Assassins

Ubisoft is set to launch the next title in the popular Assassin's Creed franchise on October 12. Assassin's Creed Mirage will be available on multiple platforms, including PC, PlayStation and Xbox. The game’s publisher published a new trailer for the upcoming game at the Ubisoft Forward event. The latest trailer demos the gameplay and sheds light on Assassin’s Creed Mirage, showing a better look at the new assassin, Basim. The trailer also shows the 9th-century Baghdad version that players will be able to explore in the…

Like half a sitcom of Assassin’s Creed Mirage As the penultimate act of the Ubisoft Forward stream, we saw a lot of footage of Assassin’s Creed Mirage. The first revealed trailer, as has been the rhythm of this show, focuses on the story. Unsurprisingly, this splices together some cinematic scenes to give us an overview of the characters and show off some environments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hjico7nYvo Of course, the real meat and potatoes lies in the subsequent gameplay trailer. This provides us almost…

Ubisoft showed off three new Assassin’s Creed games — Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR, Assassin’s Creed: Codename Jade, and Assassin’s Creed Mirage — at the June 2023 Ubisoft Forward event. Ubisoft Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR will release on Meta Quest 2, and players can play as three characters: Ezio, Cassandra, and Connor. Players can block, parry, counterattack, and duel with enemies in VR. There are also a variety of different weapons to choose from, such as hidden blades, swords, tomahawks, bows, crossbows, and…

Ubisoft has given us the first proper look at Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR for the Meta Quest platform and confirmed a holiday launch window. The news comes via the company’s Ubisoft Forward streaming event as part of the Summer Game Fest. Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR releases for both the Meta Quest Pro, Meta Quest 2 and the though OG Quest owners are out of luck. We knew this was coming, as Meta just that featured Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR, but there’s now a dedicated trailer. This trailer is light on actual gameplay and…

Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft's wildly popular history-hopping series of open-world action games, has long been the jewel in publisher's crown. From its humble, but promising beginnings and its glorious and genre-defining leap, to its eventual dismal decline, Assassins Creed's 15-year run has seen the series — once known for its distinct narrative depth — spread wide and thin. After the pinnacle of its critically acclaimed and fan-favourite Ezio saga, which followed the life and times of master assassin Ezio Auditore,…

Assassin’s Creed is heading to virtual reality. At its Ubisoft Forward event, the publisher properly unveiled Assassin’s Creed Nexus, which is coming to the Meta Quest 2 and 3 (it’s launching “holiday 2023”) and will be the first game in the series to give players a first-person perspective on the world of assassins.The game will be a greatest hits of sorts, letting players take on the role of three different characters from past AC games — Ezio, Kassandra, and Connor — so they can explore “untold stories” set in three…

At its big summer showcase, Ubisoft provided the best look yet at the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Mirage. To start, a new story trailer gave a better look at the new assassin, Basim, and the 9th century version of Baghdad he’ll be exploring in the game. You can check it out above.Perhaps more interesting, though, was a deep dive into the gameplay. Mirage is billed as a game that returns to style of the original Assassin’s Creed games, which is to say fewer RPG elements, and more focus on parkour, stealth, and, well,…

The much-talked-about Assassin's Creed VR game has been rebranded to Assassin's Creed Nexus VR, a virtual reality experience. Ubisoft made the announcement during the Meta Quest Games Showcase, held late Thursday, confirming that it will be out ‘by the end of the year,' with further updates being revealed during the Ubisoft Forward event on June 12. The showcase event was planned as a response to the cancellation of E3 2023 — promising updates on the latest Ubisoft games — and will go live at 10:30pm IST/ 10am PT in the…

Meta announced a slate of upcoming games today for its standalone VR headsets (including the upcoming Meta Quest 3). Apple is expected to enter the virtual headset space next week, so Meta is hoping to make a lasting impression with its lineup of upcoming VR titles from beloved franchises, including Assassin’s Creed, Stranger Things, Ghostbusters and Attack on Titan — along with some VR remakes of old-school classics. In addition to Asgard's Wrath 2, the most enticing game may be the one we know the least about. Although…

Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed Mirage will launch on October 12 for PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. During the May 2023 PlayStation Showcase (May 24), a brand-new gameplay trailer for the upcoming game was unveiled, showcasing the playable character Basim Ibn Ishaq taking on new enemies and using new abilities, like the Pole Vault, to traverse the environment. Mirage is the 13th game in the Assassin’s Creed franchise and is set 20 years before Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Basim first showed up in the 2020 game, but…