The Assassin's Creed franchise is gearing up to introduce some massive changes to the way its future projects are delivered and made available, with the IP following a growing trend in the industry to establish a one-stop shop to host essentially all future content for the series. This will be a pretty bold move from Ubisoft for one of its most successful franchises, with other massive gaming IPs recently taking similar approaches to varying levels of success.
This hub is currently labeled as Assassin's Creed Infinitywhich aims to accommodate all the future AC content in one place while also allowing Ubisoft to explore a wider range of shorter experiences that fans can access alongside larger titles such as the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows. This impressive change in content delivery was quite controversial for other franchises of similar size Infinity needs all the help it can get to make its launch a smooth and exciting transition for longtime fans of the IP. Many to come Assassin's Creed projects are reportedly tied to Infinityand a confirmed multiplayer game for the series could be the perfect way to start Infinity era Assassin's Creed with a bang.
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An Assassin's Creed multiplayer project could be the attraction Infinity needs to shine
Ubisoft announced a bold vision for the future Assassin's Creed franchise in late 2022, with a huge number of upcoming projects confirmed to be in development. These projects included an extremely high-profile Japanese ensemble Assassin's Creed Shadowsas well as mysterious Hex and Nephrite mobile game. While these confirmed titles all have their own unique perspectives for the franchise, the reveal Assassin's Creed Invictus was one of the most interesting.
Invictus is an early codename for an ambitious multiplayer-only title Assassin's Creedwith essentially no concrete details of what the title will feature since the 2022 announcement. Some early rumors even suggest that Invictus' gameplay will be greatly inspired Autumn Guyspainting a picture of a race against other players while using ACiconic parkour and combat mechanics to help you overcome your opponents.
Of course, Assassin's Creed has a successful history with multiplayer experiences, despite the single-player focus that most franchises have. Multiplayer game modes like Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Disclosure are considered iconic elements of the franchise's history, significance Invictus might as well be aimed at creating an experience closer to those past games.
Free-to-play Invictus could be the perfect project to support Assassin's Creed Infinity
Despite the uncertainty that is currently around Invictusthere's still a lot of anticipation surrounding the project, and Ubisoft could use that to their advantage to sweeten the launch Infinity. Some reports suggest so Infinity it may launch in 2025, and that may be a long time before launch Invinctuscould the new hub at least market the fact that Invictus could be freely available through Infinity when it finally gets released.
Many modern multiplayer titles take a live service and free-to-play approach, and in addition to the pros and cons that come with it, Invictus could also use this framework to offer the project through Infinity a center that many fans might be interested in at least checking out. Considering how controversial live-in centers have been for people like that Call of DutyUbisoft has a big task ahead of it Infinityand Invictus could be the perfect bargaining chip to make the rollout of the service even smoother.
