While Guillemot stopped short of confirming that Assassin's Creed will return next year, his comments suggest there is much to discuss internally at Ubisoft about the future of the Assassin's Creed franchise.
Not exact matches
Guillemot also confirmed that what development does take place can be done easily: «What we see is that we will be able to leverage a lot of the work we do for Xbox 360 and PS3
while we create games for the platform.
And we should expect it this year as, according to CEO Yves
Guillemot, «delivering regular installments and expanding the brand to other platforms will continue to satisfy the demand,
while at the same time attracting new fans.»
The game was demoed on stage by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto & Yves
Guillemot and showed off an XCOM inspired gameplay model with players using the environment for cover,
while having to use strategy to defeat enemies and move on.
Ubisoft CEO Yves
Guillemot has told IGN in a press roundtable that Ubisoft has titles set to release for Holiday 2014 (Watch Dogs, Just Dance 2015),
while other titles will have to wait until the Wii U itself has become» more popular».
«With the new hero and new setting we are creating the boldest and most unique Assassin's Creed game yet,
while still respecting the pillars of the franchise that have made it such a fan favourite,» said Yves
Guillemot, chief executive officer at Ubisoft.
«Clearly in our first week we were impacted by what happened with Assassin's Creed Unity,» stated CFO Alan Martinez,
while CEO Yves
Guillemot noted that Syndicate was still getting good word - of - mouth.
While speaking at an investor call, Yves
Guillemot explained that Ubisoft would be able to use a lot of the work that they had done for the HD consoles when developing new games for the -LSB-...]
While speaking at an investor call, Yves
Guillemot explained that Ubisoft would be able to use a lot of the work that they had done for the HD consoles when developing new games for the Wii 2.
It's been four long years since the announcement, with only tidbits and teasers dropped here and there, and last week,
while speaking to Polygon, Ubisoft CEO Yves
Guillemot affirmed that the title's still in development.
Guillemot added that the company was broadening its focus to help grow its business by moving into new games genres - and plans to license more properties for other games
while pursuing deals with external developers.