It appears the next Assassin's Creed will likely take place in a long-rumored Egyptian setting, thanks to a leaked screenshot that has reportedly been confirmed as legitimate by non-Ubisoft sources.
We've reached out to Ubisoft for concrete confirmation on the legitimacy of the Assassin's Creed Egypt screenshot leak, but judging from the level of detail in the image, the aesthetic, and the flavor text that points to historically Egyptian characters, it seems a little more than possible that this is the real deal. If that's the case, this marks at least the 12th (!) leak in the long, porous history of the Assassin's Creed franchise. In fact, the only core entry in the series to date not to have been leaked in some fashion is Assassin's Creed 2.
Let's take a look back through the fine tradition of Assassin's Creed revelations through less than ideal means.
It's fitting the first instance of leaked information ahead of an Assassin's Creed installment came ahead of the very first game in the series. The Assassin's Creed leak came into frame courtesy of an April 2006 trademark filing at the U.S. Patent Office, the world was introduced the name "Assassin's Creed," for the first time. Of course, even before this tip, there was already mounting evidence around the idea of a Ubisoft game centered around assassins.
After a successful launch of Assassin's Creed 2 without leak, Ubisoft's follow-up first came to light thanks to the discovery of a registered domain name for "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood."
Almost a year to the day since the existence of Brotherhood was discovered, members of the NeoGAF community managed to extract information from a Ubisoft Facebook post that outed the existence of Assassin's Creed Revelations, along with the game's logo.
Hot off the heels of AC: Revelations' release, news of the next installment in Ubisoft's series was already leaking out. Thanks to a single image pulled from Best Buy's internal employee news, the leaked Assassin's Creed 3 information confirmed the title, introduced the newest protagonist, and strongly implied a Revolutionary War setting.
The then PlayStation Vita exclusive Assassin's Creed Liberation had its existence leaked right before its likely reveal at E3 2012. Thanks to a NeoGAF user getting their hands on an early issue of Game Informer with the game's first details, including the character, setting, and release date.
While news of a new Assassin's Creed coming in 2013 starring a new hero in a new era was common knowledge, a photo of a poster revealing Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag and the new pirate theme leaked online mere days before the promotional material was set to go live.
Having the distinction of being the only single game on this list to be leaked twice, this time as the console port of the then-Vita-exclusive, Assassin's Creed: Liberation HD was outed in a photo as part of a larger collection of yet-to-be-announced Ubisoft games. The image quickly hit NeoGAF and was lent credence by the fact other games in that photo had been released, or were part of existing franchises in development.
Another year, another first-quarter leak of the next installment in the Assassin's Creed franchise. This time, it was a bit of a two-for, with Assassin's Creed Unity leaked thanks to screenshots and a logo surfacing and proliferating across the web. In these images we learned the game's supposed title, the Parisian setting and era, and the inclusion of the new downward parkour feature. Alongside this reveal was a reference to another Assassin's Creed game being launched in the same year for last-gen console, possibly codenamed Comet.
What was initially discovered as codename Comet was eventually confirmed to be Assassin's Creed Rogue, serving as 2014's Assassin's Creed specifically for last-gen consoles. Thanks to the anonymous sources that leaked Assassin's Creed Rogue information, we learned the game would take place in North America, feature nautical exploration and star a playable Templar.
What by this point had become an annual tradition, Kotaku leaked information that pegged the 2015 Assassin's Creed installment as Assassin's Creed Victory. A short time later Ubisoft confirmed to IGN the leak was legitimate and would actually be titled Assassin's Creed Syndicate, would be unveiled at a later date.
The most recent leak in this long-standing line first came to light in early 2016, which pointed toward Assassin's Creed's next entry releasing in 2017, leaving 2016 without a mainline Assassin's Creed game. The leak also said that it would take place in Egypt. Now that the timing has come to pass, the most recent leaked screenshot seems to point toward the validity of this year-old info. Ubisoft has yet to issue a statement, but when it does, we'll update you on the Assassin's Creed 2017 leak as soon as possible.
Brandin Tyrrel is an Editor at IGN who's finally joined the long tradition of writing about Assassin's Creed leaks. You can follow him on Twitter at @BrandinTyrrel.
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