Assassin's Creed Infinity is an upcoming video game-adjacent experience, pitched by Ubisoft as an interactive hub that also features narrative aspects. While it's not a game in the traditional sense, it looks set to represent the future of the series by acting as "the single entry point for our fans into the Assassin's Creed franchise".

With the series spanning across different periods of history, Infinity is designed to bring it together all of the upcoming Assassin's Creed games such as Assassin's Creed Hexe and Assassin's Creed Red in the future. And as a hub, you'll be able to access these games, as well as other future Assassin's Creed experiences among the line up of upcoming Ubisoft games that could come after.

All sounds pretty mysterious, right? Lucky for you, we've done the digging to bring you everything you need to know about Assassin's Creed Infinity, from statements by Ubisoft to what exactly this platform-slash-hub might actually entail.

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What is Assassin's Creed Infinity?

Assassin's Creed Infinity has been described by the franchise's executive producer, Marc-Alexis Cote, as "not a game, per se" but rather "the single entry point for our fans into the Assassin's Creed franchise into the future." The initiative will see a closer collaboration between Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Quebec as the pair work to guide and define the next installments of the Assassin's Creed franchise then.

Assassin's Creed Infinity represents the future of the Assassin's Creed franchise just not in the way that you might expect. Rumors of Codename Infinity began to spread in early 2021, andits existence was later confirmedby Ubisoft that July.In an open letterpenned by Nathalie Bouchard (managing director, Ubisoft Quebec) and Christophe Derennes (managing director, Ubisoft Montreal), the pair reflected on how the pandemic had fundamentally changed the way Ubisoft created games, and that it had given the publisher "a moment to reflect on our organization." Assassin's Creed Infinity is the result of that reflection it's not a game, but an evolving hub that can house the ongoing evolution of the franchise, and connect future game releases into a single interwoven experience.

Ubisoft has always worked collaboratively within its network, with one studio taking the lead and the others acting to support where needed. As the resources necessary to create something on the scale of an Assassin's Creed have increased, a palpable tension when the PS4 and Xbox One were introduced, the series creators at Ubisoft Montreal have traded lead development duties with the Quebec studio. Montreal developedAssassin's Creed Unity(2014),Assassin's Creed Origins(2017), andAssassin's Creed Valhalla(2020), while Quebec ledAssassin's Creed Syndicate(2015) andAssassin's Creed Odyssey(2018).

Assassin's Creed Infinity is designed to bring a more "cohesive approach" to the development of future games, which should shorten the time it takes studios to iterate, innovate, and implement new ideas. "Rather than continuing to pass the baton from game to game, we profoundly believe this is an opportunity for one of Ubisoft's most beloved franchises to evolve in a more integrated and collaborative manner that's less centered on studios and more focused on talent and leadership, no matter where they are within Ubisoft," the open letter continued.