Assassin's Creed 'Destiny': Leaked Gameplay Shows Cancelled China Game

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An Assassin storms a besieged palace, fights her way through to the warlord Xiang Yu – and ultimately battles with a rotating umbrella weapon whose ink-painting-style HUD flickers across the screen. Exactly these scenes from a never-announced Assassin's Creed with the working title "Destiny" have now surfaced online, casting an unusually bright light on a project Ubisoft presumably never intended to publish.

What the Leaked Scenes Show

The material, compiled by outlets including MP1st from the portfolios of developers involved, largely traces back to a prototype from February 2025. The action is reportedly set in the year 206 BC – nine years after the events of the mobile spin-off Assassin's Creed Jade, which according to sources takes place in 215 BC. At the center is a female Assassin who makes her way to a sacred palace besieged by the troops of the historical warlord Xiang Yu. In search of a mysterious artifact, this apparently also leads to an early draft of a boss fight against Xiang Yu himself. Elsewhere, a male player character takes out enemies with fluid parkour moves, and a provisional test area demonstrates the rotating umbrella weapon, complete with health bar and ability icons on the HUD – designed in the style of Chinese ink-wash painting. Temples, pagodas, and rice terraces clearly place the action in ancient China.

Who Was Behind "Destiny"

Unlike most mainline entries in the series, "Destiny" did not come from one of Ubisoft's internal studios, but was reportedly developed at the Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group for current platforms – exactly the team working in parallel on the mobile spin-off Assassin's Creed Jade. This places "Destiny" in a growing list of Chinese-influenced AC projects, which also includes Jade. An official release date or concrete details on the mobile game have, however, not moved any closer in months: as early as March, Ubisoft mentioned the Jade codename alongside "several other projects currently in different stages of development" and spoke in that context about "bringing co-op back to Assassin's Creed" – accompanied by a vague hint about a cancelled project.

The Leak Hits Ubisoft at a Sensitive Moment

The fact that internal gameplay material is finding its way to the public right now fits into a week full of bad news. This week, Ubisoft announced plans to close Finnish studio RedLynx – the creators of the Trials series – subject to local negotiation processes. "Up to 52 positions would be affected," Ubisoft stated in a response to Eurogamer. At the same time, 70 positions are reportedly set to be cut at Ubisoft Singapore in order to "align the studio with future production requirements" – Singapore is working, among other things, on Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced. The "Destiny" footage is therefore less a scandal than a symptom: in a phase in which Ubisoft is cutting jobs en masse and simultaneously freezing or delaying several projects, prototypes from old files are apparently ending up in the hands of former employees.

What Remains Open

Where exactly the video comes from, who published it, and how far development had actually progressed at the time cannot be answered based on the known excerpts. Reliable information is also missing on the role of the umbrella in the actual combat system, the planned story, and the targeted release window – "Destiny" was never officially announced. For you as a fan, this means for now: review the excerpts, discuss in the community – and wait to see whether more leaks follow. Rumors that a total of nine further Assassin's Creed titles are reportedly in the works don't make it any easier to assess the situation.