The Assassin's Creed games have been some of the most popular games in recent times, owing much of it to the extremely huge fanbase. While the focus is currently on Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with the DLCs seemingly filling out the next few month, many fans are already on the lookout for details regarding the next entry in the Assassin's Creed series, rumored to release in 2022.

There's a whole host of rumors swirling around regarding anything from the protagonist's gender to a multitude of possible settings. However, a smaller detail/rumor might give fans a substantial hint at what might be in store for Assassin's Creed 2022.

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While nothing is definitively confirmed at the moment, many credible insiders and leakers have suggested that the development responsibilities for Assassin's Creed 2022 might go to Ubisoft Sofia. This division is the developer behind the underrated Assassin's Creed Rogue and Assassin's Creed 3: Liberation, and leaks suggest that multiple Ubisoft studios might assist Sofia in developing the next Assassin's Creed game.

Many have suggested that this entry might be a spin-off title, which could be true given Sofia's experience. Regardless of whether Assassin's Creed 2022 turns out to be a mainline Assassin's Creed or a spin-off, it seems that fans can learn quite a lot about the game from this seemingly small piece of information.

Ubisoft's Sofia division is one of the smaller workforces within the company, housing a much smaller team than most studios. This might suggest Ubisoft could be preparing to pare back the scale of its games, after receiving complaints regarding a somewhat uninteresting open world in recent entries. In addition to this, Ubisoft's Sofia relative inexperience with the RPG series might even hint at something greater in store for veteran fans of the series.

The debate regarding whether Assassin's Creed should continue the RPG path or return to its roots has been raging for quite some time now, and it seems that Assassin's Creed 2022 could indeed mark a return to the stealth origins of the series. The pared-back scale of the game could imply more dense towns, which should provide the perfect backdrop for a more social-stealth-focused combat system which is precisely what many fans have been clamoring for a long time. Ubisoft's continued pursuit to balance its stealth and RPG elements might hint at a hybrid game, but fans will have to wait and see what Assassin's Creed 2022 might turn out to be.

Assassin's Creed 2022 is rumored to be in development.

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