Assassin’s Creed producer Patrice Desilets has suggested that his next project will see him revisiting 1666: Amsterdam, a game that he has been wanting to make for some time now. His studio, Panache Digital Games, recently launched Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey for the PC (it’s coming to PlayStation 4 this winter).
Patrice Desilets Wants To Revisit 1666: Amsterdam
Speaking with Eurogamer during Canada’s Reboot Develop Red, Desilets made it clear that he’s not ready to give up the ghost on making 1666: Amsterdam, an IP that he went through a decidedly tough time in trying to wrangle from Ubisoft.
I want to do a game about the Devil. I hate horror movies, I hate the subject matter for some reason, so it’s a challenge for me. I love Amsterdam, I like the fact there was a year called 1666, and I want to do it. I want to do it.
But what’s great is it’s not the game after Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood any more, it’s the game after Ancestors. It’s not the game made with THQ Montreal, it’s the game from Panache. We found our DNA a bit, our signature – I won’t help you much. There’s going to be narrative and it’s going to be about the Devil – that’s the subject matter.
I’m back at it. I’m about to post something, it will be nice. Plus, I fought for it. I fought for it – no you won’t have my game – and I got it back. I sold it to myself, which is weird – I had it personally but I had to sell it to Panache.
But yeah. I’m really serious about making that game.
1666: Amsterdam has had a troubled history. The project was originally in the works back in 2014 at THQ Montreal, and after they went under Ubisoft forked out the cash to buy the IP. However, the French publishing giant decided to pull the plug on the game and Desilets departed the company.
Eventually, Desilets managed to regain the rights to 1666: Amsterdam, and footage of the game was showcased during the Develop Blue event in Croatia three years ago.
Source: Eurogamer