Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla: release date, trailers, news

Gamers have been psyched about the latest Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and here are the release date, trailers, news updates.

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla by Ubisoft’s taking players through the Viking Age.

The upcoming RPG casts players as a Viking chief who must lead their clan against the Saxons in an epic power struggle over the English isles. Expect all the stealth mechanics established in previous games, alongside unique weapons and lore inspired by Norse mythology.

Valhalla is the 12th main instalment in Ubisoft’s long-running action-adventure stealth video game franchise, Assassin’s Creed. It follows 2018’s Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, which received mixed reviews.

The new game is set at the height of the Viking Age in the 9th century. Players will control Viking chief Eivor (who can be played as either male or female), who has to lead their clan against the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in order to establish a settlement in England.

At launch, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla will be available on PC (via the Epic Games Store), PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Google Stadia. The game will also be released for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X thereafter.

The game will launch on November 17 on PC and current-gen consoles. The next-gen version of the title is “coming soon”, according to Ubisoft. The release date for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla was announced during the Ubisoft Forward event on July 12, 2020.

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla revolves around Eivor, a Viking chief who must lead their tribe on a conquest of the British isles. Fans will be able to play Eivor as either male or female, and can toggle between the genders at any time during the game.

Over the course of their journey, Eivor will encounter other Assassins and Templars, the series’s two main factions, which are called Hidden Ones and Order Of Ancients during this time period. Players can even align themself with certain characters from either group throughout the game.

Players can also expect to face off against historical figures such as Alfred The Great, the king of Wessex. Narrative director Darby McDevitt has described the game as “historically grounded”, adding that his team wants players to “feel like you’re living in the Dark Ages of England”.

The game will also continue the story of Layla Hassan, who was first introduced to in Assassin’s Creed: Origins. According to former creative director Ashraf Ismail, the game holds “surprising, unexpected content for our players who love that kind of stuff”.

The first gameplay trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla was released during the Ubisoft Forward event in July 2020. It showcased a number of new gameplay mechanics, such as settlements, assaults and an overhauled battle system.

Settlements will play a huge role in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, and will double as a player’s home base. They will play host to a number of unlockable activities in the game, and can be upgraded by gathering resources through raids.

Assaults are reminiscent of the conquest battles from Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. The mechanic will allow players to take part in large-scale battle against massive fortifications like castles with Viking longships, flaming arrows and more.

Combat in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla has also been overhauled to simulate the fighting style of a Viking warrior, instead of the more stealth-focused combat in previous games. “What we wanted from the beginning is really this idea that the character is a Viking, first, you know?” said game director Eric Baptizat. “It’s something very important, to be sure that we are true to what the Norse were in this time period.”

The game will also feature other open-world elements, such as hunting for animals and fishing. Ancient temples and Roman ruins can also be explored for special rewards.