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<p>Earlier this month, a leaked screenshot purported to offer a <a href="http://ift.tt/2ps9Hbb">look at what might be the protagonist of the next Assassin&#8217;s Creed game</a>. Now, an image has surfaced that offers a better look at the main character, as well as his name.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The new protagonist is named Ba Yek, according to the t-shirt pictured below. The photo was first published by the Le Verità dell&#8217;Animus <a href="http://ift.tt/2qwymkm">Facebook fan page</a> and then shared on <a href="http://ift.tt/2rgIkDE">Reddit</a>.</p>
<figure><a href="http://ift.tt/2qwC8dF"><img alt="Image credit: Le Verità dell'Animus on Facebook" src="http://ift.tt/2qwC8dF"></a><figcaption>Image credit: Le Verità dell&#8217;Animus on Facebook</figcaption></figure>
<p dir="ltr"><span>Alongside the name, we also get our best-yet look at the character, who was partially obscured in the leaked screenshot. We mostly see his back, but Ba Yek can be seen holding both a shield and a bow.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr">Ubisoft&#8217;s Ashraf Ismail, who was a director on <a href="http://ift.tt/2qYhkZ5">Assassin&#8217;s Creed IV: Black Flag</a>, appeared to remark on the leak today, writing on <a href="https://twitter.com/AshrafAIsmail/status/869596459204833280">Twitter</a>, &quot;Nice t-shirt.&quot; Ismail lists himself as game director on an &quot;unannounced project,&quot; which could be in reference to the new Assassin&#8217;s Creed. The members of its development team have not yet been announced.</p>
<p dir="ltr">After a year off, Ubisoft confirmed recently that a <a href="http://ift.tt/2qojSSe">new Assassin&#8217;s Creed game will be out during the current fiscal year</a>, which means it will launch by March 2018. Beyond that, it has only teased the game with an image that states, &quot;A new era begins.&quot; May&#8217;s screenshot leak was accompanied by news that the game <a href="http://ift.tt/2ps9Hbb">may be called Assassin&#8217;s Creed: Origins</a>. An earlier report <a href="http://ift.tt/2mRKhCr">pointed to an Egyptian setting</a> and a title, Assassin&#8217;s Creed: Empire, that appears to have since changed. </p>
<p><em>Source: <a style="text-decoration:none;" href="http://ift.tt/2rBrVwD">GameSpot</a></em></div>
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