Assassin's Creed Red Leaks Suggest One Major Change To Key Valhalla Feature

The next mainline title, is due to release sometime in the coming year. Whereas last year's took the series back to its smaller, stealth-based roots, seems to be building upon the larger, Action RPG entries that started with 2017 and were last seen in 2020's .

will see the series venturing to Feudal Japan, a location that has long been teased throughout the series through a variety of Easter eggs, clues, and hints. Despite fans expressing their desire for an entry in the series, it seemed unlikely when the 's creative director, Alex Hutchinson, stated in 2012 that a Feudal Japanwould be one of the most "" for a series always trying to do something new (via. ).

Not much has been officially revealed about other than the location, time period, and the fact it will be connected to Ubisoft's new launcher. Previous reports suggest that there will be two protagonists in , a Black samurai named Yasuke — who is reportedly based upon a real historical figure — and a Japanese woman named Naoe on a quest for revenge.

A new report from states that while the franchise isn’t moving to a new engine necessarily, it will be using a substantial evolution of it named the ‘’ to unify all the various studios working on the series. As a result, the teams have had to completely overhaul everything in the series, including animations, its parkour system, dynamic weather, and more.

This seems to have resulted in not only building upon and evolving what came before, with combat similar to — albeit with more gore, including blood, and decapitations — but also taking from other Ubisoft IPs. Whereas some of the RPG titles focused more on combat over the series' stealthy roots, stealth seems to be playing a major role in .

, and all used tall grass and bushes to sneak around locations, and this element of stealth will reportedly be returning. 's stealth will take this further, however, including features similar to those seen in in which the player can manipulate light and create shadows by