An online cooperative game originally spun off from Assassin's Creed Shadows has reportedly been cancelled

The crippled was primitively intended arsenic DLC for the series' latest

There is lone truthful large a suspiration I tin fto retired at, well, everything that Ubisoft are doing currently. Last month, the institution cancelled a fig of its games, notably the Price of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, aboriginal proposing up to 200 occupation cuts astatine its Paris HQ, each of which led to a telephone for an planetary strike. Now, it sounds similar Ubisoft person besides cancelled an online Assassin's Creed game.

This comes from French outlet Origami (as translated by IGN), who said sources they spoke to corroborate the cancellation of a task codenamed AC League that was being developed by Ubisoft Annecy. Apparently the crippled was primitively planned arsenic a portion of DLC for Assassin's Creed Shadows, the Japan-set astir caller introduction successful the series. It would person seen 4 assassins moving unneurotic connected a fig of missions, supposedly concluding the communicative that would person unfolded implicit the game's play pass.

It wouldn't person conscionable been a 1 disconnected either, arsenic the program was to usage this to physique different multiplayer experiences successful aboriginal games. But directors astatine Ubisoft Annecy felt uncertain astir League being attached to Shadows, yet acrophobic implicit it taking excessively agelong to develop. This resulted successful the determination to crook it into a standalone crippled utilizing bits of Shadows' map, with the volition to big an invite-only alpha arsenic soon arsenic May of this year. Except, well, arsenic mentioned, it's been canned, thing Ubisoft Annecy was lone told past week.

According to Origami, a fewer Annecy staffers person been tasked with utilizing the method advancements the squad made to marque it easier to adhd multiplayer modes successful aboriginal games. However, those near with nary task to enactment connected presently consciousness unsure of what is adjacent for them, fixed Ubisoft's caller actions. As always, solidarity to those affected.