Assassin’s Creed is the James Bond of video game franchises; occasionally in need of a reboot and taking place in a wide variety of locales. From Paris to the Caribbean, the game has set foot and blade in many a city. And now, 2015 will see the next Assassin’s Creed game hit the cobbled streets of ye olde Victorian England.
According to now confirmed assets that Kotaku managed to nab, Assassin’s Creed Victory will release next year on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, with no last-gen version in the works. Currently being developed by Ubisoft Quebec, Victory will once again use the Anvil engine as the bulk of the game is set in London. According to Kotaku, a leaked seven minute video set the scene, as it detailed the production goals for Victory:
Today we can tell you about Victory, thanks to a seven-minute “target gameplay footage” video leaked toKotaku that demonstrates what Ubisoft’s dev team expects from the upcoming Assassin’s Creedgame. The video is surprisingly slick and could pass for an E3 presentation, and although it may not represent what the final game looks like, the beginning of the video proclaims that it was produced entirely in Anvil, Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed engine. In other words, it wasn’t pre-rendered.
The video begins with an assassin, presumably the game’s protagonist, climbing up a tower and looking out at the city of London. We get a quick overview of the city as the camera flies from alley to alley, showing us some of the game’s potential side activities (gambling in a pub, street-racing with carriages, and so forth). We then cut back to the assassin, who leaps down to the street, makes his way into a nearby horse carriage, and accepts an assignment from a mysterious masked woman. The task: kill a man named Roderick Bulmer, who has been trafficking little girls for the assassins’ ancestral enemies. “The templars must receive our message,” says the woman. “You must send it in blood.”
Other interesting tidbits include the new assassin actually blending into the crowd by donning a top hat instead of the usual hood, has a new grappling hook tool and engages in fights atop moving vehicles. Sounds interesting, although Ubisoft is going to have a massive uphill battle on their hands after the lukewarm reception to Assassin’s Creed Unity. Still, I’m looking forward to the inevitable Jack The Ripper DLC.
Last Updated: December 3, 2014
I'm really feeling it! (Umar)
December 3, 2014 at 07:47
I kept thinking the same thing, I hope the main character is voiced by Michael Caine
Viking Of Divinity
December 3, 2014 at 07:50
“My Cocaine”
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 07:59
Before Batman ran around the rooftops, there was Michael Caine
ReaperOfSquirrels
December 3, 2014 at 08:48
That would be epic, but funny too
SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad
December 3, 2014 at 14:22
No. No. No. No. The protagonist just HAS to be voiced by Mark Strong. Or the bad guy. Or anyone. Even the town crier. I don’t care! JUST PUT HIM IN THERE!
theseasonswither
December 3, 2014 at 07:54
Are they now pumping out games just because they can?
Sadly, I’ve not played Unity due to all the horrendous bugs I’ve read up about.
To me, it looks like that series is starting to take a massive flogging 🙁
RustedFaith
December 3, 2014 at 08:15
And its going to be on the same engine as Unity. YEs they are just pushing otu games cause they can and its obvious with the quality of crap they push out that they just see dollar signs.
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2014 at 07:56
Sorry Ubi – first fix your new one before telling us about the next one. It’s remember, remember – not forget, forget.
RinceThis
December 3, 2014 at 08:26
What?
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2014 at 08:31
What, what?
RinceThis
December 3, 2014 at 08:45
What are you a fucking ow… No, that doesn’t work…
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2014 at 09:09
I’m still not sure if you got the Guy Fawkes reference ;P
RinceThis
December 3, 2014 at 09:20
I got that 😛
RustedFaith
December 3, 2014 at 08:35
Yup and people actually think that Ubiturd will fix Unity before they release a new one …. they have a surprise coming.
Hammersteyn
December 3, 2014 at 07:59
Taking a page from BF4 I see
Reid
December 3, 2014 at 08:21
I enjoyed the 1st few Assassin’s Creed games, but have fallen behind because there is just too many of them. Which has led me to not even play the new ones because I still need to play the old ones.
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2014 at 08:37
Yes, 1 a year is just too many & the games are suffering for it. I only just finished 3, who knows when I’ll get around to Black Flag.
