Ubisoft has reportedly canceled a co-op multiplayer Assassin's Creed game

A new report claims that long-held rumor Assassin's Creed A multiplayer game in development has been scrapped. While there is some hope for the future Assassin's Creed Multiplayer projects, this news may come as a disappointment to those waiting for modern AC Game with a multiplayer component.

Multiplayer was introduced Assassin's Creed Franchise with Assassin's Creed: The Brotherhood Back in 2010, and its variations were offered in the following games Disclosures, black flagand unity. However, the franchise has gone without a competitive or cooperative multiplayer mode for over a decade, and now hopefully the next entry will drop soon.

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Assassin's Creed League closes

It has been revealed to be coming Assassin's Creed The project to connect four assassins in feudal Japan has been cancelled. The news comes via French site Origami, which claims to have verified the report with half a dozen Ubisoft employees. was called Assassin's Creed LeagueThe project was initially intended to serve as DLC for the most recent entry, Assassin's Creed ShadowsAnd also produced some of the content that comes with the season pass for the game. Going beyond simple DLC, though, Assassin's Creed League It created a new baseline for the future Assassin's Creed The games will use it, reintroducing multiplayer, to future entries in the franchise.

Finally, it seems that the developer realized that the project was taking too long, and it is closing it Assassin's Creed Shadows Doesn't make much sense. However, the project wasn't completely scrapped at that point, with plans to spin it off as a smaller standalone multiplayer game that used potential assets. Assassin's Creed Shadows. The multiplayer game's alpha wasn't expected to be available until May 2026. That too has now been rescinded, with the cancellation apparently coming as a surprise to Ubisoft Annecy leads, who only received the news a week before this report.

All is not lost for Assassin's Creed Multiplayer Future

However, this is the end of the opportunity Assassin's Creed Shadows Despite getting an official multiplayer mode, there's still little hope that the future of the series could someday see multiplayer again. Some members of the team working on the project reportedly saw their jobs change after it was completed. AC League Project back on Ubisoft's proprietary Anvil game engine. This could open the door to introducing multiplayer more easily in the future AC Games, and at least this means that all the work put into the project is not completely lost.

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fans of Assassin's Creed Rumors that the franchise still has some hope Assassin's Creed Black Flag resyncedA remake of the original game is in the works. Not confirmed by Ubisoft, the rumor has been around for quite some time, and Ubisoft teased fans by acknowledging the rumors with a meme response on Twitter.

However, there has also been a great deal of turmoil at Ubisoft as of late. Several projects have been revealed to have been canceled or otherwise discontinued by Ubisoft this year. In the first month of 2026, it was confirmed that Ubisoft had cancelled Prince of Persia Remake, and Look at the dogs While the games are apparently dead in the water, the film adaptation of the franchise is still ongoing. Ubisoft also plans to close several game development studios under its umbrella over the next 3 years. At this point, hopeful fans will want to take any rumors with a grain of salt, even if they are true, there is no guarantee that the rumored games will actually make it to players, as the games industry as a whole seems to continue to see turbulent times after years of layoffs, closures, and restructuring.