Following the success of Shadows, Ubisoft is reportedly planning to release another Assassin’s Creed game in 2025. Despite the controversy surrounding Shadows building up to its launch, the game has become a massive hit for Ubisoft, shipping millions of copies in just a few weeks. While the next traditional mainline entry is likely still a way off, the publisher may be attempting to keep the hype machine spinning by following it up with a more experimental project that harkens back to the series’ earlier days.

Over on X (formerly Twitter), reputable leaker and insider Tom Henderson claims the long-rumored Assassin’s Creed game, codenamed Invictus, is slated to arrive later in 2025. Aside from the project’s existence, next to nothing is known about it, but early reports suggest that it will be a multiplayer experience that fans hope mechanically draws from the cat-and-mouse gameplay of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and Revelations​​​​. Whether or not that turns out to be accurate remains to be seen, and a grain of salt is recommended until Ubisoft makes an official announcement.

Should be this year — Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) March 31, 2025

Should Assassin’s Creed Embrace Multiplayer?

It’s A More Complicated Answer Than Some Might Expect

Assassin’s Creed is largely recognized as a single-player experience, but the franchise has dabbled with multiplayer modes before. As mentioned above, some of the earlier games included modes that saw two players enter into an arena densely populated by NPCs to find their opponent and assassinate them. While the community was skeptical at the time, it developed a strong following with many praising its unique take on multiplayer that arrived at a time when first-person shooters were dominating the space.

It’s easy to see players excited to experience the thrill and paranoia of hunting down a fellow assassin, but given Ubisoft’s history of live-service failures and aggressive monetization, there’s already an expectation that Invictus could repeat some of the publisher’s more notable mistakes. With titles like Hyperscape and XDefiant quickly losing support, one has to hope that Invictus can carve itself a decent niche. A free-to-play model may work well if the game isn’t flooded with excessive microtransactions.

Assassin’s Creed Multiplayer Could Work

Even If It’s Still A Major Risk

I think the problem with creating a dedicated multiplayer game in 2025 is that players simply don’t have the kind of time to become invested in an experience that requires such dedication. With so many live-service games suffering from dwindling player bases, Ubisoft is likely hoping that the Assassin’s Creed brand can draw in the crowds. After the success of Shadows, that seems possible, but whether that translates into player retention for a multiplayer-exclusive game remains to be seen.