author: Zuzanna Domeradzka
Ubisoft Employee Reveals Assassin's Creed Red Release Date; It's Relatively Close
Set in feudal Japan, Assassin's Creed: Red will apparently debut sooner than we might have expected. An Ubisoft employee has revealed the game's release date.
Assassin's Creed community currently has something to look forward to, as Ubisoft has announced a number of titles that will hit gamers in the future. One of them is a project codenamed AC: Red. The production is of interest to a large portion of fans by the fact that it is the first "big" game in the series, which will be set in feudal Japan - a setting ideal for stealthy players with an interesting history. Despite little official information about the project being available, it looks like the game is scheduled for release in 2024.
This approximate release date was revealed by Ubisoft employee Arisa Lagunzad. As noted by a well-known profile Access The Animus on Twitter, the woman, searching for a "sponsorship partner" for the game through LinkedIn, described the upcoming title as "the biggest hit of 2024."
"Looking for a sponsorship partner for Assassin's Creed: Codename Red for the next year. [...] Do you want to collaborate on this biggest hit of 2024? I'd love to hear from you!"
Interestingly enough, Lagunzad's post has been edited and now there is no mention of next year's launch. So it is likely that the employee was either mistaken or gave away too much - at this point we can only guess.
It will be quite unexpected if AC: Red will indeed debut in 2024. Only recently began the marketing campaign for AC: Mirage, which will be released in October, so the break between the two main games in the series would be relatively short. Ubisoft has officially stopped supporting Valhalla more than two years after its release, releasing in that time, among other things, three major expansions. So imminent release of AC: Red would therefore suggest that either the development of Mirage will end soon, or the French have decided to return to the wholesale release of very similar games in different covers.
