Rumour: Might & Magic Fates Open World AAA Being Developed by Ubisoft Shanghai
Dec. 15, 2023Rumour: Might & Magic Fates Open World AAA Being Developed by Ubisoft Shanghai
The classic RPG series Might & Magic could be rebooting under developer Ubisoft Shanghai as news of domain for Might & Magic: Fates registrations pop up online.
New speculation arises as domain registrations under the IP come into the spotlight with the name Might & Magic: Fates. Just last month netizens by the name of Kurakasis on X (Twitter) shared screenshots of new registrations for the domains mightandmagicfates.com and might-and-magic-fates.com under Ubisoft Entertainment.
New Might and Magic AAA game is probably called Might and Magic: FATES. Last month Ubisoft registered 2 new domains:https://t.co/OVeXZD7Ck5andhttps://t.co/yVHWpwFZq5.Last year, Ubisoft Shanghai was hiring for a new AAA Might and Magic title, so they are most likely a…pic.twitter.com/d9QKj5HCHN
Another possible relation to the project is the previous job listings for Ubisoft Shanghai a year ago which mentioned “a new Might & Magic AAA game”. For the position of world director, one of the requirements was for the candidate to have experience in open-world game development.
The franchise Might & Magic has a history that goes back to 1986, when the first title in the series appeared as an early roleplaying game in Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum, released for the Apple II, Mac, MS-DOS, the Commodore 64, NES MSX and PC-Engine. The game has simple instructions in which the player can command via keyboard input, in a dungeon crawler experience.
The series could be finally gaining its revival under Ubisoft Shanghai which was formed 27 years ago. The studio has gone on to work on such franchises as Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed,Immortals Fenyx Rising, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and more. It’s also possible they could be developing multiple titles.
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