Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade now has a lot more detail as Ubisoft officially announced the game at its Ubisoft Forward event on June 12. Codename Jade was rumored earlier this year to be in development alongside a healthy collection of different AC projects.
At the time though there was next to nothing known about what it was or what the theme would be. Given the name ‘Codename Jade’ (which probably isn’t the official title) it was at least suspected to take place in China. That suspicion would be correct. According to Ubisoft’s landing page for the game, Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade takes place in ancient China. Specifically around 215 B.C. which puts it before AC Odyssey and after AC Origins. As far as the chronological timeline is concerned.
Players will take on the role of Xia as they try to protect their home from raiders in a unified Chinese empire. There’s not much known about the official story of the game yet. But it will be a free-to-play title coming to both Android and iOS. When is another story. Players will also be able to fully customize their character with different looks and styles. Something which no AC game has really ever done. At least not to the degree that Codename Jade will allow.
Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade will have a closed beta this Summer
Mobile games tend to get a bad rap due to all the micro transactions that many of them shove onto their potential players. And while we can’t say that Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade will do the same thing, there will most certainly be some microtransactions.
It’s a free-to-play mobile game and development costs money. So this is how Ubisoft recuperates costs. MTX aside, Codename Jade will be the first real adaption of the AC franchise for mobile that appears to measure up to the console/PC games. There have been a number of AC games on mobile before. But none of them ever this good looking. Of course some of that is due to the advancements in technology for mobile games as a platform.
If you’d like to give the game a try, there will be a closed beta coming up sometime later this Summer. Ubisoft doesn’t mention exactly when but it’s likely sometime within the next couple of months. You can pre-register for the closed beta at the official website.
AC Codename Jade is being developed by Level Infinite, and you’ll need to have a Level Infinite Pass account if you want a chance to participate. You can also check out the cinematic trailer below.