Last week, Ubisoft indicated that Assassin's Creed Valhalla was off to a strong start by announcing that it had double the launch day sales of 2018's Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and today, Ubisoft is back with more some stats. This time, we're looking at launch week as a whole, with Ubisoft saying that early sales for Valhalla are "strong."
Perhaps owing to the fact that it's one of the most notable launch titles for the Xbox Series X, it seems that Assassin's Creed Valhalla is off to a very strong start. While Ubisoft hasn't shared any sales numbers for the game yet, it has compared the launch of Valhalla to that of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and it looks like Valhalla is proving to be a lot more popular than its predecessor.
Perhaps the biggest next-generation game that's launching on both Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 is Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Ubisoft has been building anticipation for this game for the better part of 2020, and it'll be launching alongside both the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 next week. While we've already seen some gameplay from the game, today we're being treated to an extended look at the game running on an Xbox Series X.
Assassin's Creed is one of the most popular gaming franchises around, so today's announcement that Ubisoft and Netflix are working on a live-action Assassin's Creed series should come as little surprise. While little is known about Ubisoft's deal with Netflix at this early stage, the two companies have shared some important details, noting that while this live-action series will be the first one out of the gate, it won't be the only Assassin's Creed series Netflix produces.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla hasn't even released yet and already Ubisoft is detailing the game's post-launch content. Like the more recent Assassin's Creed titles, Valhalla will get a season pass, which will include two major expansions. Those expansions won't be out until sometime next year, but those who don't buy will still get some free DLC in the form of seasonal releases.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is shaping up to be one of the biggest games of the holiday season, and given the fact that it's launching alongside next-gen consoles, it could wind up being one of the biggest next-gen launch titles. Today, Ubisoft published a deep dive into Valhalla, giving us a rather lengthy look at the game and an idea of what to expect.
As part of the gaming "Play Apart Together" campaign going on here in the summer of global pandemic, Ubisoft's giving away a couple games. They're releasing Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece, and Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt, both for free, in a window one week long. Where Assassin's Creed is a game about historical missions run by ancient hunters of humans, Discovery Tour is all about the history - without all the violence.
This morning Microsoft released a BUNCH of trailers for games for Xbox Series X, one of the most engaging of which was Assassin's Creed Valhalla. This game will be one of the premiere must-see games of the platform right out the gate, taking full advantage of Ray Tracing and immersive gameplay graphics from top to bottom. Also, it'll have axes. Lots of axes.
Revealed this week by Ubisoft North America was the next chapter in the Assassin's Creed saga, with vikings! This next game's name is Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and it's going to be epic. The little information we've got so far can be expanded into a wave of understanding since the evolution of gameplay made in Assassin's Creed games over the past decade's been fairly simple to track. It's just that now, there'll be more axes!
For much of this morning, Ubisoft has been teasing the next Assassin's Creed game in a very interesting way. Instead of publishing a press releasing or a teaser trailer, Ubisoft has been slowly revealing the setting for the next Assassin's Creed game in a Photoshop livestream with BossLogic. Since 5 AM PDT/8AM EDT, viewers have been watching an artist slowly compose an image that reveals the setting for the next Assassin's Creed title.
Monday saw one of the world's most historic and most artistic structures succumb to a devastating fire. In addition to the outpouring of emotion and support, the Internet was also flooded with examples of how the Notre-Dame de Paris has influenced the arts and culture over the centuries, from novels such as the Hunchback of Notre-Dame to games like Assassin's Creed Unity. The latter is one of the most recent recreations of the iconic cathedral and now developer Ubisoft is giving everyone a chance to behold the majesty of Notre-Dame, even if only virtually.
It seems that Ubisoft and Google, but particularly Ubisoft, are knee-deep into developing this fancy new streaming tech that they’re prepared to spend a few hundred dollars just on beta testers. That’s because the game publisher has just revealed that those eager beavers who were able to get into Google’s Project Stream beta program will be able to continue their killing spree even when the testing ends with a free PC copy of the game and a few credits to boot.