Assassin's Creed Leak Confirms Historical Setting Fans Have Wanted For Years

Spanning almost two decades, fourteen mainline entries, seventeen spin-offs, a live-action movie, and various novels, the Assassin’s Creed franchise is one of the most successful in video game history. Developed by Ubisoft and first launched back in 2007 with Assassin’s Creed, the stealth adventure series has taken players to multiple eras set across all corners of the globe, and it shows no signs of stopping, as a recent leak suggests we will be heading to a highly-requested historical period.

Beginning in 1191 during the Third Crusade in the Levant (the Holy Land) and most recently taking us to 16th-century Feudal Japan, the Assassin’s Creed franchise has been an unofficial history teacher to many of us over the past two decades, but that does not mean that fans do not have a list of locations and time periods that they would love to see Ubisoft cover.

One such example is Jerusalem (which we visited in Assassin’s Creed), and according to a recent leak, it may just be one of the next places we travel to following the news that two upcoming Assassin’s Creed may also be in development alongside the next mainline entry, Assassin’s Creed Hexe.

According to a leak shared by Insider Gaming, Ubisoft is currently juggling the development of three mainline Assassin’s Creed games. Courtesy of information gained from Ubisoft’s backend system, two of these titles currently have the codenames “Mars” and “Pocket”, with Mars reportedly taking players to Ancient Rome, whilst Pocket will be a mobile game set in Jerusalem. However, as neither of these projects have been officially confirmed by Ubisoft, it is worth taking any news with a pinch of salt.

If true, however, this will be the second time that we head to Jerusalem, following our visit to the Holy Land in 2007’s Assassin’s Creed. Additionally, the fan-favorite title Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood takes place in Rome, but with the events of the game taking place in 1499, Ancient Rome is a setting that Ubisoft has not explored in much detail.

It seems as though Ubisoft has plans to explore previous regions once again, maybe now that technology will allow them to delve into them in much more detail. Not only that, but another Assassin’s Creed entry taking place in Rome would be perfect timing considering the upcoming Netflix series is set to take place in 64 AD Rome when Nero was at the height of his reign. Could this mean that a crossover between television series and video game will be taking place? For now, we simply do not know.

What we do know, is that Assassin’s Creed Hexe is expected to be the next mainline entry in the franchise. However, according to the same backend system previously mentioned, it has been uncovered that the game has run into unexpected delays following the departure of Vice President and Executive Producer of the Assassin’s Creed franchise Marc-Alexis Côté, who left the company in 2025.

If this is true, the previously leaked release date of 2027 could be delayed until 2028 at the earliest. However, again, these dates have never been confirmed by Ubisoft, and so we cannot officially call this a delay.

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