{"id":1905451,"date":"2026-04-27T16:39:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1905451"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:39:47","slug":"ubisoft-plays-down-report-of-assassins-creed-hexe-staff-leaving-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1905451","title":{"rendered":"Ubisoft Plays Down Report of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Hexe Staff Leaving Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-cy=\"article-content\" class=\"jsx-2870106660 article-content page-0\">\n<section data-cy=\"article-subtitle\" class=\"article jsx-3932497636 article-section jsx-28683165 news\" data-autopogo=\"true\">\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Ubisoft has responded to a report that suggested 50 staff members had recently been moved from their work on the upcoming <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/assassins-creed-codename-hexe\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Hexe<\/a> \u2014 and that their jobs had now potentially been left at risk.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Earlier today, <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/assassins-creed-hexe-2027-relea\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insider Gaming<\/a> reported on the move of 50 Ubisoft staff members from the upcoming Assassin&#8217;s Creed blockbuster, who have now been made a part of an interproject team. The report suggested that the decision had been made to lower Hexe&#8217;s budget, at the expense of potentially delaying its arrival from June 2027 until the end of next year. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The report also stated that members of this interproject Ubisoft team &#8220;are required to secure a project at Ubisoft within a three-month period, or they could face redundancy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Complete Assassin&#8217;s Creed Timeline<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows may be the latest game in the long-running series, but its feudal Japan setting places it at the midpoint of the series\u2019 historical timeline. That\u2019s because Assassin\u2019s Creed doesn\u2019t progress chronologically; this long-running franchise hops forwards and backwards in time between each entry, exploring significant events from as far back as the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, and right up to the dawn of the First World War.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nWith 14 games in the mainline series and counting, the timeline of these events is increasingly complex. That\u2019s why IGN has pored over every scrap of lore to make sense of the series' centuries-spanning timeline, the overarching story, and how the games all fit together. The result is this timeline, which covers all the key events in the Assassin\u2019s Creed timeline in chronological order.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;The Isu Era&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;b&gt;75,000 BCE&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nBefore we can jump into the timeline, we need to cover a little bit of lore. Waaaay back when, a highly advanced civilization of god-like beings ruled the earth. Known as the Isu, they created the human race to act as their slaves. Humanity was kept under Isu control through the use of the Apples of Eden, a collection of incredibly powerful artefacts. People generally dislike being enslaved, though, and so two humans \u2013 Eve and Adam \u2013 stole an Apple of Eden and escaped the Isu, triggering something of a revolutionary war.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nThe war between the Isu and humanity continued for a decade, but was cut short when a solar flare hit the earth. The Isu were obliterated. The remains of humanity, meanwhile, were able to rise from the ashes and inherit the earth.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 25 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Assassin\u2019s Creed Odyssey&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;b&gt;431 to 422 BCE - Peloponnesian War&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nAs the Peloponnesian War rages in Greece, a mercenary named Kassandra discovers The Cult of Kosmos; a shadowy organisation that has secretly been orchestrating the war. Among their number is her long-lost brother, Alexios, who was kidnapped by the Cult as a child and turned into a demigod-like human weapon. Kassandra learns that the Cult targeted Alexios because he possesses the genes of their grandfather, legendary Spartan King Leonidas, who was a direct descendant of the Isu.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nKassandra embarks on a mission to halt the Cult\u2019s plan to dominate Greece, during which she learns that the organisation is using an Isu device that calculates possible futures to help control the war. Kassandra kills the key members of the Cult and destroys the Isu device, bringing the conflict in Greece to an end.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nDuring her quest Kassandra is reunited with her biological father, Pythagoras, who is also a descendant of the Isu. Pythogoras gives Kassandra the Staff of Hermes, an Isu artifact that grants immortality, and asks her to become the eternal guardian of Atlantis.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Assassin\u2019s Creed Origins&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;b&gt;49 to 43 BCE - Ptolemaic Egypt&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nDuring the era of Cleopatra\u2019s rule over Egypt, The Order of the Ancients \u2013 another shadowy organisation that worked in collaboration with the Cult of Kosmos \u2013 kidnaps a peacekeeper called Bayek and his son. The Order believes Bayek\u2019s bloodline is the key to unlocking an Isu vault, but he is unable to do so. In the fight to escape his kidnappers Bayek accidentally kills his son. Devastated, he vows to take revenge on those responsible.