Ubisoft might take the „it’s not the best idea to have a franchise get a new game each year” thought seriously. Instead, they might expand Origins!
Ubisoft‘s CEO, Yves Guillemot said in the company’s latest financial earnings call (after we discussed the publisher’s latest financial report in detail yesterday) the following: „We are concentrating on [sic!] the moment on AC: Origins, for which we are going to launch a few other DLCs. You will be amazed by what will come on ACO, so that’s the only thing we can say now.” The question was, will Assassin’s Creed become an annual franchise once again?
We already know about one thing that will expand Assassin’s Creed: Origins. Ubisoft revealed a few new details about its story- and combat free Discovery Tour mode: „This new educational mode of the game lets everyone, from players to history-enthusiasts and non-gamers, choose between free roaming the beautiful world of Ancient Egypt to learn more about its history and daily life, or embarking on guided tours curated by historians and Egyptologists. People can discover and explore a world free of conflict, time pressure or gameplay constraints, where storyline and quests are not active, and the world of Ancient Egypt evolves into a combat-free living museum.”
According to the French, we can expect 75 tours, each ranging from five to twenty-five minutes. The five topics are the following:
- Egypt: The land of Egypt, geography, and wildlife.
- Pyramids: The most iconic landmarks of Egypt.
- Alexandria: Explaining the Greek influence that started with Alexander.
- Daily Life: Information about the people and not only the monuments.
- Romans: Tours that focus on the growing influence of Rome during the time of the game.
We’ll be able to control over twenty characters, including Bayek, Aya, Cleopatra, and Caesar, and Photo Mode will be available to use, too. Discovery Tour will launch on February 20 as a free update, but if you want to own only the tour and not have the game, it’s going to cost you twenty dollars on PC.
Source: GamesRadar, Ubisoft
![However, an anonymous GOG employee paints an even darker tone of the internal situation: „We were told it’s a financial decision. GOG’s revenue couldn’t keep up with growth, the fact that we’re dangerously close to being in the red has come up in the past few months, and the market’s move towards higher [developer] revenue shares have, or will, affect the bottom line as well.](https://thegeek.games/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/the-gog-1-302x180.jpg)
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