Biggest Video Game News Of The Week (August 27 - September 5)
Some of the biggest series in gaming have taken some significant steps forward this week. Ubisoft finally confirmed what the next Assassin's Creed will be called and when we will see more of it, Xbox told us (again) that people who play Call of Duty on PlayStation need to chill out, and The Last Of Us will have launched for a third time by the time you read this. Everything you need to know about all of that and a whole lot more as we recap the biggest stories in video games from the past seven days.
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After months of rumors, Ubisoft finally decided it couldn't wait one more week and officially confirmed the first details about its next Assassin's Creed game. That'll happen when you accidentally leak some of those details on your own store. The next game in the long-running series will be called Mirage and as expected, it will be set in Baghdad. That's all Ubisoft is willing to tell us for now, but you won't have long to wait for the full reveal. More of Mirage will be shown off at the next Ubisoft Forward on September 10.
Xbox's Activision Blizzard acquisition remains on track, and Phil Spencer had a little more to say about it this week, plus repeated some stuff he has already said multiple times. In response to a report revealing a UK watchdog will be diving deeper into the potential merger, Spencer revealed Activision Blizzard's heavy hitters, such as CoD, Diablo, and Overwatch, will be coming to Game Pass. That lit a fire under CoD fans who don't own an Xbox yet again, at which point it was reaffirmed that the series will not be ripped away from PlayStation.
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