The new installment of the Assassin’s Creed franchise from French publisher Ubisoft is called Assassin’s Creed Mirage.
Although the first official information about Assassin’s Creed Mirage (codename: Rift) will be revealed on September 10th as part of the Ubisoft Forward digital conference, YouTuber “j0nathan”has very often anticipated Ubisoft’s announcements. This continued with a visual leak from the Ubisoft Store, as well as confirmations and clarifications from Jason Schreier, former flagship face of Kotaku and Bloomberg journalist.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is the next game in the Assassin’s Creed series.
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage in the Medieval East
Assassin’s Creed Mirage, originally designed as an expansion for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, is set between 860 and 870 in Baghdad, during the anarchy in Samarra, a period when the Abbasid Caliphate was marked by extreme internal instability and violent change of power. four caliphs and will focus on the character Basim ibn Ishaq in his youth as a thief until he gets to the Unseen, the ancestor of the Brotherhood of Assassins.
Baghdad will be divided into four zones (each with its own boss). Around will be deserts, oases and rivers. It was also a question of exploring several cities, but this was ultimately refused, in particular due to poor translation. Assassin’s Creed Mirage will be a return to the basics, inspired by the first part of Assassin’s Creed. Some RPG elements have been removed, such as dialogue choices, gender selection, and the level system. The gameplay will be slightly different from what was in AC Valhalla, less wild and with new animations. Basim will be able to use a rope dagger (not related to Connor Kenway’s dagger or his real name Ratonhnhaké:ton) to destroy his opponents, similar to the final fight against Eivor in AC Valhalla. Finally, eagle vision will return,
Assassin’s Creed Mirage Coming Spring 2023
The release of Assassin’s Creed Mirage is scheduled for the spring of 2023, between April and June. The game will feature “Visions of Loki”about how Loki manifested in Bashim’s body and devoured him. For reference: in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Loki explains that he implanted his genetic code into the genes of mankind in order to avoid the Great Catastrophe that threatened to destroy the First Civilization (“Jesus”), and to find his beloved Alethea, whose consciousness was saved. in the Rod of Hermes Trismegistus. With the exception of a small scene where we see Basim enter the Animus, Assassin’s Creed Mirage will not feature any in-game footage, but this may change towards the end of development.
Assassin’s Creed remake accompanying Assassin’s Creed Mirage
Ubisoft is secretly preparing an AC1 remake based on AC Mirage. They will reuse most of the assets. The AC1 remake is to be integrated into the Assassin’s Creed Mirage Season Pass, which will also include the Constantinople DLC, Forty Thieves Quest, or Forty Thieves Quest when Basim meets Sigurd Stirbjornson, brother of Eivor Varinsdottir. It will appear a few months after the release of AC Mirage.