the next in China? An artist leaked images

On November 10, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will be released, an episode centered on the people of the Vikings, but which will allow to play on the lands of Norway, but also in England. At JEUXACTU, we have already played it several times and we are waiting to have the game in hand to get a final opinion. Suddenly, the question of what to do next arises, since every year, or almost, Ubisoft gives us a new episode, which each time takes us to different regions. And precisely, and if the destination of the next episode had been the subject of a leak, or rather of clues left surreptitiously by an artist, with the promise of we would travel to the side of Asia and more precisely of China ?

This is the question we have been asking ourselves for a few hours, following the publication of two images, artworks, produced by John Bigorgne, concept artist at Ubisoft Montreal. Called “Forest” and “Fortress”, these pictures let us glimpse rather pretty Asian decorations reminiscent of Asia. Assassin’s Creed in Japan? It’s an episode that fans have been clamoring for for years now, but not only does Ubisoft seem sealed off, but it would be almost too late since Ghost of Tsushima groomed it. the pawn and in the most beautiful way. And Ubisoft has undoubtedly reconsidered China as being the country to retain in order to avoid comparison, especially since it does not play in favor of AC.

So maybe China? It is even very likely, because the style used recalls the calligraphy in erased ink, which recalls the DA used for Assassin’s Creed Chronicles China, released in 2015. Another clue, the “fortress” that we see is other than a Chinese fort, and not a Japanese castle, especially since the weapons and armor that we see are clearly those used by China during its medieval period. Concept arts that could unwittingly tease the period in which the next Assassin’s Creed would take place.

And then, let’s not forget that the Chinese market is now a market to be conquered. With 1.4 billion inhabitants in particular, the country is clearly a profitable market that Yves Guillemot has already begun to seduce. We remember, for example, that last year, the CEO of Ubisoft declared during an interview with Chinese media that it would be “fantastic” for an Assassin’s Creed game to take place in China, but “that it could not say more today “. Ubisoft has already proven that it is ready to do things that are exclusive for China, like this Raving Rabbids game released in July 2019 for Nintendo Switch exclusively in China. China is a huge market that publishers want to win over. Not to mention that in recent years, China has been trying to develop its own games to tackle Western markets as well, Black Myth Wu Kong being one of the most concrete examples.