Ubisoft is cooking up multiple Assassin’s Creed game remakes, according to company CEO Yves Guillemot. And while he hasn’t revealed which ones yet, the news follows reports last year that Ubisoft’s much-loved Assassin’s Creed Black Flag is getting the remake treatment.
Guillemot made the comments in an interview on Ubisoft website, discussing the company’s upcoming portfolio. And while it offered little in the way of surprises – Yves once again talked about generative AI NPCs, insisting they could be “more intelligent, more interactive” (and not just dead-eyed creepy) – he did manage to share a smattering of fresh information.
Which brings us to those remakes. In answer to a question about Ubisoft’s future plans for the series, Yves revealed, “Firstly, players can be excited about some remakes, which will allow us to revisit some of the games we’ve created in the past and modernise them; there are worlds in some of our older Assassin’s Creed games that are still extremely rich.”
That lends credence to a Kotaku report last year claiming Skull and Bones studio Ubisoft Singapore was “heavily involved” in a remake of fan-favourite pirate-themed Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag. However, the project was said to be “still in its earliest stages” and unlikely to be complete “for at least a few years”. Of course, Guillemot has now confirmed , opening up a world of possibility – although my money’s probably on Assassin’s Creed 2. The best joke in the series deserves another chance to shine.