Ubisoft let it be known that the 2012 offering of the next Assassin's Creed title that actually ties into a whole "end of the world plot" for December of 2012. Well, with that date fast approaching, it's about time the team starts to wrap things up for Desmond Miles.
Fret not Creed fans, Ubisoft said that the series will likely continue on at some point after Desmond's story concludes. The company also promises that the rapid release schedule that the team has been on will not continue with the new cycle of titles, once development resumes again after 2012's release.
The 2011 installment, Assassin's Creed: Revelations is due out on November 15th.
"In Assassin's Creed we set up a timeline with this whole end of the world plot of December 2012," Assassin's Creed: Revelation creative lead Alexandre Amacio told Eurogamer. "That's fast approaching, and the story we have to tell, we obviously need to do it before we arrive at that point."
"We had such a complex and strong narrative that we ourselves did our best to just try to execute these games before that date," Amacio said. "It would be stupid of us to be centring a game on a semi-reality and then have that conclusion happen after that date in real life."
"We had such a complex and strong narrative that we ourselves did our best to just try to execute these games before that date," Amacio said. "It would be stupid of us to be centring a game on a semi-reality and then have that conclusion happen after that date in real life."
Fret not Creed fans, Ubisoft said that the series will likely continue on at some point after Desmond's story concludes. The company also promises that the rapid release schedule that the team has been on will not continue with the new cycle of titles, once development resumes again after 2012's release.
"Assassin's Creed is all about cycles - we have the Ezio cycle and the Altair cycle, and both of those are set to conclude in Revelations and we have the Desmond cycle, which is set to end on December 2012," said Amacio. "But there's many cycles within the brand - that's the whole point. History is our playground."
"We're already structuring the way we do Assassin's Creed, so it will no longer ever be like that," said Amacio. "Our development approach is changing so our cycles aren't structured the same way - so it gives us a little bit more development time."
"We're already structuring the way we do Assassin's Creed, so it will no longer ever be like that," said Amacio. "Our development approach is changing so our cycles aren't structured the same way - so it gives us a little bit more development time."
The 2011 installment, Assassin's Creed: Revelations is due out on November 15th.