According to recent reports and rumors, Assassin's Creed Red will be eschewing the franchise's typical modern-day approach and instead taking players into the future, sometime between the years 2090 and 2099. What's more, it's believed the events of this segment will fling the franchise even further into the future, with cut content from Assassin's Creed Mirage seeing animus operators refer to the 21st century as ancient history and the time of the Great Shift.

There are spoilers ahead for those who have not completed Assassin's Creed Valhalla or Assassin's Creed Mirage

For those unaware, Assassin's Creed Red is the current codename for Ubisoft's open-world RPG venture into Japan. It is confirmed to take place in Japan, with the trailer showing a female shinobi protagonist. Assassin's Creed Red rumors also claim that there will be a playable African-American Samurai, though how all of this works out exactly remains to be seen.

The new rumors regarding Assassin's Creed Red featuring segments taking place between 2090-2099 come from Insider Gaming, but that's about the gist of all it has learned. It's possible more is learned in the coming months, especially because it is believed that Assassin's Creed Red will be the next mainline entry in the franchise. However, it's worth highlighting the possible ramifications of whether this is true or not.

In essence, everyone in the current modern-day segments such as William Miles, Shaun, and Rebecca would all be dead, as would any Abstergo Templars. It is possible that Basim is still alive following the events of Assassin's Creed Valhalla and possible future developments, though. What's more, it's even possible he's behind whatever tragedy occurs in the 21st Century and The Great Shift, as the datamined recordings from AC Mirage suggest it's apocalyptic in nature, whatever it is. This rumor would also suggest, to some degree, that Layla and The Reader (Desmond) also failed in their mission to prevent complete disaster to the world, unless it's another impossible decision like in AC3.

Either way, the next few chapters of modern/future storytelling of the AC franchise will be based in Assassin's Creed Infinity, which is currently understood to be a "hub" connecting future AC games like Red and Hexe. It'll be interesting to see how Ubisoft handles this approach, assuming this is true, and how fans will respond to it. The modern-day segments have been divisive for quite a few years now, with AC Mirage foregoing it almost entirely, but replacing that with future storytelling may not have really been on anyone's bingo cards.

Assassin's Creed Red is in development.