The Mystery Game from Assassin's Creed Designer Is Officially in Limbo

Don’t get your hopes up for seeing the next game from influential designer Patrice Desilets—a mysterious project called 1666—anytime soon. https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-designer-did-everything-he-needed-to-do-5583965(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); The latest update on 1666’s y1 com games fate came today during a Ubisoft investor call when company president Yves Guillemot said the following: “So, for Patrice, after more than two months of discussions with him, we couldn’t align our vision both on project development and team management,” said Guillemot, “so Y1 COM consequently our collaboration has ended, and we have suspended 1666 for an undisclosed period of time.” When Ubisoft acquired some of the work in development from THQ’s Montreal studio, it seemed like Desilets would be returning to the place where he helped create beloved titles Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Assassin’s Creed II. But the reunion ended in an acrimonious split from Ubisoft, with Desilets saying he was removed from the premises. https://kotaku.com/assassins-creed-designer-patrice-desilets-leaves-ubiso-494016846 With Desilets no longer at Ubisoft, it was to be expected that 1666 might get cancelled. But, according to Kotaku columnist Superannuation, suspending the game prevents Desilets from getting it back: https://twitter.com/embed/status/334724774829912064 https://twitter.com/embed/status/334724784975904770 https://twitter.com/embed/status/334729383518564352 So, unless some kind of resolution happens in the future, we may not get any real details about what Y1 Games the game was going to be. Given the quality of games that Desilets has been in charge of, that’s a major bummer.