A new gameplay trailer has also been released for the action RPG, showcasing its open world Ancient China setting, and offering glimpses of gameplay that fans of the franchise will find very familiar, including some high-flying combat, plenty of parkour, stealth, open world traversal, and more. We also get a pretty good look at the game’s protagonist, whose voiceover talks about his drive for justice and his own personal creed throughout the trailer. Check it out below.

A second closed beta has also been confirmed for the title, following on from one that took place earlier this month. Dates haven’t yet been confirmed for the next beta, but players can register for it now.

Assassin’s Creed Jade is in development for iOS and Android.

The beta is open for a limited number of players (5,000 slots), but registrations are still available. There are four phases in registration, starting with a questionnaire available until July 27th. Invitations go out from July 27th to 31st, with the pre-download going live on August 1st. The closed beta runs from August 3rd to 11th.

Google Play Store users need an Android 10 or above with Snapdragon 865 or higher. iOS users will need an iPhone 11 or higher. As is often the case with such betas, it’s a work in progress that isn’t indicative of the final version. Ubisoft hasn’t dated the full release, so stay tuned for more details in the coming months.

Though plenty of gameplay footage has previously leaked and shown what the mobile title’s combat, world, traversal, and more will look like, it’s worth mentioning against that it’s continuing to look like a surprisingly full-fledged Assassin’s Creed experience. Set in third century BCE China, it’s shaping up to be a promising game, from what’s been shown so far- though of course, as is the case with any free-to-play game (especially one on mobile), how it gets monetized will be a major factor in how it’s received.

Meanwhile, Ubisoft has also confirmed that registrations are now live for an upcoming closed beta, though a date for that is yet to be confirmed.

Taking to Twitter, Ubisoft recently confirmed that upcoming mobile title Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade will also be taking the stage at the event. Announced last year alongside a number of other Assassin’s Creed titles, Codename Jade will be set in ancient China and has been described as a full-fledged open world action RPG.

Though official details on the title have been scant since its unveiling, several details have nonetheless become available through substantial gameplay leaks over the last few months, which have shown things such as parkour and combat mechanics, character customization and stealth, and more.

Step out of the shadows and into a vast world of ancient China.

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The same was confirmed by CEO Yves Guillemot during the company’s most recent earnings call (via VGC). Guillemot says the expansion will happen “over the coming years” as part of Ubisoft’s “progressive reallocation of resources”. Currently, the company already has over 2,000 people working on the Assassin’s Creed franchise across a number of studios.

“As part of our progressive reallocation of resources, we notably plan to increase the number of talents working on the Assassin’s Creed brand by 40% over the coming years,” Guillemot said.

Currently, Ubisoft has six Assassin’s Creed titles that are confirmed to be in development. Closest to launch is Assassin’s Creed Mirage, which is likely to get its long-awaited gameplay reveal at the Ubisoft Forward showcase next month, though reports have claimed that the game has been internally delayed to October. The next two mainline instalments after that, Codename RED and Codename HEXE, are also currently in the works.

An open world action RPG for mobile devices is in development in the form of Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade, in addition to VR title Nexus and standalone multiplayer game Invictus.

As per leaks from earlier this year, in addition to the aforementioned six titles, Ubisoft has another four in varying stages of production that it hasn’t yet publicly spoken about- Project Nebula, a game that will feature three distinct settings; Project Raid, a free-to-play four-player co-op title; Project Echoes, a multiplayer game built on Ubisoft’s Scalar cloud computing technology; and a sequel to the aforementioned Nexus.

The second video is more story and combat-oriented and may be familiar to those who have seen previous leaks. We see the character creation process, with options for customizing the eyebrows, nose, face shape, forehead, and much more. It then cuts to Dangling Bai rushing to Yongning Village to protect it from raiders before facing off against their leader, Uluyjoti.

Overall, it looks good, with the Assassin’s Creed action RPG gameplay translating well to Ancient China (though the UI elements should be toned down a bit). Of course, Ubisoft hasn’t officially okayed any of this footage, so watch it now before it’s pulled. Assassin’s Creed Jade doesn’t have a release date yet, so stay tuned for more details in the coming year.

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Recently, a leaked gameplay video showed the game in action, and more footage has now started popping up online, seemingly leaking courtesy of an ongoing closed beta test. New gameplay footage, which you can check out below, showcases combat, parkour, stealth, and several locations in the game, which will be set in in Ancient China in 215 BCE.

