Panache Digital Games, led by the well-known Patrice Desire, released the highly original open world survival game “Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey” in August 2019. As attention is focused on the trends and progress of the next work, which has been in development for some time, the teaser image of the studio's next work was unveiled at the developer event “Reboot Develop Blue 2024”, which celebrated its final day yesterday, and became a hot topic. It becomes.
Details regarding the next work are currently unknown, but one image released on stage at Develop depicts burning trees, a dark forest, and a mysterious figure wearing a cloak. There are high expectations for the announcement.
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OMG.. what an announcement at @rebootdevelop !!!!!!!!
we were the first ones to see pictures from the new Panache game by Panache's @PatriceDez (Assassin's Creed, Ancestors)!!!!!!#gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/5KwX3XrjuO
— Johanna Pirker (@JoeyPrink) April 24, 2024
In addition, in an interview with this site in October 2019, Patrice Désilets said that the studio's next work will be based on Ancestors' technology (more than 10 years have passed since his time at THQ Montreal), and he will take on the challenge again. 1666: Amsterdam,” and also talked about some pretty specific details about the idea for the “Ancestors” trilogy.
As a side note, “1666: Amsterdam” is an unreleased new work that was being developed by THQ Montreal, whose studio head was Patrice Désilets, known as the charismatic veteran who supported the birth and success of Assassin's Creed. When Ubisoft went bankrupt, Ubisoft acquired Patrice Désilets and THQ Montreal's studio, and the “1666: Amsterdam” IP, but Ubisoft later fired Patrice Désilets and THQ Montreal's key developers and abandoned the project. frozen. However, after going through a muddy court case in which Ubisoft and Patrice Désilets were in direct conflict, all assets and IP of “1666: Amsterdam” ended up in the hands of Patrice Désilets.
The details of “1666: Amsterdam” are still unknown, but in 2016 footage of a closed presentation held during the THQ era was leaked, showing a Guy Fawkes-like protagonist in Amsterdam in 1666 with a female companion. It was confirmed that they were using animals to assassinate their targets one after another and engulf the city in flames.
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