Ubisoft has officially announced Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. The next entry in the assassin series is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 23, with a PC version set to launch this fall.
Developed by Ubisoft Quebec, the game is set in London 1868, the center of the industrialized world, “where progress seeks profits and workers never sleep,” and “slavery comes not through iron chains, but the struggle to survive.” Amidst the industrial revolution, players will lead more subtle revolution, utilizing street gangs as armies and slums as fortresses.
The game stars Jacob Frye, an assassin who approaches every situation head-on and lives for the thrill of the chase. He’s joined by his twin sister, Evie Frye, who is the more rational of the pair. The game features the fastest-paced combat in the series to date, a new hand-to-hand combat system, new weapons like the brass knuckle, trains, carriages to traverse the city faster and overrun enemies, and a new rope launcher tool to easily climb buildings and zip-line between rooftops.
Here’s the full description, via Ubisoft:
Developed by Ubisoft Quebec in collaboration with nine other Ubisoft studios, Assassin’s Creed Syndicate is an epic single player experience set in London during the height of the Industrial Revolution, an incredible age of invention that transforms the lives of millions. During this time, the gap between the poor and the rich expands exponentially, making workers’ lives little more than legalized slavery. The lower classes fight for survival by forming a new kind of family – gangs — and adapting to a life in the underworld. Players will embody both Jacob Frye and Evie Frye, twin Assassins raised to follow the Creed. Jacob, a determined, hot-headed and rebellious leader of an underground gang, is vastly different than his sister Evie, a master of stealth and control. Together, Jacob and Evie team up to challenge rivals, plutocrats and Templars alike to free the masses from poverty and corruption, and ultimately wrestle back control of London.
In Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, players explore the largest, most modern open-world city yet in an Assassin’s Creed game. The fighting is more brutal than ever, as players combat rival gangs and grow their sphere of influence throughout London using new weapons, including brass knuckles, a kukri knife, a revolver and the Assassin’s gauntlet. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate also includes innovative navigation and transportation throughout the open world, including a rope launcher for scaling tall Victorian buildings, zip-lining from rooftop to rooftop or performing aerial assassinations, and horse-drawn carriages and high-speed trains for free-running, tracking down enemies or escaping after daring raids.
Watch the debut footage below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.
