Assassin’s Creed Red – Ubisoft’s no doubt waiting to get Mirage out before it starts talking about Red (Picture: Ubisoft)

A report on the Assassin’s Creed samurai game explores its two playable characters and how it’ll borrow stealth elements from Splinter Cell.

Fans have less than a month to wait until the next mainline Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, launches on October 5.

While it’s advertised as a return to the series’ roots, sharing DNA with the very first entry, Ubisoft still plans to stick with the more modern open world role-playing formula for future games.

The next one in that line-up is Assassin’s Creed Red (aka the one set in Feudal Japan) and while Ubisoft itself has shared nothing since the initial teaser, a lot of info has been leaked, including details about its two playable characters and a claim that the game features destructible environments.

This all comes from reliable insider Tom Henderson, who also provides a more specific launch window for the game.

Ubisoft inadvertently gave away that it’s aiming to have Assassin’s Creed Red out in 2024. Henderson says that it’s tentative launch date is around Christmas time.

This is perfectly believable considering every other mainline entry, stretching all the way back to the first game, launched either in October or November.

In an Insider Gaming report, Henderson reiterates what he’s heard about the two playable characters: a male, African samurai and a female shinobi (aka kunoichi).

That description already makes it obvious that they’re distinct characters and not just different versions of the same one, like in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – the only difference between Valhalla’s two versions of Eivor is their gender (Picture: Ubisoft)

Henderson now claims that they’ll also play differently and boast their own unique weapons. The samurai is described as the brawler of the duo, making use of heavier attacks.

Henderson has little to share about the kunoichi, but she’ll presumably be more agile, although both will still be capable of approaching enemies stealthily. It’s unclear if both characters are playable throughout the story or if you choose to only control one.

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Henderson also describes stealth as being more akin to Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell games, where you can extinguish torches to keep yourself hidden in the dark (much like shooting out lights in Splinter Cell).

Plus, the game will allegedly contain destructible environments, meaning objects like screen doors can be slashed through with a sword. However, Henderson adds it’s not quite comparable to the destructible environments seen in EA’s Battlefield games.

Ubisoft still has so much more Assassin’s Creed content besides Red (Picture: Ubisoft)

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A report on the Assassin’s Creed samurai game explores its two playable characters and how it’ll borrow stealth elements from Splinter Cell.