There will be no Assassin's Creed release in 2016 as Ubisoft "reexamines franchise"

Assassin's Creed has become one of the biggest video game franchises around, and lately have been releasing games to considerably mixed feelings. In a recent blog post, Ubisoft talks their position on the series moving forward.

This year, we also are stepping back and re-examining the Assassin’s Creed franchise. As a result, we’ve decided that there will not be a new Assassin’s Creed game in 2016. Since the release of Assassin’s Creed Unity, we’ve learned a lot based on your feedback. We’ve also updated our development processes and recommitted to making Assassin’s Creed a premier open-world franchise. We’re taking this year to evolve the game mechanics and to make sure we’re delivering on the promise of Assassin’s Creed offering unique and memorable gameplay experiences that make history everyone’s playground.

This will probably come as a relief to longtime fans of the series; it's particularly good to hear Ubisoft acknowledge what a disaster Assassin's Creed Unity was. Hopefully this will mark a shift in Assassin's Creed back to the quality of the best games in the series.

And it better be set in Feudal Japan, for goodness sake.