Ubisoft seemingly forgot to mention its mobile-exclusive iteration of Assassin’s Creed, subtitled Jade, in its latest franchise update blog.
The game was first revealed in September 2022, and promised an ambitious made-for-mobile take on the Assassin’s Creed series set in ancient China.
But in a franchise update blog posted earlier today, there’s no mention of Jade at all – and notably, Ubisoft did at least briefly namecheck the title in the previous franchise update blog back in March of this year.
Today’s update featured news snippets on several other Assassin’s Creed projects, including Black Flag Resynced, Valhalla, a multiplayer project codenamed Invictus, horror-tinged title Hexe and its forthcoming live action Netflix series.
As we’ve reported previously, after Assassin’s Creed Jade was revealed in September 2022, codeveloper Tencent and Ubisoft ran a closed beta back in August 2023.
Tencent label Level Infinite also featured the game prominently at its 2023 Gamescom booth, which suggested it was a big priority for the company. Assassin’s Creed Jade was not present at the firm’s Gamescom booth the following year.
Since 2023, there’s been very new little public information on the game. We noted in May 2024 that Ubisoft had stopped mentioning Assassin’s Creed Jade in its financials, but did continue to mention then-forthcoming titles like The Division Resurgence and Rainbow Six Mobile.
More recently, a mammoth reorganisation of the French firm into different ‘creative houses’ may have muddled the game’s path to launch further. In January of this year Ubisoft reorganised to put Kolibri, Ketchapp, Hungry Shark and the rest of its casual titles into what it is calling ‘Creative House 5’.
In the same month, Ubisoft also said it is closing its specialist mobile studio in Halifax, Canada, and its last remaining mobile-first game, Assassin’s Creed Rebellion, would no longer receive any further updates or live ops. In September, Ubisoft announced the game will close on January 12 2027.
In May’s financial report, Ubisoft noted that both The Division Resurgence and Rainbow Six Mobile had got off to a slow start. Since then, Rainbow Six Mobile has been closed, but The Division Resurgence is still live after it launched in March, and has since also been launched on PC.
Ubisoft also had a tough time selling its triple-A console port Assassin’s Creed Mirage on mobile. As we reported in June 2024, that port and several other high-priced console games had bombed hard on mobile.
We have asked Ubisoft and Tencent for comment and will update this article if they respond.
