Ubisoft executive Jade Raymond may have revealed the setting for the rumored "Assassin's Creed: Comet."
Raymond recently spoke to The Grid about the latest trends in video games, including why the "Assassin's Creed" titles are the most popular for Ubisoft.
"I think the key to a popular game is a good core fantasy," Raymond said. "In Assassin's Creed, there is the obvious part: Who doesn't want to be a badass assassin? But then there is an additional element of getting to relive and play a role in these pivotal moments in history. We work with historians to recreate these societies-ancient Rome, the French Revolution. And because each game is crafted in a new era, players don't get tired of the it."
According to a Kotaku report, Ubisoft will launch two "Assassin's Creed" titles in 2014. The confirmed "Assassin's Creed: Unity" will be an exclusive title for the PS4 and Xbox One and the rumored "Assassin's Creed: Comet" will be for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
"Assassin's Creed: Unity" is set in the French Revolution, which Raymond acknowledged. However, Ancient Rome isn't an era "Assassin's Creed" has tackled in the past. The Renaissance of 16th-century Rome was featured in "Assassin's Creed 2" and "Assassin's Creed Brotherhood," but Ancient Rome is a broad spectrum. There are other time periods in Rome's history Ubisoft can tackle.
Still, fans will have to wait to see if Raymond's comments to The Grid relate to the rumored "Assassin's Creed: Comet." However, Ubisoft Vice President of Creative Lionel Raynaud confirmed to Edge online the company continue making titles for Xbox 360 and the PS3 after the announcement "Assassin's Creed: Unity" was an next-gen exclusive.
"We will have games for PS3 and 360 for this year and probably the years after," Raynaud told Edge. "We want to be able to provide games to people who are playing on these consoles. Black Flag was the first Assassin's Creed game of this new generation but it was designed with that in mind, but I wouldn't say it was a cross-generation game, as it has features that could only be for this generation."
