Ezio Auditore is perhaps the most iconic and recognisable Assassin’s Creed character ever. He debuted in 2009’s Assassin’s Creed II and went on to be the backbone of one of the most memorable trilogies in franchise history.
In August 2025, he’ll surface in a new and unexpected game, flanked by Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s Kassandra and Alexios.
It’s probably not what you’re expecting.
Global Collaboration
It was recently announced that Ezio Auditore and the two lead characters from Assassin’s Creed Odyssey will appear in Reverse: 1999 in a franchise-first global collaboration. This crossover event is set to land in August 2025, giving fans a way to control the legendary Ezio once again in an all-new way.
Reverse: 1999 comes from Bluepoch Games, a studio that recently partnered with Ubisoft to make this historic collaboration possible. Reverse: 1999 is a turn-based tactical RPG that has racked up 30 million players since being released in October 2023.
Per a press release:
The partnership between Reverse: 1999 and the Assassin’s Creed franchise marks the first-ever globally synched version of Reverse: 1999. All servers will launch the collaboration events at the same time, ensuring equality and unified progress of rewards for players worldwide.
Legendary Assassin’s Creed 2 character Ezio will make his debut in Reverse: 1999 during the collaboration. Each of the two phases of this crossover event will bring a fresh new story to the time-travelling game.
The collaboration will be split into two phases, with the first unravelling in Renaissance Florence, where we first met Ezio Auditore way back in 2009.
Then, the theatre will shift to Ancient Greece, with players assuming control of Kassandra and Alexios, two of the most powerful protagonists in Assassin’s Creed history.
As I said, it’s probably not what you were expecting, but it’s cool to see Ezio Auditore remaining relevant enough for other games to pick up his persona after all these years.
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