Ubisoft's company-wide "major reset" is a blow I saw coming from a mile away. If Star Wars Outlaws' lukewarm reception wasn't enough of an indication in 2024, the short-lived hype around last year's Assassin's Creed Shadows leading to a change in its post-launch plans sealed the deal. The news that the now-former Assassin's Creed boss is reportedly suing Ubisoft was the tipping point.
When Assassin's Creed Shadows' second DLC was canned in 2025, I hoped 2026 would bring the series' future into sharper focus. Now was the time to start dangling carrots; but we haven't seen or heard anything about Assassin's Creed Codename Hexe in almost four years, and aside from a heavily rumored Black Flag remaster, the only other upcoming Assassin's Creed game known to be in production is a mobile entry I can't say I was all too keen on in the first place. But as Ubisoft moves to "accelerate [its] cost reductions initiatives to rightsize the organization," according to an official press release, I'm starting to get nervous.
