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According to reports from Origami, Ubisoft has officially canceled a secret collaborative Assassin’s Creed game known as AC League. Origami, a reputable outlet, claims to have confirmed this information through interviews with six current Ubisoft employees prior to publication.
It is important to note that this cancellation does not pertain to Assassin’s Creed Invictus, which is an arcade-style PvP multiplayer title previously speculated to be in development. AC League originally started as the rumored co-op mode for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, evolving into a separate standalone project. Development was spearheaded by Ubisoft Annecy, the same studio that developed titles such as Steep and Riders Republic, in addition to contributing to various Assassin’s Creed games featuring multiplayer modes, including Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and AC IV: Black Flag.
Recent reports indicate that the development team questioned whether to continue with AC League as an expansion of Shadows, concluding that the additional content had become cost-prohibitive and overly lengthy to align with their quality standards. The team evaluated two possible paths: integrating the co-op system into a different, traditionally styled Assassin’s Creed game in progress, or significantly trimming the narrative of AC League to present it as a compact, standalone co-op title.
Ultimately, Ubisoft Annecy opted for the latter strategy, planning to initiate invite-only alpha testing sessions around May to refine and evaluate the gameplay before securing a formal green light. In this setup, teams of four assassins would collaborate on missions, drawing inspiration from the previous cooperative experience in Assassin’s Creed Unity.
Regarding the decision to cancel the project, Origami states that executives at the newly established Vantage Studios are diligently reviewing all internal projects and discontinuing several. Following an internal testing session last week, project leads for AC League were informed that the game would be terminated. Ubisoft Annecy had dedicated approximately 85 of its 270 employees to this initiative.
While AC League is now officially shelved, reports suggest that the technological foundations developed for the co-op gameplay could still be repurposed for potential future Assassin’s Creed installments. However, any future co-op modes will need to be much more cost-effective compared to what AC League was poised to become, which contributed to its cancellation.
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