This game was originally in development in the early 2010s.

Creative director Patrice Désilets is finally getting to make the game he's wanted to make for well over a decade. Désilets and game development studio Panache Digital Games, just re-revealed 1666: Amsterdam. This is a dark, third-person story-led action-adventure game that had a world premiere trailer at Summer Game Fest.

Désilets was the key figures behind the Assassin's Creed franchise at Ubisoft. Not...