There have been rumours for a while that Ubisoft might be looking at remaking the original Assassin's Creed from 2007, but the company has now denied this in two separate interviews over the past few days.
Firstly, series executive producer Marc-Alexis Côté told Axios that a remake simply wasn't in development, and then Assassin's Creed Mirage art director Jean-Luc Sala suggested the same thing to Eurogamer - at least in regards to his team. Here's what he had to say when questioned about it:
"Yeah that's not what we're doing.
I'm fully dedicated to Mirage and I can tell you we are not remaking AC1."
The official plan right now for Assassin's Creed is to release Mirage in 2023, followed by Codename Red and Codename Hexe at some point in the fairly distant future. AC: Infinity will then act as a hub that ties various experiences together.
Don't forget that the original Assassin's Creed is at least backwards compatible on Xbox One, Series X and Series S, running at 60FPS on the two new consoles thanks to FPS Boost, and supporting 4K Ultra HD on Xbox One X and Xbox Series X due to it being enhanced a few years ago. It might be old, but it looks amazing on those consoles!
Were you hoping for an AC 1 remake? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments below.
[source axios.com, via eurogamer.net]
Comments 3
I think because Mirage is meant to be returning to the franchise's roots, people must have gotten their wires crossed somewhere and assumed a remake was in development.
I'm not fussed either way; as mentioned in the article, the original AC looks and plays great on the Series X!
It'd be nice for it to get a simple remaster for Playstation and Switch players, but a remake isn't necessary. Its quirks are part of the game's charm and that would be lost in a remake
That's a shame, I'd love a remake of 1, but honestly, it still looks and runs so well on PC and XB today, I don't really think it's necessary. Not all games need to be remakestered every 8 years.
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