In tonight’s flurry of announcements surrounding the future of Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft has announced the series’ first open-world game for mobile devices.
It’s currently named Assassin’s Creed: Codename Jade, and is described as “coming soon”.
Jade will be set in ancient China, and let you parkour all over the country’s Great Wall as a player-created character. (So, no, you’re not playing as fan-favourite Shao Jun. But perhaps she’ll appear?)
Details on Jade are thin on the ground, but a trailer made it look attractive enough. We’ll have to wait for more details on exactly how the series’ gameplay has been adapted for touchscreen controls.
Another mobile game was mentioned tonight – this time in the works for Netflix subscribers.
Word of that – without any further detail – was dropped alongside further confirmation Ubisoft is still co-producing a live-action Assassin’s Creed series for Netflix with Die Hard screenwriter Jeb Stuart. Tonight it was described as “genre-bending”, whatever that means.