Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an unannounced Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed Destiny, that would have taken the franchise to ancient China in 205 BCE. According to a report by MP1st, the project was developed in collaboration with TiMi, a Tencent-owned studio, but was scrapped after reaching the prototype stage in 2025.
The reported game was set around the collapse of China’s Qin Dynasty, which fell in 206 BCE after a brief period of rule. Recently surfaced material from artists’ portfolios offers a glimpse of the cancelled project, including detailed weapon designs and footage showing a female assassin searching for a mysterious artifact inside a besieged palace.
The leaked material also references Xiang Yu, a Chinese military leader who played a major role in the conflicts that followed the fall of the Qin Dynasty. According to the report, he appeared in an early boss encounter and was connected to the palace siege shown in the footage. The available material does not establish how much of the planned story or gameplay had been completed before development ended.
The reported cancellation comes as Ubisoft restructures its operations and revises its game development plans. The company has cancelled projects and changed the scope of other titles as part of its wider efforts to reorganize its business. However, Ubisoft has not publicly confirmed Assassin’s Creed Destiny or explained why the reported project was discontinued.
Ubisoft and Tencent are also associated with Assassin’s Creed Jade, a separate mobile title set in ancient China. Its development means the franchise may still explore the region, although there is no confirmed indication that Destiny will return. The reported game would also have featured a female protagonist, similar to Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Hexe. For now, the leaked assets provide a limited look at a project that reportedly never progressed beyond its early development phase.
