Last February, Jade Raymond of Ubisoft hinted that the fifth installment of the "Assassin's Creed" game will not take place in Japan but instead, will be set in her favorite historical setting. This was shortly followed by speculations from fans and various other sources that the game's setting will be in London or Russia.

But Kotaku has confirmed that the new game, being dubbed as "Unity", will take place in 18th-century Paris, according to the leaked images obtained by the site from an unnamed source.

The images show the game's assassin roaming around famous Parisian landmarks such as the Notre Dame and the Seine River.

Rumors surrounding "Unity" first emerged on NeoGaf, an online gaming forum. These were then confirmed by the Examiner after consulting a source close to the "Assassin's Creed" project.

According to the post on the forum and in the article, "Unity" will take place during the French Revolution and will feature an assassin named Arno. The Examiner article also pointed out that the new game will focus on the 4-player co-op instead of the adversarial multiplayer mode.

Also, as shown in the screenshots below, buttons marked as "parkour up" and "parkour down" have been included as a new feature of the game series.

"Unity" will probably be the first of two "Assassin's Creed" game versions that will be released this year. Currently, the second version is codenamed "Comet". It was reported that "Unity" will cater to the next -gen consoles such as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, while "Comet" will be for the last-gen consoles or for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Although there are no updates yet regarding a version for the Wii U, either one or both "Unity" and "Comet" will be available for the PC.

Following a yearly release date since 2009, "Assassin's Creed 5" has been confirmed to debut in the fall of this year, according to the Inquisitr.

For now, check out these leaked images courtesy of Kotaku. If you want to see the rest of the images, click here.