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nBayek and his wife Aya work to dismantle The Order, which establishes control over Egypt using its puppet Pharoah, Ptolemy, and by bringing both Cleopatra and Julius Caesar into their ranks. While the couple are able to track down and kill the men who wronged them, they learn that The Order is not a local villain but in fact a globe-spanning conspiracy intent on controlling politics and religion by finding and using the Isu\u2019s Apples of Eden. In an effort to fight against The Order\u2019s oppression Bayek and Aya establish The Hidden Ones; a secret collective of spies and assassins that operate out of Egypt and Rome.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Assassin\u2019s Creed Mirage&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;b&gt;861 - Islamic Golden Age&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nAlmost a century later The Hidden Ones have established a number of strongholds across the world, including the mountain fortress of Alamut in Iran. There Basim, a street thief from Baghdad, is trained as an assassin and tasked with investigating The Order of the Ancients\u2019 activities in his home city. Basim discovers that The Order seeks an Isu temple buried beneath Alamut and helps the assassins fend off The Order\u2019s invading forces. Inside the temple Basim finds a technologically advanced prison which once held Loki \u2013 an Isu now considered a god by the Norse people. Basim learns that he is a reincarnation of Loki and vows to take revenge on those who imprisoned him in his former life.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;b&gt;872 to 878 - Viking Invasion of England&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nDuring the following decade Basim travels with a Viking clan to England in hunt of more members of The Order of the Ancients. There, the clan\u2019s leader Sigurd and his sibling Eivor travel the country in search of allies to help them establish their settlement, Ravensthorpe. As the pair aid neighbouring communities they learn of the tyranny of King Alfred, a leader within The Order who wishes to overthrow the current regime and replace it with a Christian system.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nAfter discovering an Isu artifact Sigurd begins to experience visions that convince him he is a god. Returning to Norway to investigate the hallucinations, Basim reveals that Eivor and Sigurd are reincarnations of Odin and T\u00fdr \u2013 the Isu who imprisoned Loki \u2013 and that he has been hunting them down to enact his revenge. Eivor survives the attack and traps Basim in a simulated world generated by an Isu computer shaped like the Yggdrasil tree. Traumatised by the events, Sigurd passes leadership of the clan to Eivor, who heads back to England to defeat King Afred at the Battle of Chippenham and return to Ravensthorpe as a hero.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Now, in a statement to IGN, Ubisoft has not disputed the changes, but said that moves of this kind were simply a &#8220;standard part&#8221; of game development. A Ubisoft spokesperson gave no further detail on the reason for the changes, what the impacted staff would be working on now, or whether any jobs had been put at risk.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Mobility across teams is a standard part of how we operate,&#8221; a Ubisoft spokesperson said. &#8220;As project priorities change, team members may transition from one project to another where their expertise is needed, helping us stay flexible and responsive as work evolves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">While Assassin&#8217;s Creed Hexe is a major project for Ubisoft, it is not the next game from the franchise set for release. (That would be Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced, which is due to launch in July.) Ubisoft is also believed to have at least one other big project set to arrive this year (potentially a new Ghost Recon game). So, it could be that the staff have been moved onto that, with its development more of a priority.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Regardless, it&#8217;s clear that much is currently changing behind the scenes of Hexe following a <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/new-assassins-creed-leadership-team-announced-by-ubisoft-subsidiary-vantage-studios\">management reshuffle at the top of the Assassin&#8217;s Creed franchise<\/a> earlier this year. Over the past couple of months, both <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/splinter-cell-veteran-clint-hocking-departing-ubisoft-in-the-middle-of-leading-assassins-creed-hexe-development\">Hexe&#8217;s creative director<\/a> and <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/assassins-creed-hexe-game-director-benoit-richer-exits-ubisoft-just-months-after-departure-of-previous-creative-director\">game director have left<\/a>, and Ubisoft has <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/magical-abilities-removed-from-upcoming-assassins-creed-hexe-leak-suggests\">reportedly changed Hexe&#8217;s witchcraft-inspired story to cut back on the use of magical abilities<\/a> (such as the power to control a cat).<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tomphillipseg.bsky.social\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><span class=\"stack jsx-1475529924\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jsx-2155806329 bobble bobble-1 pogocnt pg-article\">\n<div data-mix-name=\"secondaryMedrec\" data-pos=\"1\" data-pogo-hide=\"1\" class=\"jsx-343126785 pogo-slot\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-page\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Ubisoft has responded to a report that suggested 50 staff members had recently been moved from their work on the upcoming <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/assassins-creed-codename-hexe\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Hexe<\/a> \u2014 and that their jobs had now potentially been left at risk.