There are only a few video game series which enjoy the same level of fan following and hype as the Assassin’s Creed series. The biggest reason for this is the consistency of the series, as not only do the devs bring us new games at frequent intervals, but most of them are the kind of quality games we look for. Since 2007, the series has featured twelve main games in total, the most recent being 2020’s Valhalla. Main games in the series are set in an open world and played from the third-person perspective. Owing to consistently great performance of the series, fans will be getting yet another epic game in the Assassin’s Creed series by the name of Mirage! Here is all we know about the upcoming game, however, mind spoilers might follow below, So proceed with caution.
Assassin’s Creed: Mirage Leaks and Gameplay Features
The conceptual title, Assassin’s Creed: Rift, was first leaked on 9 February, 2022 and reported by Bloomberg and it was originally planned to be a DLC for Valhalla, but was expanded into its own standalone game. It is being developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux and was planned for released in late-2022, but as of July 2022 had been pushed back to the first quarter of 2023. The following leaks about Assassin’s Creed: Mirage are a courtesy of J0nathan.
- The official final name of the game is going to be Assassin’s Creed Mirage
- It will be released in Spring 2023 (between April and June)
- The game will take place between 860 and 870 in Baghdad, during the Anarchy in Samarra
- We will play Basim in his youth as a thief until he arrived at the Hidden Ones
- Multiple cities to explore, separated by desert and rivers like the Kingdom of AC1
- The game will be a return to basics, with strong inspiration from the first Assassin’s Creed.
- Several RPG elements removed: no more dialogue choices, no gender choice (obviously) and no more level system
- The Gameplay would be slightly different from that of Valhalla, less raw and with new animations.
- The Eagle Vision is back but so is the “drone bird”
- Basim will be able to use the String Dagger to eliminate his opponents
- There will be “Visions of Loki” for how Loki manifested into Basim’s body and consumed him.
- Ubisoft is secretly preparing the remake of AC1 based on Rift/Mirage’s work. They will reuse a large part of the assets.
- AC1 Remake should be integrated into a Season Pass which will also include DLC in Constantinople (when Basim meets Sigurd). It will be released a few months later.
- Ubisoft will unveil the future of Assassin’s Creed on September 10 during Ubisoft Forward.
Unfortunately, that is all we have for today but more information about the game will be arriving really soon as Ubisoft is planning to reveal a bunch of new updates this weekend. So stay tuned!
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