Summary
Back in September 2022, Vice President Executive Producer of theAssassin’s Creedfranchise Marc-Alexis Côté soft-announced a handful of newAssassin’s Creedtitles during the Ubisoft Forward Showcase. While none of these games were given official titles, they were given codenames, with those beingHexe,Jade, andRed. It was also confirmed that a few of these new titles would be launching viaAssassin’s Creed Infinity, a live-service platformthat fans still know very little about. But there was one other project that also slipped through the net.
Shortly following the 2022 Ubisoft Forward Showcase, VGC interviewed Marc-Alexis Côté, and he revealed anothernewAssassin’s Creedprojectthat was also slated to be in development. Much like the rest, this project was only given a codename,Invictus. While these codenames seem pretty vague at first, they have revealed quite a bit about the game in the past, from its playable protagonist to its core themes and its time setting, andAssassin’s Creed Invictus' codename could end up revealing a whole lot.
No official information is currently available forAssassin’s Creed Invictus, meaning that pretty much everything from this point onward is pure speculation.
What The Codename Invictus Could Mean for Assassin’s Creed
What Past Codenames Have Revealed About Their Assassin’s Creed Entries
Assassin’s Creedhas had quite a lengthy history with covert codenames, with them usually appearing alongside the first wave of leaked assets. The first major instance of this was back beforeAssassin’s Creed 4: Black Flagwas first announced, where its codename was leaked to be “Golden Age.” Naturally, that’s a perfect codename for the game looking back, asBlack Flagis set during the Golden Age of piracy.Assassin’s Creed Syndicatereceived a similar leak before its official reveal, with its codename being “Victory,” a now clear reference to its Victorian setting.
In more recent years,Assassin’s Creed Miragewas first leaked long before its official reveal, where it supposedly had the codename “Rift.” This codename is a little more obtuse than the others, but in retrospect, it seems like a reference to its main protagonist Basim, who has a sort of rift inside himself between his own memories and those of the ancient Aesir Isu Loki. Ubisoft got ahead of the leaks for its latest set ofAssassin’s Creedgames, confirming a codenameJade,Hexe, andRed, and their codenames all seem to hint at their settings, with Jade referring to China, Hexe being the German word for witch, and Red seemingly referring to Japan.
What Assassin’s Creed Invictus' Codename Could Refer To
Based on all those that have come before it,Assassin’s Creed Invictus' own codename likely hides some clue about the game’s potential setting. The only official piece of information fans have aboutAssassin’s Creed Invictusis that it’ll apparently be a multiplayer-focused title. The word “Invictus” in Latin roughly translates to unconquerable or undefeated, which could refer to the game’s apparent multiplayer focus, with the player having to remain undefeated in multiplayer matches.
But the codenameInvictusmight have a slightly deeper meaning. It’s not currently clear where or whenAssassin’s Creed Invictuswill be set, but its codename does seemingly tease one obvious location and time period. Being a Latin phrase, “Invictus” naturally conjures up ideas of Ancient Rome. While players have already been to Renaissance-era Rome in the Ezio trilogy, they haven’t been to Ancient Rome just yet, and aside from a few Roman references inOriginsandValhalla, that whole time period is pretty much left untouched bythe widerAssassin’s Creedlore, making it a perfect backdrop for a multiplayerAssassin’s Creedgame.
