Ubisoft’s CEO, Yves Guillemot, has confirmed that the company is making several remakes of Assassin’s Creed games. He didn’t say which games are being remade, but there have been reports that a remake of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is in the works.
In an interview on the Ubisoft website, Yves Guillemot talked about the company’s future games. He mentioned that Ubisoft is still focused on open-world games, with new titles like Star Wars: Outlaws and Assassin’s Creed Shadows coming soon.
Ubisoft CEO Confirms Multiple Assassin’s Creed Remakes
Remember last year’s news about Ubisoft making a remake of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag? Were you happy to hear that they picked this game, or were you hoping for a different one in the series? Well, I have good news either way.
Ubisoft’s CEO, Yves Guillemot, shared in an interview that they are working on several Assassin’s Creed remakes:
“Players can look forward to some remakes that will let us revisit and modernize some of our older Assassin’s Creed games. These older games still have rich worlds.”
One reason for this is Ubisoft’s plan to focus more on Assassin’s Creed in the future, including releasing games more often. Guillemot also mentioned that Assassin’s Creed Codename Hexe, the next main game after this year’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows, will be very different from what we have seen so far:
“There will be a lot of different experiences. We aim to release Assassin’s Creed games more regularly, but each game will offer something new. For example, Assassin’s Creed Hexe will be very different from Assassin’s Creed Shadows. We want to surprise people.”
Let’s hope that releasing many Assassin’s Creed games in the coming years won’t lead to “Ubisoft fatigue.”
Which Games Will Be Remade?
We don’t know which games Ubisoft will bring back yet, but there are rumors of a Black Flag remake, so that might happen. It’s likely that the first few games will also be targeted for remakes. Anything released for the PS3 generation and earlier might be considered for remakes.
Ubisoft has already remastered most of its older games for modern consoles, including the Ezio trilogy. The first four games are old enough that Ubisoft might remake them with modern game design principles. Since nearly every Assassin’s Creed game can already be played on modern consoles, these remakes are probably going to be much bigger projects.