Between this year’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Hexe, mobile title Assassin’s Creed Jade, and the Assassin’s Cred Infinity service, you would think Ubisoft had enough Assassin’s Creed projects in the works right now. Yet that’s still not enough for the company, as it has formally confirmed it has some Assassin’s Creed remakes in the pipeline too.
This comes courtesy of Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot himself, who said as much in an interview published on the company’s official website. When asked about the future of the Assassin’s Creed series, Guillemot answered, “Players can be excited about some remakes, which will allow us to revisit some of the games we’ve created in the past and modernize them.” He stopped short of hinting at which titles will get the remake treatment and when fans can expect any of them to come out, but at the very least it sounds like Ubisoft intends to remake multiple games.
Guillemot also promised there will be plenty of variety in the sort of Assassin’s Creed games the company puts out, explaining that the goal is to have them come out more regularly, “but not for it to be the same experience every year.” Considering most of the modern entries, like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and the upcoming Shadows, are action-RPGs, breaking up these releases with remakes of the older, more stealth-focused entries would fit this vision. Plus, the release of Assassin’s Creed Mirage, a deliberate throwback to the original titles, proved there’s a market for them thanks to a very successful launch. Ubisoft even described it as the company’s “biggest New Gen launch in terms of units sales to date.“
As for which Assassin’s Creed games could see a remake, the original 2007 title feels like a safe assumption given its age and its status as the first entry in the series. Although Ubisoft could skip it and go straight to Assassin’s Creed 2 given the popularity of not just the game but also its protagonist, Ezio. And while it arguably doesn’t need one, the pirate themed Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is perhaps the top choice for a remake, if only to have it on current hardware.
In fact, a remake of Black Flag was already claimed to be in development last year. This was according to a report by Kotaku, who spoke with unnamed sources within Ubisoft. No other details were mentioned, aside from the fact that the project was still in the early stages and Ubisoft Singapore was heavily involved. Ubisoft Singapore has a history with assisting development on Assassin’s Creed games, including Black Flag, and is also the studio behind Ubisoft’s current pirate game Skull and Bones. Hopefully, if the Black Flag remake is real, it doesn’t take as long to release as Skull and Bones did.
