Even though the recent AC Showcase went into all aspects of the franchise’s future, including the narrative-focused action-adventure gameMirage, the open-world RPGRed,the mysterious Germany-setHexe, and even mobile games, many walked away feeling uncertain as to whatAssassin’s Creed Infinitywas. The showcase described it as not a game, per se, but a hub.
Eurogamer recently spoke withAssassin’s Creed’s Marc-Alexis Coteabout what exactlyInfinityis. The long and short of it is that it’s essentially a launcher, somewhere where fans of the franchise will be able to access and buy all future games.Mirageis not part of theInfinityproject, with the first games beingRedandHexe. Accessing them viaInfinitywill supposedly increase the discoverability of the various titles, alongside other benefits. For example, it was confirmedInfinitywould house the modern-day story, and it seems the hub is also bringing backAssassin’s Creedmultiplayer in some way, while also potentially bringing in more Crossover Stories.
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For all the supportAssassin’s Creed Valhallahas received since launch, one of its most popular wasthe freeCrossover StoriesDLC. This allowed players to return to AC Odyssey, see how Kassandra (or Alexios, had they chosen him) chooses to live out their immortal life, and then return toValhallaand meet them as Eivor. Given Kassandra is the longest-living Assassin in the franchise, the sheer potential for Crossover Stories is unmatched. Many fans have hoped for anAssassin’s Creed Originscrossover, where Kassandra meets Aya, but that doesn’t seem to be in the works.
That doesn’t mean it effectively won’t be one day. When asked if this was possible inAssassin’s Creed Infinity,Cote answered affirmatively and revealed he wants Ubisoft to “do more to cross over between our different games…it was fun to see people so engaged with the character of Kassandra…I think we have such an engaged community that we should provide them with more free products and free experiences, and Infinity is a perfect vessel for us to be able to do that.”
For those curious as to why there hasn’t already been aCrossover Story forAssassin’s Creed Origins,it comes down to technical limitations.Originswas archived internally at Ubisoft and resurrecting those development pipelines would be a considerable amount of work. Because of the pandemic,Odysseywas never really “closed,” so to speak, making this crossover withValhallamuch easier to accomplish. Fingers crossed, however, that whileAC’s future is looking brighter in many ways, it doesn’t forget the “past.”
Assassin’s Creed Infinity’s first projects, Red and Hexe, are in development.
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