Assassin’s Creed Mirage officially announced – proper reveal next week
It looks like previous rumours were accurate, as Assassin’s Creed Mirage is officially confirmed – with a trailer coming next week.
After multiple rumours pointed to the next Assassin’s Creed game being called Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Ubisoft itself accidentally uploaded artwork related to its DLC, implying the rumoured name was accurate.
There was some question whether the artwork might have been fake but Ubisoft has responded to the leak by owning up to the game’s existence, confirming once and for all that the new game is titled Assassin’s Creed Mirage.
Ubisoft has also promised that a proper reveal for the game will be shown at its next Ubisoft Forward presentation, which is scheduled for next week on Saturday, September 10.
The company had previously said that it would be discussing the future of the Assassin’s Creed series at the presentation, but it hadn’t clarified any exact details until now.
While we only have a name and a couple pieces of artwork to go off, everything about Assassin’s Creed Mirage so far appears to match up with previous rumours.
Aside from the name (which was originally codenamed Assassin’s Creed Rift), it was claimed that the new game would be set in Baghdad, which looks to be the case based on the artwork.
The leaked promotional artwork also confirms a Middle Eastern setting, although it’s unclear if the One Thousand and One Nights theme is only for the DLC or something that runs throughout the game.
As such, this means other rumoured details are likely accurate too. For instance, the main character is said to be Basim Ibn Ishaq, a character who was introduced in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
This lends credence to the theory that Assassin’s Creed Mirage started out as another expansion for that game,
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