Following the success of Shadows, Ubisoft is reportedly planning to release another Assassin's Creed game in 2025. Despite the controversy surrounding Shadows building up to its launch, the game has become a massive hit for Ubisoft, shipping millions of copies in just a few weeks. While the next traditional mainline entry is likely still a way off, the publisher may be attempting to keep the hype machine spinning by following it up with a more experimental project that harkens back to the series' earlier days.
Over on X (formerly Twitter), reputable leaker and insider Tom Henderson claims the long-rumored Assassin's Creed game, codenamed Invictus, is slated to arrive later in 2025. Aside from the project's existence, next to nothing is known about it, but early reports suggest that it will be a multiplayer experience that fans hope mechanically draws from the cat-and-mouse gameplay of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Revelations. Whether or not that turns out to be accurate remains to be seen, and a grain of salt is recommended until Ubisoft makes an official announcement.
Assassin's Creed is largely recognized as a single-player experience, but the franchise has dabbled with multiplayer modes before. As mentioned above, some...
