Assassin's Creed: Codename Hexe narrative director Darby McDevitt has elaborated on the role that returning series writer Christopher Grilli will take on in the upcoming Ubisoft RPG.
Last week, Grilli – who was a writer on Assassin's Creed Origins, Valhalla, and Mirage as well as Far Cry 5 and New Dawn – announced on his LinkedIn that he has returned to Ubisoft "as a Lead Scriptwriter on Assassin's Creed: Codename Hexe." Given that the project has been in development for some time, fans have naturally speculated about the role Grilli is taking on the writing team.
Assassin’s Creed Hexe lead writer Darby McDevitt has confirmed that Christopher Grilli, who recently joined as lead scriptwriter for AC Hexe, is guiding another team on other content.I believe this is for a DLC for Hexe, and the original release plans for the game should not be… pic.twitter.com/JI8Gah4oTxJanuary 18, 2026
In response to one such piece of speculation in the Access the Animus Discord server (via Twitter user and Assassin's Creed fan account Zephryss), McDevvitt – narrative director of Hexe – responded to a fan wondering what the hierarchy of the writing team is. McDevvit explained, "Kristen [McGorry] is the lead writer of the main story. Chris is guiding another team on other content." As for his own role, McDevitt describes himself as "the evil puppet master who chooses the color of ink we use."
The elaboration has led some to believe that Grilli will instead be leading the charge on DLC for the game, rather than working on the game, with one fan saying, "I believe this is for a DLC for Hexe, and the original release plans for the game should not be affected."
As of right now, we still don't actually know much about Assassin's Creed: Codename Hexe – Hexe probably isn't even going to be included in the final name, given that Assassin's Creed Shadows was the similarly titled "Codename Red" for a while. But now that there seemingly isn't anything else ahead of it on the Assassin's Creed release calendar (aside from the mobile-only Assassin's Creed Jade), we should hopefully see it sometime this year.
