Ubisoft CEO confirms new Assassin's Creed and Far Cry games are coming, denies that putting his son in charge of them was nepotism

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Subscribe to our newsletter I’m not sure this really needs to be said out loud, but Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said it out loud in a new interview with Variety and so we’re spreading the word: Yes, new Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry games are in development.”We have a solid pipeline underway across Vantage Studios,” Guilemot said. “Under the Assassin’s Creed brand, several titles are in development, spanning both single-player and multiplayer experiences, with the ambition to further grow a community that exceeded 30 million players last year.”On Far Cry, anticipation is high, and we currently have two very promising projects in development.” Related articles Former Assassin’s Creed director doesn’t think the current way of making big budget games is ‘tenable’: ‘I think the future lies in smaller teams’ As Ubisoft struggles to get games out the door, it’s investing even more into generative AI Somehow the Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag remake continues to leak, thanks to a PEGI rating for something called Black Flag Resynced That a major game company is making new additions to two of its most successful and longest-running franchises is not exactly Earth-shattering news. Call me cynical if you like, but videogames are like superheroes: They’re never really dead.I feel a particular lack of surprise-face in the case of Far Cry. Rumors about the two Far Cry projects—the inevitable Far Cry 7,