Reid
December 3, 2014 at 08:47
That’s the problem with the Creed games. At least something like COD is mostly focused on MP and the stories are usually not connected. The last Assassins Creed game I played it felt like I was missing some of the story because I hadn’t played previous versions. That actually put me off of it.
ReaperOfSquirrels
December 3, 2014 at 08:56
I’ve finished 1 to brotherhood… haven’t even gotten half way into 3
Spaffy
December 3, 2014 at 08:22
Another AC? 0_o Really milk it hey Ubi
That said I find the setting appealing. Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes etc.
Derrich Schleich
December 3, 2014 at 08:25
most developers push out a game every year these days. We still complain every year that the new release is not as good as the first few, but we still buy it. We cannot expect a completely different team of developers to fix another team’s blunders. wait for the patches, buy the game , enjoy it to a certain degree and then complain about it. Humans are never satisfied, it’s just our nature. 🙂
RustedFaith
December 3, 2014 at 08:30
Speak for yourself 🙂
RinceThis
December 3, 2014 at 08:26
Too much!
Ryanza
December 3, 2014 at 08:36
If I look at what an Assassin’s Creed game is, it shouldn’t be released every year. Maybe every 4-5 years. Then it can maybe be something special / different to play.
But Ass Creed every year is just the same shit every year. It’s not even brilliant fucking games. It’s fucking shit. I don’t understand why this series needs a yearly release and how it became so popular and why people still buy this shit every year.
Anyway. Fuck Ubisoft.
Don’t support DRM. The Witcher 3 is coming.
MakeItLegal
December 3, 2014 at 08:36
already ? too soon
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2014 at 08:37
That’s what she said!
ToshZA
December 3, 2014 at 08:38
First hand experience there hey Trev?
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2014 at 08:42
Life’s full of disappointment.
RinceThis
December 3, 2014 at 08:45
She wasn’t BWAHAHA
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 3, 2014 at 09:10
There’s a mean comment about people’s mothers and their children in there 😀
RinceThis
December 3, 2014 at 08:45
When you say hand? 0_O
MakeItLegal
December 3, 2014 at 08:46
Not last night , was too drunk after mishmash comedy night , flipping limp dick
CAE9872
December 3, 2014 at 08:55
That’s a hell of a lot of info in a very short sentence 🙂
MakeItLegal
December 3, 2014 at 09:09
Still drunk I think
ToshZA
December 3, 2014 at 08:37
I like their aspirational title for the game. Way to keep it positive Ubi.
Now, back to reality.
HairyEwok
December 3, 2014 at 08:46
Ubidoopy gets the charlie sheen seal of winning….
WitWolfy
December 3, 2014 at 08:45
Bring it my body is ready!
ReaperOfSquirrels
December 3, 2014 at 08:50
This one… if it works properly (LOL)… would actually be pretty cool. Victorian London… that’s an era I’d probably thrive in myself.
CAE9872
December 3, 2014 at 08:56
Sheesh! Dust over Unity shitstorm not even settled and next one announced – they taking the piss if you ask me. We all know its coming but go fix your current one first then talk about the next.
Nikola
December 3, 2014 at 09:15
Another boooooring setting I though after Black Flag they going to be moving to more exotic interesting places in the world pfff….
Matthew Holliday
December 3, 2014 at 09:24
was just about to type in the same thing.
“hey, black flag was really good, lets not do that again”
Nikola
December 3, 2014 at 09:26
lol true though!!
Martin du preez (D4RKL1NGza)
December 3, 2014 at 09:50
Another Assassins Greed from UbiPatch?! Whodathunkit
Peet Luckhoff
December 3, 2014 at 09:57
They must first fix the last one
oVg elfroot addict
December 3, 2014 at 10:08
Pre-order NOW!!! and you get the CEO apology letter in advance.
http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-gb/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-186654-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32
Martin du preez (D4RKL1NGza)
December 3, 2014 at 10:57
LMAO!
Ghost In The Rift
December 4, 2014 at 03:38
Damn,I wish Bioware can adopt this kind of “baby making”,pop out a new mass effect every year,minus the bugs and kill the “Illuminati”
BUT IM STILL WAITING FOR A MID CENTURY JAPANESE ERA AC!!!!SAMURAIS DAMIT!!!