For Honor’s core production team, which was popular with the harsh concept of a fight between famous warriors from around the world, such as medieval knights, Japanese samurai, and Nordic Vikings, is developing a new multiplayer game of Assassin’s Creed.
This news came when Ubisoft announced its half-yearly earnings (April to September 2022) on 27 (local basis). Ubisoft has communicated the status of its main series such as Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six and Mario + Rabbid through the announcement of the earnings. Among the results, brief information about the new online title was included.
According to the announcement, the new title is codenamed Invictus and was developed by a team with the core For Honor production team. It is a multiplayer title that offers an experience independent of the other series, and is also included in the codename Infinity, introduced last September. The codename Infinity was introduced as a kind of hub linking multiple Assassin’s Creed titles, including the codename Red, set in Japan, and the codename HEXE, which aims to provide a completely different experience to the series. original.
Meanwhile, Ubisoft is also preparing other games such as Assassin’s Creed Mirage, set in Baghdad in the 9th century, and Jade, a mobile game set in ancient China. Additionally, the partnership with Netflix will be expanded to introduce a high-quality live-action Assassin’s Creed series.
From April to September 2022, Ubisoft recorded a turnover of 731 million euros (approximately 1 trillion won), down 3% compared to the same period of the previous year, but suffered an operating loss of 215 million euros ( about 300 billion won). As for the operational loss, Ubisoft explained that it was the result of the cancellation of many of the new games it had developed and reflected the depreciation. Depreciation is an accounting process that considers a decrease in the value of an asset as an expense.