Meanwhile, Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade’s rendition of the track “Ezio’s Family” – which has become the unofficial main theme of the franchise over the years and been featured in different forms across a number of series entries – has also leaked.

Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade is in development for iOS and Android devices. There’s no word yet on when the game will release- though judging by the leaked gameplay footage, it seems to be making good progress behind-the-scenes.

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Now, a new leak has gone live that offers a more substantial look at the game. Courtesy of a Reddit user, a video has emerged that shows several minutes of gameplay- and it’s looking surprisingly good. Showing a sequence where a fortress is being attacked by enemy forces, the footage shows impressive visuals and all the bells and whistles with parkour and combat that you’d expect to see in an Assassin’s Creed title. Check it out through the link above.

The next mainline Assassin’s Creed title is the stealth-focused Assassin’s Creed Mirage, which is reportedly due out in August 2023. Meanwhile, Ubisoft is also at work on the next big flagship titles in the franchise with the open world action RPG Assassin’s Creed Codename RED, which is set in feudal Japan, and Assassin’s Creed Codename HEXE, which is meant to be a darker and more unique instalment and centers around witch burnings in medieval Europe.

A recent report claimed that Codename RED has faced development issues behind-the-scenes- read more on that through here.

ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE

Following months of leaks, Ubisoft has now officially confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Mirage is going to be the next game in the series. Launching sometime in 2023 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, PC, Stadia, and Amazon Luna, Mirage will star a new protagonist in Basim – who was a vital character in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – and take place in the year 861 AD, 20 years before the events of Valhalla. Ubisoft describes Mirage as shorter, more narrative-driven game than recent entries in the series- which ties in nicely with our next point. It’s being developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux, the team that made the Wrath of the Druids expansion for Valhalla.

A TRIBUTE TO THE ORIGINAL

With Assassin’s Creed Origins in 2017, the series dropped its older formula and turned into a massive open world action RPG experience, but with Mirage, the pendulum is swinging back. Ubisoft is calling the game a tribute to the original Assassin’s Creed, which, as you might expect, is going to have a major impact on gameplay and how the game is structured. All the leveling up, skill unlocks, loot, and dialogue choices you’ve come to expect are gone. Instead of being an RPG, Assassin’s Creed Mirage is going to be purely an action-adventure game, like the original games in the series.

STEALTH AND PARKOUR

With Mirage dropping the RPG framework of its immediate predecessors, the gameplay is going to revert to being much more focused on stealth and parkour, like older Assassin’s Creed games. Set in a large-scale urban environment (more on that in a bit), the game will bring back the series’ former focus on parkour, which means we can probably expect more interactions with the environment, more precise parkour mechanics, and more dynamic animations. Meanwhile, stealth is also going to be more greatly emphasized, with Ubisoft promising “the largest assortment of tools” in an Assassin’s Creed game to date, on top of visceral and quick assassinations. Players will also have access to Basim’s eagle, Enkidu, to take to the skies, survey areas, and tag enemies.

SETTING

While Assassin’s Creed Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla were massive open world games spanning entire empires and vast stretches of land and water, Mirage is going back to the city-focused urban setting that the series was once known for. The game is set in Baghdad, which will be divided into four distinct districts, from the industrial Karkh to the lush gardens of the Round City. It also seems like Ubisoft is placing quite a bit of emphasis on making the city immersive and reactive. The game’s website says NPCs in the open world will react to your every move and that players will also “discover surprising world events”. Meanwhile, it also seems like Hidden Ones’ bureaus will also be scattered throughout Baghdad, where you’ll be able to pick up contracts and find clues to help track down and assassinate your targets.

Interestingly, Ubisoft has also confirmed that Alamut, the fortress of the Hidden Ones, will be featured as a location in the game as well. Our guess is that it’ll play a similar role to the Assassins’ fortress in Masyaf in the original Assassin’s Creed.

CHARACTERS AND STORY

Basim is starring as Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s protagonist, but he’s not going to be the man you remember from Valhalla. When the game kicks off, Basim will be 17 years old. Living life as a street thief and tortured by nightmarish visions, he is discovered and taken in by the Hidden Ones order, who take him to the aforementioned Alamut and teach him their ways. In addition to Basim, another key character will be Roshan, a master assassin who takes him on as her apprentice. Interestingly enough, she is being voiced by Shohreh Aghdashloo, who’s best known for her role in The Expanse. Meanwhile, as is the case with pretty much all Assassin’s Creed games, you can also expect to meet several historical figures in the game.

