The new trailer could announce a gameplay reveal for Ubisoft Forward on June 10th, which Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson previously reported on. It also seems that hands-on impressions will go live on June 12th, so expect even more details that week. Of course, there’s no reason that the title couldn’t also appear at the Summer Game Fest showcase or Xbox Games Showcase.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows takes place in Feudal Japan and offers two playable characters – a shinobi and a samurai. Despite going the open-world action RPG route like Assassin’s Creed Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla, it emphasizes more stealth-based gameplay. Though Ubisoft hasn’t announced a release date, it’s confirmed to arrive this fiscal year, i.e. by March 31st, 2025. Head here for more rumored details on what it could offer.

Assassin's Creed Codename Red becomes Assassin's Creed Shadows.
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— Ubisoft (@Ubisoft) May 13, 2024

Taking to Twitter, Ubisoft recently announced a Ubisoft Forward showcase for June 10, which it will be streaming live from Los Angeles. The company says it will share “updates” and talk about “upcoming releases” at the show, but hasn’t shared any specifics.

Presumably, this will be the showcase where Ubisoft will fully unveil Assassin’s Creed Codename Red. The company has said that the open world action RPG will be releasing sometime before April next year, but leaks have claimed that it’s targeting a Fall 2024 release.

Another major game that Ubisoft has lined up for this year is Star Wars Outlaws. The Massive Entertainment-developed open world action-adventure title is officially scheduled for this year, but previous leaks have claimed that it’ll release in the first half of 2024, so there’s a chance that the game is already out (or close to releasing) when the Ubisoft showcase happens.

Stay tuned for updates on what the showcase might bring in the coming weeks.

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Join us live from Los Angeles for #UbiForward on June 10 for updates and upcoming releases! pic.twitter.com/PevpR3rfvH

— Ubisoft (@Ubisoft) April 3, 2024

Reportedly, Codename Red is set kickstart a new development pipeline for the franchise, thanks to an upgraded version of the Anvil engine (which has been used by Assassin’s Creed since its inception), dubbed Anvil Pipeline. In its upgraded form, the engine will allow all studios working on the franchise to “work from one unified branch.” The new engine will also see future instalments making use of ray-traced global illuminations and virtual geometry.

On the gameplay front, one of the key elements of the experience is going to be base-building, the report claims. Described as a “major evolution” of the Settlement building system in 2020’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Codename Red will see players building and expanding a settlement known as the Hideout, which will entail being able to build different buildings at spots of your choosing, customizing each building’s interiors and exteriors, and more.

Meanwhile, thanks to the new engine, Assassin’s Creed Codename Red is also allegedly overhauling a number of its core components, including animations and the parkour system, while also implementing a new, dynamic day/night system. On the combat front, as per Henderson’s report, the game will build on Valhalla’s mechanic, but also introduce a heavier emphasis on gore, including decapacitations.

The report adds that the game will be unveiled “in the coming months”. Previous reports have claimed that an announcement is scheduled for May, with a release planned for late 2024. Last month, Ubisoft said the game would be out before April 2025.

As per past reports, Assassin’s Creed Codename Red, which is set in feudal Japan, will feature two playable protagonists – a shinobi and a samurai – and introduce a greater focus on stealth mechanics inspired by the Splinter Cell and Hitman franchises. The game will also kickstart the series’ live service hub, Assassin’s Creed Infinity.

Set for launch on the same day as Assassin’s Creed Codename Red, Assassin’s Creed Infinity will basically act as the modern-day story hub for future titles. Footage seen by Insider Gaming showed a player going from the hub directly into Assassin’s Creed Codename Red without having to start the game up individually.

Assassin’s Creed Infinity will similarly also act as a hub for Assassin’s Creed Codename Hexe and Assassin’s Creed Invictus as well. The hub will also act as the central base for live service offerings in Assassin’s Creed titles. There will be an item shop selling cosmetic items for Assassin’s Creed Codename Red protagonists Naoe and Yasuke, dubbed The Exchange.

Players will also be able to partake in Projects through Assassin’s Creed Infinity, which essentially act as narrative-based battle passes, featuring more cosmetic rewards for the protagonists of Assassin’s Creed Codename Red. There will be more Projects added to Assassin’s Creed Infinity over time.

Tying into Ubisoft’s live service ambitions, Assassin’s Creed Infinity‘s plans revolve around releasing a mainline Assassin’s Creed title every two years, with the interim years filled out with DLCs and smaller titles. For example, while Assassin’s Creed Codename Red is expected to be coming out later this year, the multiplayer-only Assassin’s Creed Invictus is set for 2025, while Hexe is allegedly targeting a 2026 launch.

In a report published on Insider Gaming, journalist Tom Henderson has claimed that Star Wars Outlaws is scheduled to release sometime during first half of the year, which means the game will launch before July, if things go to plan. More specifically, Henderson has said on Twitter that the game is currently targeting a May release.

Henderson also claims that Assassin’s Creed Codename Red will release in the second half of the year, which aligns with multiple previous leaks, and that the next couple of years beyond that will bring the likes of the previously-announced Splinter Cell remake, a new Ghost Recon game, and more.

