter.
Just as the company was struggling to issue copyright notices to take down all of the social media posts containing leaked Assassin's Creed information, Ubisoft went and confirmed the name, setting, as well as protagonist for the next Assassin's Creed game.
According to Ubisoft, the next entry in the best-selling series will be called "Assassin's Creed Mirage.
Ubisoft's announcement comes over a week ahead of a larger reveal scheduled for the 10th at the company's upcoming Ubisoft Forward showcase.
The company didn't provide more details about Mirage outside of the image, which seems to corroborate earlier reports that the game will be set in the Middle East with a person that looks a lot like Basim as the lead.