{"id":662351,"date":"2026-04-01T17:38:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-baghdad-game-now-due-2023-report"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:38:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:38:27","slug":"assassins-creed-baghdad-game-now-due-2023-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/assassins-creed-baghdad-game-now-due-2023-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassin&#8217;s Creed Baghdad game now due 2023 &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/assassins-creed-baghdad-game-now-due-2023-report.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nUbisoft is now reportedly targeting a 2023 release window for its next Assassin&#8217;s Creed game, which is expected to be a smaller, stealth-focused edition of the series.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCodenamed Rift (though likely not its final title), this is the Baghdad-focused project which originally began life as a Valhalla expansion. It has since grown its own fully-fledged project, albeit tighter in scope than other recent, sprawling Assassin&#8217;s Creed entries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOriginally reported to arrive later this year (though still to be officially announced by Ubisoft itself), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-07-22\/ubisoft-pushes-back-next-assassin-s-creed-title-in-already-thin-year#xj4y7vzkg\">Bloomberg<\/a> has now stated that Rift will arrive in either May or June 2023.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-baghdad-game-now-due-2023-report\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-baghdad-game-now-due-2023-report\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft is now reportedly targeting a 2023 release window for its next Assassin&#8217;s Creed game, which is expected to be a smaller, stealth-focused edition of the series. Codenamed Rift (though likely not its final title), this is the Baghdad-focused project which originally began life as a Valhalla expansion. It has since grown its own fully-fledged project, albeit tighter in scope than other recent, sprawling Assassin&#8217;s Creed entries. Originally reported to arrive later this year (though still to be officially announced by Ubisoft itself), Bloomberg has now stated that Rift will arrive in either May or June 2023. 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