Earlier this month, Disney seemed to suggest that Star Wars Outlaws would launch in “late” 2024, though Ubisoft promptly said in a statement that that was an error. Officially, the publisher has stuck to the 2024 launch window, but has, thus far, refused to narrow it down.

Upon release, Star Wars Outlaws will be available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

As per @BunnyTheVillain – who’s part of the Ubisoft Creators Program – Assassin’s Creed Codename Red will be formally announced in May, with a gameplay reveal coming at a Ubisoft Forward showcase in July. The content creator – who claims to have been given the information by “a trusted source – the game will release in November.

Last year, a Ubisoft employee’s LinkedIn post suggested that Assassin’s Creed Codename Red would be out sometime in 2024, something that has been claimed in multiple leaks as well. In September, it was also reported by journalist Tom Henderson that the game would be showcased in early 2024.

Henderson also claimed that the game would star two playable protagonists – a male samurai and a female shinobi – and feature stealth-focused mechanics inspired by the Splinter Cell series. It’s also been reported that Codename Red’s modern-day Abstergo story is going to be set in the future.

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Assassin’s Creed Codename Red is confirmed to be set in feudal Japan, but what can we expect from its modern-day setting, especially with 2020’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla having wrapped up the arc focused on Layla Hassan, which started with 2017’s Origins? Well, according to Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson, the next game in the franchise is headed into the future.

As per Henderson, Assassin’s Creed Codename Red’s modern-day sections will be set in the last decade of the 21st century, between the years 2090 and 2099,  and will feature an entirely new cast of Abstergo Industries characters.

Interestingly, YouTuber Sliderv2 was recently also able to find an unused post-credits scene in the recently-released Assassin’s Creed Mirage, in which two characters in conversation with each other refer to an event called “the Great Shift”, and also refer to the 21st century as “ancient history”.

Interestingly, the unused scene seems to be tied to Assassin’s Creed Codename Hexe, the next mainline game after Codename Red, suggesting the series might jump even further forward in time after the latter releases, and that the aforementioned “Great Shift” could be something that’s seen in Codename Red’s modern-day story. You can view the unused cutscene below.

Leaks have claimed that Assassin’s Creed Codename Red will launch sometime in 2024, something that a Ubisoft employee also recently alluded to on LinkedIn. The game will allegedly feature two playable protagonists – a samurai and a shinobi – with official details supposedly coming in early 2024.

That’s as per a recent post on LinkedIn by Arisa Lagunzad, who is at Business Development & Brand Partnership at Ubisoft. As spotted by PCGamesN, in the post, while referring to Codename Red and its feudal Japan setting, Lagunzad referred to the title as a release for next year, while also calling it “the biggest blockbuster of 2024” (the latter can no longer be seen in the now-edited post).

This isn’t the first time we’ve seen reports of Codename Red targeting a 2024 release. Previous leaks have claimed that the game will feature two protagonists – a samurai and a shinobi – and that official details will be shared sometime in 2024, ahead of an expected release later in the year.

Meanwhile, the recently-launched Assassin’s Creed Mirage is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Read our review of the game through here.

For starters, Henderson has reiterated that the game will feature two playable protagonists– a male Samurai who is an African refugee, and a female shinobi. Both characters will allegedly come with their own unique sets of abilities and weapons for players to make use of in gameplay.

Interestingly, Henderson also claims that Assassin’s Creed Codename Red will be borrowing some stealth-focused mechanics from fellow Ubisoft franchise Splinter Cell. Players will, for instance, be able to use shadows to conceal themselves from enemies, or extinguish torches to create darkness to aid in stealth. Meanwhile, players will also have the option to hide bodies.

Interestingly, the game will allegedly also feature destructible environments. While the full extent of destructibility is unclear, players will be able to “break anything that you could expect to break in real life” with the tools at their disposal, like slashing through a screen door to break it open.

It’s also claimed that behind the scenes, Assassin’s Creed Codename Red is now fully playable from start to finish. The game is targeting a Holiday 2024 launch window, and Ubisoft is allegedly planning to reveal its first official details early next year.

This is according to a LinkedIn post by Ubisoft business development and brand partnership executive Arisa Lagunzad, discovered recently by Access the Animus on Twitter. The translation says, “We are seeking sponsoring partner for this title Assassin’s Creed Codename RED for next year” and touted it as the “biggest blockbuster.”

Insider Gaming reported last February that the title was targeting a 2024 release and would have two protagonists – a samurai and a shinobi. It’s also focused on stealth and allegedly, despite previous reports of development troubles, is in good shape.

Whether Ubisoft will provide more information in the coming months remains to be seen, especially with titles like XDefiant and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to come. As such, Marc-Alexis Côté, VP executive producer for the series, said that Codename RED would be supported for “many years with expansions” and “a bunch of things that I will not reveal.” Stay tuned for further updates in the meantime.

It looks like a few months ago the Business Development and Brand Partnership teams at Ubisoft were looking for sponsorship partners for #AssassinsCreed Codename Red in 2024, which could act as a partial confirmation of the game actually being planned for 2024 at the moment! pic.twitter.com/m7mq2z3Gp5

— Access The Animus (@AccessTheAnimus) July 11, 2023