Recap: Everything that happened at the Assassin’s Creed 15th Anniversary Celebration

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It’s time for an Assassin’s Creed anniversary recap! It’s been 15 years since the series first debuted on Xbox 360 and PS3 with Altaïr in November 2007, and Ubisoft is celebrating a little early during the so-called Summer of Gaming with a stream.

Here’s everything that happened.

More festivals, new mastery challenges (pack 2), extra tombs, and additional gear are coming to Valhalla as part of the “Year 2” content. The Forgotten Saga is a huge part of it, which is a new mode described as a “roguelite journey through Niffelheim.” All of it will be free, and “the end of the year will have one last surprise:” a free chapter to end Eivor’s story. This could all dovetail into an announcement made later in the stream, which we explain below.

A standalone version of the Discovery Tour Viking Age (educational mode) is out today, too, and Origins tattoos are coming in an update this week.

That long-awaited Origins current-gen patch is out today, which brings in 60 FPS gameplay as a free update for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Ubisoft will also host a free weekend for Origins from June 16 through June 20.

Ubisoft calls this a “very special” presentation that will most likely unveil the next major Assassin’s Creed entry. It’ll take place sometime in September: a date and time was not provided yet.

Note that “in the months to come” Ubisoft says there will be more celebrations beyond this stream.