Assassin’s Creed Mirage will get New Game Plus and permadeath modes in a free update next month

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Good news for those Assassin’s Creed fans who’ve already finished Mirage - a far more accomplishable task than in the series’ last few games - and are itching to dive back into the streets of ninth-century Baghdad for a fresh challenge: New Game Plus will arrive for free next month, along with a punishing new permadeath mode.

Mirage dropped just over a month ago as a relievingly stripped-back take on the stab-and-parkour formula, following returning AC Valhalla character Basim in a standalone-but-also-sort-of-a-prequel adventure that aimed to go back to the roots of Ubisoft’s long-running time-hopping franchise.

In that aim, at least, it was successful, with our Alice finding Mirage’s less-is-more approach to be the most purely enjoyable Assassin’s Creed in a good while.

Now Ubisoft is adding just a little bit of that ‘more’, though nothing quite as knackering as Valhalla’s years of season passes and meaty expansions - which Mirage was originally envisioned as, before making the leap into a game of its own.

We hear you: New Game + mode for Assassin’s Creed Mirage will be available in a free update this December.
And for the expert Assassins, along with NG+ will come an optional permadeath mode also available across all difficulties!

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Mirage’s developers announced that the game will get a New Game Plus mode next month, with the option to turn on a permadeath mode if you’re up for the challenge. While we don’t know exactly what the NG+ mode will entail just yet - the team promised more details “soon” - we at least know that you’ll be able to flick on permadeath at any difficulty level, so you don’t have to necessarily combine it with absolutely nails combat.

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