Rumor! No New Assassin's Creed for 2016. Next Game to be Set in Egypt-Times.

And sure Egypt is a modern country and a more correct term to use would be Ancient Egypt, but who are you trying to kid? You know exactly what we meant by Egypt-Times. Anyway, chalk this one up as a rumor, but word on the grape vine is that 2016 will be Creed free. That's right, no new Assassin's Creed game for the calendar year of 2016. The end times are upon us.

According to anonymous sources on 4Chan (yikes!) and Kotaku (phew!), the next Assassin's Creed (code-named Empire) represents a major overhaul for the series and is expected sometime in 2017. Which would make this the first year in quite sometime without a new Assassin's Creed title. Stranger still is the rumor that Ubisoft plan to fill the Creed sized 2016 hole with the release of Watch Dogs 2.

This new Assassin's Creed, is said to be more like The Witcher 3 in presentation with a single large open world to explore, on foot, horseback, or boat. The combat and progression is also said to be receiving a make-over, with development being handled by the team responsible for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Also known, as Assassin's Creed: The Last Really Good One.

If nothing else this is exciting news for the franchise if the rumors turn out to be true. The Ancient Egypt setting, outside of Mario 64, is still heavily underutilised in the videogames.

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