One of the myriad projects Ubisoft scrapped in its recent restructuring, which has resulted in hundreds of layoffs and a reduction in scope of other games, was apparently an Assassin’s Creed project called Assassin’s Creed Destiny, which would have seen the franchise visit China in 205 BCE, around the time of the collapse of the Qin Dynasty, the shortest-lived dynasty in China’s long history. According to a recent report by MP1st, the game was in development in collaboration with TiMi, a Tencent-owned game studio, but the studio announced a restructuring shortly after the 2025 prototype that recently surfaced, and the game was scrapped not long after that.
In the leaked screenshots, which are sourced from the portfolios of artists associated with Assassin’s Creed Destiny, there are intricate weapon designs, while an included video shows a female assassin hunting down a mysterious artifact housed in a besieged palace. As with other Assassin’s Creed games, it was to feature historical figures, and one mentioned in the leaked game media is Xiang Yu, an ancient Chinese warlord that was besieging the palace and featured briefly in an early boss fight.
Ubisoft and Tencent are still working on the mobile Assassin’s Creed Jade, which will also take place in China, so it’s possible the Destiny project could be revisited at a later date, depending on the success of Jade. It’s also notable that Assassin’s Creed Destiny was to feature a female protagonist, similar to Shadows and the upcoming Hexe game. It’s clear that Ubisoft has been trying to iterate on the Assassin’s Creed formula, perhaps to try to find a balance between what the series diehards like and a game that is capable of drawing in a new, younger audience.