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Earlier today, <a href=\"https:\/\/insider-gaming.com\/assassins-creed-hexe-2027-relea\/\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insider Gaming<\/a> reported on the move of 50 Ubisoft staff members from the upcoming Assassin&#8217;s Creed blockbuster, who have now been made a part of an interproject team. The report suggested that the decision had been made to lower Hexe&#8217;s budget, at the expense of potentially delaying its arrival from June 2027 until the end of next year. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The report also stated that members of this interproject Ubisoft team &#8220;are required to secure a project at Ubisoft within a three-month period, or they could face redundancy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"><\/button><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Complete Assassin&#8217;s Creed Timeline<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows may be the latest game in the long-running series, but its feudal Japan setting places it at the midpoint of the series\u2019 historical timeline. That\u2019s because Assassin\u2019s Creed doesn\u2019t progress chronologically; this long-running franchise hops forwards and backwards in time between each entry, exploring significant events from as far back as the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, and right up to the dawn of the First World War.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nWith 14 games in the mainline series and counting, the timeline of these events is increasingly complex. That\u2019s why IGN has pored over every scrap of lore to make sense of the series' centuries-spanning timeline, the overarching story, and how the games all fit together. The result is this timeline, which covers all the key events in the Assassin\u2019s Creed timeline in chronological order.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"background:currentColor\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-list\" class=\"scrollbar jsx-2072772685 jsx-4243969252 images-list\"><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;The Isu Era&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;b&gt;75,000 BCE&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nBefore we can jump into the timeline, we need to cover a little bit of lore. Waaaay back when, a highly advanced civilization of god-like beings ruled the earth. Known as the Isu, they created the human race to act as their slaves. Humanity was kept under Isu control through the use of the Apples of Eden, a collection of incredibly powerful artefacts. People generally dislike being enslaved, though, and so two humans \u2013 Eve and Adam \u2013 stole an Apple of Eden and escaped the Isu, triggering something of a revolutionary war.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nThe war between the Isu and humanity continued for a decade, but was cut short when a solar flare hit the earth. The Isu were obliterated. The remains of humanity, meanwhile, were able to rise from the ashes and inherit the earth.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rounded jsx-412047461 overlay progressive-image jsx-2338608387 expand\" data-cy=\"slideshow-image-overlay\">\n<div data-cy=\"element-caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490\">View 25 Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Assassin\u2019s Creed Odyssey&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;b&gt;431 to 422 BCE - Peloponnesian War&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nAs the Peloponnesian War rages in Greece, a mercenary named Kassandra discovers The Cult of Kosmos; a shadowy organisation that has secretly been orchestrating the war. Among their number is her long-lost brother, Alexios, who was kidnapped by the Cult as a child and turned into a demigod-like human weapon. Kassandra learns that the Cult targeted Alexios because he possesses the genes of their grandfather, legendary Spartan King Leonidas, who was a direct descendant of the Isu.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nKassandra embarks on a mission to halt the Cult\u2019s plan to dominate Greece, during which she learns that the organisation is using an Isu device that calculates possible futures to help control the war. Kassandra kills the key members of the Cult and destroys the Isu device, bringing the conflict in Greece to an end.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nDuring her quest Kassandra is reunited with her biological father, Pythagoras, who is also a descendant of the Isu. Pythogoras gives Kassandra the Staff of Hermes, an Isu artifact that grants immortality, and asks her to become the eternal guardian of Atlantis.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Assassin\u2019s Creed Origins&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;b&gt;49 to 43 BCE - Ptolemaic Egypt&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nDuring the era of Cleopatra\u2019s rule over Egypt, The Order of the Ancients \u2013 another shadowy organisation that worked in collaboration with the Cult of Kosmos \u2013 kidnaps a peacekeeper called Bayek and his son. The Order believes Bayek\u2019s bloodline is the key to unlocking an Isu vault, but he is unable to do so. In the fight to escape his kidnappers Bayek accidentally kills his son. Devastated, he vows to take revenge on those responsible.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nBayek and his wife Aya work to dismantle The Order, which establishes control over Egypt using its puppet Pharoah, Ptolemy, and by bringing both Cleopatra and Julius Caesar into their ranks. While the couple are able to track down and kill the men who wronged them, they learn that The Order is not a local villain but in fact a globe-spanning conspiracy intent on controlling politics and religion by finding and using the Isu\u2019s Apples of Eden. In an effort to fight against The Order\u2019s oppression Bayek and Aya establish The Hidden Ones; a secret collective of spies and assassins that operate out of Egypt and Rome.