Assassin’s Creed Will be Sort of Taking a Break from 2016

<p>Earlier this year&comma; rumors surfaced that the next entry in the <em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed <&sol;em>franchise would <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;next-assassins-creed-reportedly-hitting-in-2017-set-in-egypt&sol;">not hit until 2017<&sol;a>&period; Ubisoft <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;ubi&period;com&sol;a-message-from-the-assassins-creed-team&sol;">confirmed today<&sol;a> that their flagship franchise would be taking a break from 2016 so that they could re-evaluate the franchise&period; As the statement reads&comma; Ubisoft have &&num;8220&semi;<em>updated &lbrack;their&rsqb; development processes and recommitted to making Assassin’s Creed a premier open-world franchise<&sol;em>&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There was no word on what the series will look like when it returns and what its setting will be&period; However&comma; the same source that stated Ubisoft would skip 2016 also stated that <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;neogaf&period;com&sol;forum&sol;showpost&period;php&quest;p&equals;191191986&amp&semi;postcount&equals;1">the next game would be set in Egypt<&sol;a>&period; Until Ubisoft confirms it&comma; it is pure speculation&period; Though leaks like this have happened previously &lpar;and been proven to be true&rpar; when <em>Syndicate <&sol;em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;assassins-creed-victory-visits-victorian-england-next-year&sol;">was leaked<&sol;a> under the code name <em>Victory&comma; <&sol;em>and <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;sources-assassins-creed-comet-will-let-you-play-as-a-t-1552929846">Rogue <&sol;a><&sol;em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;sources-assassins-creed-comet-will-let-you-play-as-a-t-1552929846">was code-named <&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;sources-assassins-creed-comet-will-let-you-play-as-a-t-1552929846"><em>Comet<&sol;em><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed <&sol;em>will not be taking a break overall for 2016 though&comma; as two of the <em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed Chronicles <&sol;em>games have recently been released&colon; <em>India <&sol;em>and <em>Russia<&sol;em>&period; The <em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed <&sol;em>movie is also set to be released later in 2016 from the director of 2015&&num;8217&semi;s <em>Macbeth<&sol;em>&comma; Justin Kurzel&comma; and starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard&period; But the main franchise will remain on hiatus for a while&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed Syndicate <&sol;em>was released in late 2015&period; You can <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;mostly-successful-leap-faith-assassins-creed-syndicate-review&sol;">read our review of the game here<&sol;a>&period; The entire <em>Assassin&&num;8217&semi;s Creed Chronicles <&sol;em>series is available now on PS4&comma; Xbox One and PC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;blog&period;ubi&period;com&sol;a-message-from-the-assassins-creed-team&sol;">Ubisoft<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;