Ubisoft announced a few months ago an ambitious development plan for the Assassin’s Creed brand, which included the presence of several titles that would serve to take the franchise in a new – and more global – direction. And Assassin’s Creed Mirage would be the spearhead of that strategy that now, due to the turbulence of 2023, seems to be in danger.
When the river sounds…
Ubisoft is not having a good time. You only have to see what happened a few weeks ago with the delay of Skull and Bones, which was not a surprise to anyone, although it was a tragic confirmation that if that title left for 2024 -at least-, what could not happen with many other launches of the company? And those fears are coming true , unfortunately.
Now, we already know that a few days ago the news of a rumor was leaking that affirmed that Assassin’s Creed Mirage and The Crew Motorfest would be the next to be delayed until next year, but in recent times we have been perceiving small details that point in that address. And we want to share them with you, because they are an obvious symptom that a lot is happening in the French company. But many.
For example, the incessant trickle of gears. Some reach the mainstream media and are echoed by the whole world, but many others are small, anonymous, from workers who have been in the Ubisoft offices over the last few years and little by little are saying goodbye one by one. Does anyone stay there to finish ongoing projects?
What will be of Ubisoft in the coming years?
As we tell you, the string of voluntary redundancies and layoffs that are taking place is significant for the state of the company and even endorses the rumors that some other giant could take over it . Be that as it may, there are obvious signs that the new Assassin’s Creed Mirage will not be out this year, such as the complete absence of information on how development is progressing, which we would have heard of in other circumstances.
Currently, highly anticipated games adhere to a strict schedule of reveals that tells us two things: one, that the plan to launch on schedule has not been touched; and two, as evidence of the first, that the developers continue to advance at the rate they planned. When one of those two legs fails, what is happening now occurs : that there is no news for months after the launch, only a deafening silence.
Surely the event announced by Ubisoft in response to its absence at E3 this year – if it is not canceled – will serve to put that new release date in the first half of 2024 . Something that would help those who are still spending hours in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla try to finish it completely. Something that would not hurt some of us but we are very afraid that the delay could be greater. A whole year until the end of next year?
Of course, at the moment, what it does not look like is that Assassin’s Creed Mirage is on its way to becoming a Beyond God & Evil 2 that has been in development for almost two decades. If so, we would be witnessing the end of the French company. And its crisis does not reach that much.