TOKYO: Ubisoft is already working on another Assassin’s Creed title for launching on the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 towards the end of the year.
The game will be officially titled Assassin’s Creed Victory and Ubisoft felt dismayed that the game was leaked even before it made the official announcement about it.
This time however, Ubisoft gave everyone a surprise by announcing that it will roll out Assassin’s Creed Chronicles trilogy beginning on April 22.
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles are bite-sized, digital download only adventures of three famous assassins from the Assassin’s Creed universe, details Gadgets NDTV.
Three game locations
As a trilogy, it will have three different locations, namely, China, India, and Russia. The first one, Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China has been in the news for quite a while. Recently however, Ubisoft announced that it will have a release date of April 22.
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China shall feature the legendary assassin Shao Jun as he takes on mission set against the backdrop of brush painting styled version of the Chinese nation during the Ming Dynasty.
Assasssin’s Creed Chronicles: India will feature Arbaaz Mir from the Assassin’s Creed Brahman, who shall undertake his assassination missions at the time of Sikh Empire while it was on the verge of war. The game shall feature a new look adapted from Sikh paintings.
According to Glenn Brace, Ubisoft art director for Assassin’s Creed Chronicles said that the development team got the backdrop setting for the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India from lithographs by boosting the colour component through mixing of Sikh-influenced patterns into the game.
Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia, on the other hand, shall have Nikolai Orelov from the Assassin’s Creed: The Fall and the Chain doing his assassination missions during the post-revolutionary Russia of 1918. The settings for this particular game have been taken from the propaganda art style during that particular time in Russian history.