ASSASSIN’S CREED INFINITY

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is going to be the series’ next entry, but Ubisoft has also revealed what comes next. Assassin’s Creed Infinity was confirmed to be in the works a while back, and it’s now been revealed as an ongoing live service platform (which, of course, was mentioned in more than a few leaks). Infinity will be a hub under which future Assassin’s Creed games and experiences will fall. A couple of those have also been unveiled- so let’s move on to those.

CODENAME RED

The first game that’ll release under Assassin’s Creed Infinity’s umbrella is Codename Red. That obviously isn’t going to be its final name, but that’s all Ubisoft has given us for now. Codename Red will be set in feudal Japan, which, of course, has been one of the most heavily requested settings for an Assassin’s Creed game for a long, long time. Being developed by the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey team at Ubisoft Quebec, with Jonathan Dumont serving as creative director, Codename Red will go back to being an open world RPG and will see you playing as a shinobi. As for when it will launch, it’s been suggested in an interview with VGC that it might not be out until 2025. That means Assassin’s Creed is probably going to take the year off in 2024- unless we get expansions for Mirage, which hasn’t been confirmed, but given the series’ history, is likely to happen.

CODENAME HEXE

After Codename Red, the next Assassin’s Creed game to be added to Infinity is going to be Codename Hexe– and this one sounds really interesting. Official details on the game are almost non-existent so far, but leaks have claimed that the game will be set in Central Europe in the 16th century, with a focus on witch trials and hunts. That’s not been officially confirmed, but it certainly seems to align with dark, creepy, occult vibes of the game’s brief teaser trailer.

Codename Hexe is being developed by the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla team at Ubisoft Montreal, with Clint Hocking (the director of Far Cry 2 and Watch Dogs Legion) serving as creative director. Interestingly, Ubisoft’s Marc-Alexis Côté, vice president executive producer of Assassin’s Creed, has confirmed to IGN that unlike Codename Red, Hexe is not going to be an RPG. What genre it’ll fall into remains to be seen, but it seems like Ubisoft intends to use the Infinity framework to try and deliver more unique and experimental Assassin’s Creed experiences going forward.

MULTIPLAYER

PvP multiplayer was a surprisingly popular part of the Assassin’s Creed franchise for a while, but the last few years have seen the series returning to its purely single player roots. With Infinity, however, with Ubisoft looking to deliver many different kinds of Assassin’s Creed experiences, it seems like multiplayer is returning as well. The company has confirmed that it is also working on a standalone multiplayer Assassin’s Creed game that’ll join the Infinity umbrella at some point.

CODENAME JADE

Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Infinity, and all the games that will release under it are, of course, the biggest pieces of the puzzle when you’re looking at the future of the franchise, but Ubisoft has a few interesting side projects in the works as well. One of those is Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade, a fully open world free-to-play action-adventure RPG in development for iOS and Android. Ubisoft says the game will feature “classic” Assassin’s Creed gameplay that has been built around touch screen controls. The game will be set in the year 215 BCE in Ancient China, and will allow players to create their own assassin. There’s no word on who Codename Jade’s developer is, but reports suggest Ubisoft has partnered with Tencent for this one.

Interestingly, it’s also been confirmed that Ubisoft and Netflix are working together on another, different mobile Assassin’s Creed game for Netflix’s gaming platform.

ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA

With Assassin’s Creed Mirage launching in 2023, post-launch support for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is going to come to an end soon. In the nearly two years since open world action RPG came out, it has received multiple large-scale expansions, new modes, free content drops, seasonal updates, major patches, and much more, and later this year, Ubisoft will wrap it all up with The Last Chapter, which will be a free quest arc that will conclude Eivor’s story and tie up lingering lose ends and unresolved plot threads.

Being an open world game, it will allow players to parkour on the Great Wall of China, among many other Assassin’s Creed things. As its name might imply, Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade doesn’t yet have an official name. Nor does it have a release date yet.

Alongside Codename Jade, Ubisoft also unveiled Assassin’s Creed Mirage, which is set for release some time in 2023. It follows the story of Basim—who made his debut in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla—and has players play through his life in events 20 years before Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

Mirage will take place in Baghdad, and features voice acting by Shohreh Aghdashloo of The Expanse fame, who will be voicing Basim’s mentor Roshan.

Ubisoft also provided details on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s next content drop, as well as Assassin’s Creed Codename Red and Codename Hexe, upcoming games that will be part of the previously announced platform Assassin’s Creed Infinity.