Murderer’s Creed Mirage launched in October final yr, providing a pared again, back-to-the fundamentals expertise harking back to older video games within the collection. The action-adventure title from Ubisoft took gamers to Ninth-century Baghdad, placing them within the footwear of Basim Ibn Ishaq, a avenue thief who joins the Hidden Ones and rises by means of the ranks to turn into a grasp murderer. Whereas there is no phrase on if the franchise will revisit the character once more, Murderer’s Creed Mirage inventive director has mentioned that the staff has concepts about the place Basim’s story might go.

In a Reddit AMA Wednesday, the sport’s inventive director Stéphane Boudon mentioned that Basim’s story might be explored additional, however not within the type of an enlargement to AC Mirage.

“We’re thrill [sic] by the reception of Mirage! Mirage as [sic] been design [sic] as a standalone expertise with none DLC plan. Nonetheless, we now have concepts on how we might lengthen the story of Basim, certainly,” Boudon mentioned. He, nonetheless, reiterated that that Mirage wouldn’t be getting a post-launch story enlargement. “However as of at the moment, no put up launch content material is deliberate for Mirage,” he added.

Boudon additionally answered a query about potential future patches for Murderer’s Creed Mirage, confirming that Ubisoft didn’t have any plans for a brand new main replace, however would hold monitoring the sport and listening to participant suggestions for tweaks.

Murderer’s Creed Mirage represented a departure from RPG-style expansive Murderer’s Creed video games that got here earlier than. Murderer’s Creed Valhalla and Murderer’s Creed Odyssey had attracted criticism for his or her bloated design, that includes countless aspect quests and a prolonged major marketing campaign. Mirage, then again, opted for a extra concentrated story and world that paid homage to early video games within the collection like the primary Murderer’s Creed and the Ezio trilogy.

Whereas Mirage served as a derivative to bigger Murderer’s Creed video games, Ubisoft might launch comparable smaller video games, contemplating the optimistic reception to Mirage. Within the AMA, Boudon attested to the identical. “It began as an motion/journey recreation again then and with Mirage we needed to have fun this legacy for the fifteenth anniversary of the franchise,” he mentioned. “However there may be house in AC for various sorts of experiences and you could possibly anticipate extra to come back.”

Murderer’s Creed Mirage launched on October 5 final yr throughout PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Collection S/X. Ubisoft is at present engaged on the following recreation within the collection, Murderer’s Creed Crimson, which might be set in feudal Japan. Mentioned to be an RPG-style entry with a big open world map, the sport doesn’t have a concrete launch date but. In an earnings report, nonetheless, Ubisoft had mentioned that the sport would doubtless launch between April 2024 and March 2025.