Boomer flashback with me: long ago gaming journalism used to be staffed and ran by people as passionate about gaming as the developers were about making games. It was an industry driven by passion from top to bottom. Today people would say “sure grandpa,” but I swear it was true. Not that I blame anyone for doubting it. What with game journalists today not being able to actually play video games.

Resulting in an incessant demand for video games to be ever easier to cater to their noob as….I mean the general audiences who might not be as skilled. Until of course, their easy mode becomes so easy it’s insulting. Then to garner street cred they complain about it.

Well in addition to not being able to play video games, journalists appear to struggle with reading comprehension as well. During an interview with Xbox Magazine Assassin’s Creed creator, Patrice Desilets discussed matters ranging from Ancestors to his time with Assassin’s Creed series along with his impressions of where it is today.

During the interview, he made an indication that he and his study were not currently working on an Ancestors sequel. Though he remained vague regarding what he was working on, he stated it wouldn’t be as obscure in terms of how you play it as the original release of Ancestors was.

“Right now I’m writing my next game, and because it’s not as obscure as Ancestors in terms of subject matter, we’ll have to explain some portions of the game as we find the narrative aspect of that title.“

When directly pressed if the company was making a sequel he responded with the typical “no”, but one day it could happen. This is the quote all outlets ran with as proof the sequel was in development. (Bold Italics emphasis added in the answer)

You once said you envisioned Ancestors as the first part of a trilogy. Do you still have the desire to make three Ancestors games? Would sequels see the primates gradually evolve into homo sapiens?

For sure. We didn’t go through all of human evolution, so there are some years left for us to tackle in sequels down the road, because the game finishes around two million years ago, so we’ve still got two million years to cover eventually… so we’ll see. We’ll see if we do [a sequel] in the future. On paper, on the design board, it’s done. Now it’s just a matter of seeing when we’re gonna do it.

Dunno about you, but that is pretty conclusive it isn’t happening. Perhaps it has something to do with the poor sales, middling reviews, or perhaps they have a commission for another project. At present regardless of the reason, it is clear the game is not in active development.