Announcements from the Ubisoft Forward- The New Indian Express

Express News Service

CHENNAI: Ever since the rumors started in recent weeks, I had been preparing to measure my expectations for possible announcements in the Ubisoft Forward.

Personally, a big fan of Assassin’s Creed, I didn’t want to hear bad news about just a possible single game over the next few years. But the surprising news came to me with Altair’s stealth from the very first Assassin’s Creed game. Ubisoft has announced not one, but four separate projects for fans of the franchise in the coming years.

To start with the obvious – Assassin’s Creed made a big claim to return to its roots with “Mirage”. The main character is Basim, a spoiler for those who haven’t reached the end of AC Valhalla yet.

“Mirage” teases a familiar landscape from the older games and the stealth-heavy gameplay that Puritans crave all along. Next on the list was an open-world mobile phone adventure set in ancient China. For now, it’s called Codename Jade.

Ubisoft has made games for the phone in the past before phones got as good as they are today – and this is an excellent opportunity for a wider audience to step into the franchise.

Everyone seems to have the same opinion about the next AC announcement – Codename Red; that Codename Red is just another version of the famous PlayStation exclusive “Ghost of Tsushima”.

Red features a feudal Japan, and mentions a similar open-world RPG style to the franchise’s more recent games. I know it will be a while before it comes out, but I’m already looking forward to the hundred hour grind.

Ubisoft Forward also discussed a “Codename Hexe”, supposedly very different from any Assassin’s Creed games we’ve ever played. I’m not sure what to expect from it, but it’s Assassin’s Creed – I’m sold right away.

Obviously, Ubisoft has a lot of other games and there were a lot of announcements about all of them. Nothing caught my attention as much as the announcement of “Infinity” – a sort of central hub for all AC games as I understand it. I just hope that doesn’t mean an augmented reality game is in the works for the franchise.

Surprisingly, the most exciting announcement for me wasn’t the release of four new games in my favorite series. Ubisoft is also the not so secret super boss of a fictional game in a now famous Apple TV series – Mythic Quest. Season 3 of this show was also announced for release later this year, and the trailer teases an interesting plotline for the show.

All these announcements make me happy to have things to look forward to from the triple-A video game world. As Ezio Auditore would say, we can all “retreat at pace”.

Anusha Ganapathic

@quofles

(This graduate economics student spends her free time preparing for the zombie apocalypse)

</p> <p>CHENNAI: Ever since the rumors started in recent weeks, I had been preparing to measure my expectations for possible announcements in the Ubisoft Forward. Personally, a big fan of Assassin’s Creed, I didn’t want to hear bad news about just a possible single game over the next few years. But the surprising news came to me with Altair’s stealth from the very first Assassin’s Creed game. Ubisoft has announced not one, but four separate projects for fans of the franchise in the coming years. To start with the obvious – Assassin’s Creed made a big claim to return to its roots with “Mirage”. The main character is Basim, a spoiler for those who haven’t reached the end of AC Valhalla yet. “Mirage” teases a familiar landscape from the older games and the stealth-heavy gameplay that Puritans crave all along. Next on the list was an open-world mobile phone adventure set in ancient China. For now, it’s called Codename Jade. Ubisoft has made games for the phone in the past before phones got as good as they are today – and this is an excellent opportunity for a wider audience to step into the franchise. Everyone seems to have the same opinion about the next AC announcement – Codename Red; that Codename Red is just another version of the famous PlayStation exclusive “Ghost of Tsushima”. Red features a feudal Japan, and mentions a similar open-world RPG style to the franchise’s more recent games. I know it will be a while before it comes out, but I’m already looking forward to the hundred hour grind. Ubisoft Forward also discussed a “Codename Hexe”, supposedly very different from any Assassin’s Creed games we’ve ever played. I’m not sure what to expect from it, but it’s Assassin’s Creed – I’m sold right away. Obviously, Ubisoft has a lot of other games and there were a lot of announcements about all of them. Nothing caught my attention as much as the announcement of “Infinity” – a sort of central hub for all AC games as I understand it. I just hope that doesn’t mean an augmented reality game is in the works for the franchise. Surprisingly, the most exciting announcement for me wasn’t the release of four new games in my favorite series. Ubisoft is also the not so secret super boss of a fictional game in a now famous Apple TV series – Mythic Quest. Season 3 of this show was also announced for release later this year, and the trailer teases an interesting plotline for the show. All these announcements make me happy to have things to look forward to from the triple-A video game world. As Ezio Auditore would say, we can all “retreat at pace”. Anusha Ganapathi @quofles (This graduate economics student spends her free time preparing for the zombie apocalypse)<br />