Assassin’s Creed Hexe Reportedly Pushed to 2028 as a Secret Rome Game Codenamed Mars Surfaces
Two separate Assassin’s Creed reports landed in the same weekend, and together they sketch a very different future for the series than fans expected. One pushes the next confirmed game further away. The other points to a secret project set in Ancient Rome.
Both reports come from sources with strong track records on Ubisoft, but both are still unconfirmed by the publisher. Treat everything below as a leak, not an announcement.
Hexe reportedly slips to 2028
Assassin’s Creed Hexe is now internally slated for 2028, according to Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson. The report says the game has slipped by another full year inside Ubisoft.
That is a second delay for a game Ubisoft has barely shown. Back in July, leaker Rogue claimed Hexe was scheduled for June 2027, while warning even then that the date could move further out. Henderson’s report suggests that warning was well placed.
What little is known about Hexe still points to a smaller, darker game. Reports describe a setting during the European Witch Hunts and a rumored protagonist named Anika, allegedly a descendant of Ezio Auditore’s sister, Claudia. The game is also rumored to play closer to Mirage than to the sprawling open world RPGs of Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla, and Shadows.
Ubisoft has confirmed in a recent franchise update that Hexe will be shown next year, so fans will not have to wait long for an official look, even if the release itself is now further away.
Why Hexe keeps slipping
Hexe has been a mystery since Ubisoft first teased it in September 2022, alongside the big franchise showcase that also revealed Mirage and the Red project that became Shadows. In the three years since, Ubisoft has shown almost nothing of it. A game that stays hidden that long is usually a game still finding its shape, and the reported slip to 2028 fits that pattern.
Ubisoft has also made a habit of pushing dates lately. Shadows itself was delayed twice before it finally launched in March 2025, and the company has been open about giving its teams more time after a run of uneven releases. A Hexe delay to 2028 is not a sign of trouble on its own. It is the same cautious approach, applied to a game Ubisoft has barely shown and cannot afford to rush.
Codename Mars points to Ancient Rome
The bigger story comes from French leaker and content creator j0nathan, who has a strong record on Ubisoft leaks. In a video published over the weekend, j0nathan said one of his reliable sources at Ubisoft confirmed the existence of an unannounced entry in the company’s internal database under the codename Mars. A second source, described as somewhat less reliable but with an unblemished track record so far, told him the game is set in Ancient Rome.
That is all the hard information so far: a codename, a setting, and two sources. Everything else is j0nathan connecting the dots, and he laid out three possibilities.
Three ways Mars could fit the series
- A tie-in with the Netflix series. The official Assassin’s Creed series for Netflix is set in 64 AD, during the reign of Nero. A game could sit shortly before or after that period rather than replay the show’s events, with the Great Fire of Rome as a spectacular backdrop. j0nathan concedes the series may cover the fire first.
- A sequel to Origins starring Aya. This is the option j0nathan favors. Origins ends with Aya heading to Rome, and the comics that followed have her deal with Cleopatra. That would place the game in 44 BC, amid the civil wars after Caesar’s assassination and the rise of Augustus, with Aya building a Brotherhood in a city that does not have one yet. The codename itself may be the clue: Mars Ultor, Mars the Avenger, was the aspect of the god Augustus linked to avenging Caesar.
- A standalone Roman game. j0nathan calls this the least likely option, mainly because a game with no connection to the series would be a harder sell.
Why the Aya theory has fans talking
The Aya theory is the one fans want to be true, and it would finally pay off a piece of lore the series has left hanging for almost two decades. Aya, as Amunet, has a statue in the Auditore crypt, yet players have never seen what earned it.
j0nathan also raised a complaint longtime fans will recognize: the franchise has not let players be actual Assassins facing actual Templars since Syndicate. The recent games have used the Hidden Ones and the Order of the Ancients instead. A game connected directly to Origins would at least move closer to that classic setup.
Big franchise reveals have been coming thick and fast lately. The Elder Scrolls VI finally has a name, as we covered in our Elder Scrolls VI Sentinel reveal report, and GTA 6 remains the biggest release on the horizon, tracked in our GTA VI PC release date guide.
What a Rome game would mean for the series
Rome is the one setting fans have asked for since the series began, and the Mars leak suggests Ubisoft may finally be going there. The city is where the Brotherhood’s story starts: Aya leaves Egypt for Rome at the end of Origins, and the series has treated her later life as legend ever since. A game set there would not just be another historical backdrop. It would close a loop the series opened in 2017 and never finished.
There is also a practical reason Rome makes sense now. The Netflix series is already taking the franchise to 64 AD under Nero, so the setting is fresh in the public mind. A game set in the same era could ride that attention without repeating the show’s story, especially if it follows Aya in 44 BC instead. And after years of sprawling open worlds, a Rome game built around one dense city would be a change of pace the series has not tried since the Auditore games.
A warning before the hype builds
Being in an internal database is not the same as shipping. j0nathan himself pointed to Project Richard, a game he says he saw internal documents for, in which a student of Altair and a Templar were forced to work together. That project was scrapped when Ubisoft Sofia was pulled off it to build Valhalla’s Dawn of Ragnarok expansion.
Tom Henderson added that he had heard both the Mars and Pocket codenames but could not independently corroborate the rumor, which is another reason to keep expectations in check.
As a side note, j0nathan also mentioned a mobile project codenamed Pocket, reportedly set in Jerusalem. Mobile spin-offs are a different lane from the main series, but the codename is now on the record alongside Mars.
What to watch next
- Ubisoft’s promised Hexe reveal next year is the next firm date on the calendar.
- Any official word on a Rome setting, or on Aya, would confirm the strongest version of the Mars leak.
- The Netflix series remains the clearest official link to Rome, set in 64 AD under Nero.
- For everything else on the horizon, see our list of upcoming PC games for 2026 and 2027.
Until Ubisoft speaks, Hexe in 2028 and a secret Rome game are rumors from credible sources, not promises. But if even half of the Mars leak is right, the series could be heading back to the era where it all began.
Source: Wccftech
