>>7139706641. Bandai wants to get that sweet Western money so they search for Western studios to buy out.
2. Former Ubi-soft employee creates a new studio for an Assassin's Creed clone.
3. Also hypes it up as a multi-media studio, with its hands in everything from live action, internet streaming, comics, books, etc.
4. Bandai Namco buys said studio.
5. Game takes so long to come out and even Bandai knows it's a turd and doesn't support it or advertize it much.
6. Game comes out to hundreds of players tops.
Reading between the lines, an Ubi-soft employee found a sugar daddy, and they baited Bandai-Namco Europe into buying them, and this may have been the plan from day 1. They likely ran off like bandits while Bandai holds the bag.