<P> Assassin 's Creed Origins is an action - adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft . It is the tenth major installment in the Assassin 's Creed series and the successor to 2015 's Assassin 's Creed Syndicate . It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows , PlayStation 4 , and Xbox One on October 27 , 2017 . The game is set in Egypt near the end of the Ptolemaic period ( 49 -- 47 BCE ) and recounts the secret fictional history of real - world events . The story follows a Medjay named Bayek , and explores the origins of the centuries - long conflict between the Brotherhood of Assassins , who fight for peace by promoting liberty , and The Order of the Ancients -- forerunners to the Templar Order -- who desire peace through the forced imposition of order . </P>
the 10th main installment of the assassin 's creed video game series developed by ubisoft
Assassin 's Creed Origins