Assassins Creed Syndicate To Feature Two Protagonists

A leaked image has revealed the next Assassin’s Creed, reportedly now known as Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, will feature not one, but two playable characters. In a rarity for Assassin’s Creed, one of protagonists in Assassin's Creed Syndicate will be female.

The leak comes ahead if a full reveal of the game this evening, and indicates the two playable characters will be brother and sister - Jacob and Evie. In a break from the new norm, the same leak suggests there will be no multiplayer component whatsoever to the game previously known as Assassin’s Creed: Victory.

It marks a change of direction for the series, and the first time in an age where Ubisoft has taken on board negative feedback from previous games. AC: Unity suffered a backlash after its E3 2014 showing when Ubisoft claimed implementing female characters would be too costly (Despite AC: Liberation's Aveline), but it’s all change this time around.

In Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate, Jacob and Evie become wrapped up in the Victorian London underworld, and players will be able to switch between the characters at will while free-roaming. Story missions will be character-specific, with the majority playable as Jacob.