No samurai in the next Assassin’s Creed. Jade Raymond, producer at Ubisoft Montréal says so in this profile byAdweek, though the game will be set in “her favorite historical era.” A feudal Japan setting for Assassin’s Creed has long been a request of fans, even referred to in ACIV‘s meta-game.
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