Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Rebellion, the oft-forgotten mobile game developed by Ubisoft Halifax, will be shut down on January 12, 2027. To those who have kept up to date with all things Ubisoft, the shuttering of this game may not come as much of a surprise, given that the company’s Halifax subsidiary was dissolved earlier this year. That said, Ubisoft had stated not too long ago that it had no plans to shutter the game, so fans who are still playing it may be disappointed by this news.
If you’ve never heard of Assassin’s Creed Rebellion before, I wouldn’t blame you. The game came out on iOS and Android back in 2018, and it was one of the first Assassin’s Creed spin-offs to be developed exclusively for mobile phones. AC Rebellion is a single-player strategy RPG that follows the Spanish Assassins as they fight the Spanish Inquisition during the Reconquista in Spain. The game allows players to team up with more than 100 characters from across the Assassin’s Creed series, including fan-favourites like Ezio, Jacob Frye, and Kassandra.
The gameplay loop of AC Rebellion mainly consists of managing a fortress and infiltrating Templars strongholds. The fortress serves as the headquarters for the Brotherhood, and it’s where players can train and upgrade their Assassins. Once they’re fully prepared, players can send their Assassins out on covert missions through Spain, which they can choose to do either stealthily or overtly. The game also features special Helix Rift Events, which allow players to explore locations from across the AC series, such as Norway and Ancient Greece.
Assassin’s Creed Rebellion is Shutting Down Just Months After Its Developer Was Closed
In January of this year, the developer of Assassin’s Creed Rebellion, Ubisoft Halifax, was shut down shortly after 61 of its 71 workers voted to unionise. Ubisoft said that this decision was made to “streamline operations, improve efficiency, and reduce costs” within the company, and that it had nothing to do with the staff’s decision to unionise. Nonetheless, many pundits criticised the firm’s actions and took its words with a heap of scepticism.
Declining revenue from Assassin’s Creed Rebellion was listed as one of the main reasons why Ubisoft Halifax was selected for closure and, at the time, Ubisoft had said that it would be winding down the game’s operations due to this decision. In March 2026, however, a developer at Ubisoft publicly stated that live operations for AC Rebellion had been transferred to a new team in Paris, France, “with the goal of ensuring continuity and taking care of the game” for a long time to come.
Existing Players of AC Rebellion Will All Get 1 Million Helix Credits
This evidently didn’t last long, however, as Ubisoft revealed earlier today that it had made the difficult decision to shut Assassin’s Creed Rebellion’s servers down on the aforementioned date of January 12. The game has already been removed from app stores, and all personal data related to it will be permanently deleted from Ubisoft’s servers on the day of the closure. Since the game is online-only, it will become unplayable on the day that its servers are shut down. Because of this, Ubisoft has stated that it’s willing to refund recent purchases that have been made by players in the game.
While it’s unfortunate that a piece of Assassin’s Creed history will be lost to time forever, Ubisoft has at least given all remaining players of Assassin’s Creed Rebellion 1 million Helix Credits, so that they can explore the game as much as they want before its servers get shuttered. This may not have been exactly the outcome that most fans wanted, but it’s still better than nothing.
