2024 was arguably not Ubisoft's year. Despite receiving widespread praise, the side-scrolling 2D platformer Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown underperformed financially, and the team that made the game was disbanded shortly after its release. Meanwhile, Skull and Bones, Ubisoft's long-delayed pirate MMO, garnered poor reviews at launch and failed to attract significant interest among mainstream gaming audiences.
Even Star Wars Outlaws and XDefiant, two games that seemed like they could've been surefire hits for Ubisoft, both ended up as commercial disappointments.
The gaming industry has been going through a tough time lately, but Ubisoft has, no doubt, been facing more issues than most. From mass layoffs and studio closures to harassment scandals and game cancellations, the problems Ubisoft has had to contend with have been legion. Following the release of Star Wars Outlaws in August 2024, in fact, Ubisoft's stock price dropped to the lowest it's been in nearly a decade. Although Ubisoft's fortunes probably won't turn around in 2025, since the company has a light release schedule this year, there are a number of remakes both confirmed and rumored to release in the future.
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Ubisoft is Working on Remakes of Some of Its Most Beloved Games
Assassin's Creed Remakes
In June 2024, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed in an interview published on the official Ubisoft website that the Assassin's Creed series would get multiple new remakes. Guillemot didn't delve too deeply into the topic, stating simply that Ubisoft will "revisit some of the games [it] created in the past and modernize them," but several rumors suggest that one of these titles is an Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake. This new version of the 2013 action-adventure game may apparently be released as early as this year, according to Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson. After the game comes out, Ubisoft reportedly has plans for two other Assassin's Creed remakes, though it's not clear what these titles are yet.
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Remake
One of Ubisoft's other big franchises, Splinter Cell, is also getting a remake of its own. Back in December 2021, Ubisoft revealed that the first installment in the series, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, would be rebuilt from the ground up for modern platforms. Since then, the company has been abnormally silent about the Splinter Cell remake, aside from sharing a few snippets of concept art here and there. That said, it has been confirmed that the game is being developed by Far Cry 6 creator Ubisoft Toronto, and that it will feature significant gameplay changes and a rewritten story.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake
The 2003 action-adventure game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is being rebuilt for modern consoles, as well. Ubisoft initially announced a remake of this title in 2020, and back then, it was supposed to launch for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on January 21, 2021. The reveal trailer for the Prince of Persia: Sands of Time remake was criticized so much, however, that Ubisoft decided to indefinitely delay the game and hand it over to another developer, specifically Ubisoft Montreal. Ubisoft later confirmed that the Sands of Time remake is scheduled to launch in 2026, supposedly in the first half of the year.
Rayman Remake
In addition to the Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, and Prince of Persia remakes, rumors allege that Ubisoft is also planning to remake an unspecified game in the long-dormant Rayman series. Insider Gaming reported in October 2024 that some of the former Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown developers have started working on a Rayman remake, codenamed Project Steambot, and that Michel Ancel, the creator of the Rayman franchise, is serving as a consultant for the game, despite having retired several years ago. Shortly after Insider Gaming's report was published, Ubisoft confirmed that it was indeed working on a new Rayman game, but it didn't clarify if the title was a remake or a new installment. Either way, fans hopefully won't have to wait too long to find out.
- Released
- November 18, 2002
- ESRB
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- Developer(s)
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher(s)
- Ubisoft, Aspyr Media
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 2
- Franchise
- Splinter Cell
Infiltrate terrorists' positions, acquire critical intelligence by any means necessary, execute with extreme prejudice, and exit without a trace!
You are Sam Fisher, a highly trained secret operative of the NSA's secret arm: Third Echelon. The world balance is in your hands, as cyber terrorism and international tensions are about to explode into WWIII.
Go Behind the Headlines into the Real World of Modern Espionage -
Enter the realistic Tom Clancy universe. Suit up with the latest classified field operative gear and weapons.
A New Level of Stealth Action - All the best stealth action plus all new moves. Highly interactive environments giving players more gameplay options and the ability to strategize their actions.
Deep Environments. Unparalleled Immersion - Stunning environments driven by the Unreal engine. Dynamic lighting and sound effects that match reality.
Pulse-Pounding Action on a Global Scale - Over 20 Hours of stealth action. Diverse mission objectives that can be achieved by different means for increased replay value.
- Genre(s)
- Stealth
- Platform(s)
- Xbox, PC, PS2, GameCube, Nintendo Game Boy Advance, Mobile
- How Long To Beat
- 13 Hours