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Assassin\u2019s Creed Mirage&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;b&gt;861 - Islamic Golden Age&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nAlmost a century later The Hidden Ones have established a number of strongholds across the world, including the mountain fortress of Alamut in Iran. There Basim, a street thief from Baghdad, is trained as an assassin and tasked with investigating The Order of the Ancients\u2019 activities in his home city. Basim discovers that The Order seeks an Isu temple buried beneath Alamut and helps the assassins fend off The Order\u2019s invading forces. Inside the temple Basim finds a technologically advanced prison which once held Loki \u2013 an Isu now considered a god by the Norse people. Basim learns that he is a reincarnation of Loki and vows to take revenge on those who imprisoned him in his former life.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><button data-cy=\"gallery-image\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 gallery-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"&lt;b&gt;Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;b&gt;872 to 878 - Viking Invasion of England&lt;\/b&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nDuring the following decade Basim travels with a Viking clan to England in hunt of more members of The Order of the Ancients. There, the clan\u2019s leader Sigurd and his sibling Eivor travel the country in search of allies to help them establish their settlement, Ravensthorpe. As the pair aid neighbouring communities they learn of the tyranny of King Alfred, a leader within The Order who wishes to overthrow the current regime and replace it with a Christian system.\n&lt;\/br&gt;\n&lt;\/br&gt;\nAfter discovering an Isu artifact Sigurd begins to experience visions that convince him he is a god. Returning to Norway to investigate the hallucinations, Basim reveals that Eivor and Sigurd are reincarnations of Odin and T\u00fdr \u2013 the Isu who imprisoned Loki \u2013 and that he has been hunting them down to enact his revenge. Eivor survives the attack and traps Basim in a simulated world generated by an Isu computer shaped like the Yggdrasil tree. Traumatised by the events, Sigurd passes leadership of the clan to Eivor, who heads back to England to defeat King Afred at the Battle of Chippenham and return to Ravensthorpe as a hero.\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2021719738 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Now, in a statement to IGN, Ubisoft has not disputed the changes, but said that moves of this kind were simply a &#8220;standard part&#8221; of game development. A Ubisoft spokesperson gave no further detail on the reason for the changes, what the impacted staff would be working on now, or whether any jobs had been put at risk.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Mobility across teams is a standard part of how we operate,&#8221; a Ubisoft spokesperson said. &#8220;As project priorities change, team members may transition from one project to another where their expertise is needed, helping us stay flexible and responsive as work evolves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">While Assassin&#8217;s Creed Hexe is a major project for Ubisoft, it is not the next game from the franchise set for release. (That would be Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced, which is due to launch in July.) Ubisoft is also believed to have at least one other big project set to arrive this year (potentially a new Ghost Recon game). So, it could be that the staff have been moved onto that, with its development more of a priority.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Regardless, it&#8217;s clear that much is currently changing behind the scenes of Hexe following a <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/new-assassins-creed-leadership-team-announced-by-ubisoft-subsidiary-vantage-studios\">management reshuffle at the top of the Assassin&#8217;s Creed franchise<\/a> earlier this year. Over the past couple of months, both <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/splinter-cell-veteran-clint-hocking-departing-ubisoft-in-the-middle-of-leading-assassins-creed-hexe-development\">Hexe&#8217;s creative director<\/a> and <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/assassins-creed-hexe-game-director-benoit-richer-exits-ubisoft-just-months-after-departure-of-previous-creative-director\">game director have left<\/a>, and Ubisoft has <a class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/magical-abilities-removed-from-upcoming-assassins-creed-hexe-leak-suggests\">reportedly changed Hexe&#8217;s witchcraft-inspired story to cut back on the use of magical abilities<\/a> (such as the power to control a cat).<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"accent-divider\" class=\"jsx-3449795453 divider jsx-2786329600\"><\/div>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. You can reach Tom at tom_phillips@ign.com or find him on Bluesky <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/tomphillipseg.bsky.social\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@tomphillipseg.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft has responded to a report that suggested 50 staff members had recently been moved from their work on the upcoming Assassin&#8217;s Creed Hexe \u2014 and that their jobs had now potentially been left at risk. Earlier today, Insider Gaming reported on the move of 50 Ubisoft staff members from the upcoming Assassin&#8217;s Creed blockbuster, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,243],"class_list":["post-1905451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-ign-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1905451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1905451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1905451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1905451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}