Tag Archives: Valhalla

Ever since its first entry back in 2007, the Assassin’s Creed franchise has vastly expanded its scope with each new title – for better and for worse. With the latest piece of DLC for Assassin’s Creed Shadows available now, the team at Ubisoft have admitted that some of their previous games, in particular AC: Valhalla, became “messy” and was “a monster” of a game.

After years of releasing all its titles first on the Epic Games Store as well as its own launcher, Ubisoft have finally confirmed that they will begin to publish their games day-and-date on Steam starting with next year’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows. As part of this, the publisher has been furthering the integration of its games with Steam – finally bringing Achievements to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

Much like major sports games, or the annual Call of Duty cycle, Assassin's Creed also used to be a yearly franchise. That changed with Assassin's Creed Origins, with Ubisoft taking more time to create even bigger open worlds with more RPG mechanics. Now, ahead of the launch of Assassin's Creed …

Following the overwhelming success of 2022’s God of War Ragnarök, there had been rumblings that the team at Sony Santa Monica were cooking up some DLC for the game. Even so, it came as a great surprise when the studio revealed God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, bringing a free rogue-like …

This year's Grammy show was special to the video games industry. It was the first to include the Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media award, which was given to the composer of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök's original soundtrack. Various games have been nominated for a …

It has been two years since Assassin's Creed Valhalla first launched and Ubisoft is finally starting to wind down development. After a long roadmap of DLCs, Ubisoft has now announced ‘The Last Chapter' update for the game, which will wrap up a few remaining storylines.  On the 6th of December, …

Xbox Game Pass features hundreds of games available to play by all those who pay the service’s monthly fee. One publisher which has shown support for Game Pass is Ubisoft – with the Polish Xbox store now suggesting that the latest Assassin’s Creed Valhalla might be set to join the …

Back in 2019, Ubisoft departed from Steam in order to focus on its own Ubisoft Connect launcher. While this launcher currently remains the only way to play modern Ubisoft titles (well, that and through the Epic Games Store), a new data mine suggests that the publisher might be heading back …

We've known that Ubisoft has an Assassin's Creed Valhalla spin-off in the works for a few months now. The game, known as Assassin's Creed Rift, will centre around one of the side characters from Valhalla, but while Ubisoft was initially planning a late 2022 or early 2023 release, the game …

Ubisoft brought the Assassin's Creed franchise back from the brink with Origins, which presented a major shift in gameplay and mechanics. We've now had three ‘RPG' style Assassin's Creed games, with Valhalla being particularly successful.  As part of the publisher's recent quarterly earnings report, Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot, confirmed that …

It looks like Assassin's Creed will be in for another shake-up this year. According to sources familiar with Ubisoft's plans, there won't be a major open-world RPG entry in the Assassin's Creed series in 2022, but instead the publisher will be releasing a smaller, standalone game centred around one of …

We've known for some time now that Ubisoft is working on a major expansion for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, but according to leaks, it could be way bigger than anyone expected. According to reports this week, the new expansion takes inspiration from God of War, and clocks in at around 40 …

Last month, Ubisoft announced Assassin's Creed Valhalla's first major expansion, “Wrath of the Druids”. While the expansion was originally due to release later this month, the development team needs an extra couple of weeks, pushing the expansion back into May. In a tweet last night, the Assassin's Creed Twitter account …

Back when Assassin's Creed Valhalla first launched, reviewers and early players were surprised to find that Ubisoft had scaled back a bit on in-game microtransactions. There were no XP boost purchases available at launch. However, that is changing this week.  Just like Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Valhalla …

Recently we reported that Ubisoft had released a new patch for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla which added the option to choose between performance and resolution modes across all of the new consoles. For the first time since launch, this allowed those with an Xbox Series S to play the game at …

One of the biggest positive surprises from the launch of the next-gen systems is the increased focus by developers on offering 60fps gameplay in open-world titles. One of the leading games in this regard is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which launched with 60fps as the standard on the PS5 and Xbox …

Many were taken by surprise when it was recently reported that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla managed to outperform Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War during its launch week. Though this data came from third-party sources, we now know exactly how successful Ubisoft’s latest entry in the Assassin’s Creed franchise has …

Assassin's Creed Valhalla appears to be off to a good start for Ubisoft. Today, the publisher announced that Valhalla has already broken a record, reaching a higher day-one player count compared to Assassin's Creed Odyssey.  Assassin's Creed Valhalla officially launched on the 10th of November and according to Ubisoft, it …

Though it comes as no surprise, Ubisoft has now announced its post-launch plans for the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. The next entry in the long running stealth-action open world franchise is set to receive a Season Pass with two expansions, as well as free seasonal content throughout the year. The …

We are less than one month away from the release of Assassin's Creed Valhalla on PC, so it is time to take a look at the PC system requirements. This time around, Ubisoft has provided a detailed breakdown, covering hardware for 30fps and 60fps gameplay at various resolutions and graphical …

Following the unveiling of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, it was confirmed that the open world cross generation Ubisoft title would run at 4K and 60fps on the upcoming Xbox Series X. At the time, there was no news regarding whether PlayStation 5 would see the same treatment or not. It has …

The Assassin’s Creed games have long been known to be taxing on console hardware. The open-world stealth action titles have historically run at 30fps on consoles, with that number dipping even further on occasion. It appears as though this limitation may finally be removed with the upcoming generation of consoles, …

Shortly after allegations were made against him on Twitter, Assassin's Creed Creative Director, Ashraf Ismail, stepped down from his role on the upcoming AC: Valhalla and deleted his social media. Now a couple of months later, Ubisoft has decided to let him go.  Ubisoft has been conducting a number of …

Recently, there has been much discussion surrounding a potential increase in the price of AAA video games coinciding with the launch of the next generation of consoles. While some publishers have already announced a $10 price hike and others are considering it, Ubisoft has now announced that its upcoming next-generation …

Remember a couple of weeks ago when an Ubisoft employee claimed that Assassin's Creed Valhalla would not be the “longest or biggest” game in the series? Well we might need to scrap that, as another interview with another Ubisoft producer seemingly contradicts earlier statements. Speaking in an interview with Julien …

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is the latest title in Ubisoft’s popular series. With the release of Assassin’s Creed Origins back in 2017 however, the franchise saw a shift in direction, focusing more heavily on RPG elements. Unfortunately this meant that the iconic insta-kill hidden blade was altered too. With the upcoming …

While the reinvention of Assassin's Creed as an open-world RPG has largely been a success, a good chunk of players definitely felt that Assassin's Creed Odyssey was simply too much. Fortunately, Ubisoft has taken that feedback on board for Valhalla. Assassin's Creed Valhalla is coming at the end of this …

Early last year, Ubisoft began moving away from Steam, opting to bring new games to uPlay and the Epic Games Store only. The move started off with the likes of The Division 2, Anno 1800 and Ghost Recon Breakpoint. That deal will be extending this year with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. …

Following on from a lengthy teaser stream yesterday, Assassin's Creed Valhalla has been officially announced. Just as previous rumours predicted, the next mainline game in the franchise will focus on vikings.  There have been teasers discovered in some of Ubisoft's own games indicating that this would be the next step …