Assassin’s Creed Mirage Arrives This October, Gets New Gameplay Trailer
Assassin's Creed Mirage finally has a release date. During the PlayStation Showcase event, held early Thursday, Ubisoft confirmed that the Baghdad-set chapter will arrive October 12 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. The date was actually leaked ahead of time by a few Japanese retail listings, which usually do not list placeholder dates. The title, codenamed ‘Rift,' was originally planned as an expansion to Assassin's Creed Valhalla, but got expanded into a standalone release to fill the gap in Ubisoft's launch schedule for the fiscal year. Ubisoft Bordeaux leads development on Assassin's Creed Mirage, which also received a gameplay trailer at the showcase.
As previously reported, Assassin's Creed Mirage is going back to its franchise roots, presenting a tighter scope focused on crafty assassinations, unlike the open-world RPG-esque elements they adopted in the recent entries. In it, you play as Basim Ibn Ishaq, a side character from AC: Valhalla, who is seen leveraging his skills to track down and eliminate targets. In the cinematic trailer from last year, he was indoctrinated into the Hidden Ones clan by his master/ mentor Roshan (Shohreh Aghdashloo) — turning from a petty thief into an assassin. This new footage appears to be set a while after that, featuring all the hallmarks of the original Assassin's Creed games. You've got air assassinations, hidden blades, and the art of blending with crowds as Basim gradually perfects his art.
“You have died and been reborn,” Roshan says in a voiceover, as we're treated to visuals of the long-missing parkour system, as Basim is seen hopping across metallic bars and swinging around corners. There's a new addition called Pole Vault as well, where you perch atop a
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