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News Assassin's Creed Celebration Livestream Announced for 14th June
From the shadows
Oh? What's this, then? Ubisoft has revealed that it'll be hosting an 'Assassin's Creed Celebration Livestream' tomorrow, on the 14th June. No further details have been given, but you won't be blamed if your mind immediately jumps to potential game announcements. After all, we know that at least two Assassin's Creed projects are...
Hands On Assassin's Creed Origins PS5 Patch Reminds Us That It's One of the Series' Best Games
A cut above Odyssey and Valhalla
It might be cool to hate on Assassin's Creed these days, but there's no getting away from the fact that the series is more successful than ever before, raking in absurd amounts of dosh for Ubisoft. What was once a stealth-focused sandbox franchise is now a proper open world RPG property, with Assassin's Creed Odyssey...
News Assassin's Creed Origins PS5 60FPS Patch Out Now
Egypt awaits
For those of you who have been awaiting a glorious return to ancient Egypt, the time has finally arrived. The anticipated PS5 update for Assassin's Creed Origins (patch 1.60) is available to download now. It weighs in at just over 2.9GB. Just to be clear, this is an update to the PS4 version of Origins — it doesn't introduce a native...
News Assassin's Creed Origins 60FPS PS5 Patch Arrives 2nd June
Finally!
It's finally been confirmed: Assassin's Creed Origins is getting its long, long awaited PS5 update on the 2nd June. That's actually sooner than we were anticipating — we were betting on it dropping when the open world title hits Xbox Game Pass next week. A nice little surprise, then. The patch will allow the PS4 game to run at 60...
News Assassin's Creed Origins 60FPS PS5 Patch Expected to Drop in June
Bayek on track
Well, for a minute there, it was looking like we would all be playing Assassin's Creed Origins at 60 frames-per-second on our PS5s this week — but that seems very unlikely at this point. It all started with a new patch for Origins being spotted on PlayStation servers, which usually suggests an imminent release. However, Ubisoft's...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Patch 1.052 Out Now, Adds Armoury, Loadouts, New River Raid Rewards
Back on the boat
Update: Patch 1.052 (as it's numbered on PS5) is available to download now. It weighs in at just under 1.8GB. Original Story: It's that time again: Assassin's Creed Valhalla is getting yet another meaty update on the 24th May. Patch 1.5.2 has not one, not two, but three headline acts. The first is that an armoury is being added to...
News Assassin's Creed Origins 60FPS PS5 Update Could Finally Drop Next Week
Siwa will know 60fps
Assassin's Creed fans rejoice: it looks like it's finally happening. The long awaited PS5 patch for Assassin's Creed Origins could drop as early as next week, as reported by the ever-reliable PlayStation Game Size. According to the account — which has a spot-on track record when it comes to Assassin's Creed — an update for...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Spring Content Plans Include an Armoury with Loadouts
Plus more River Raids
Ubisoft has elaborated a bit on its plans for Assassin's Creed Valhalla over the rest of spring. Earlier this week, Valhalla received a new update (you can read the full patch notes here) that added fresh Mastery Challenges and rewards, as well as support for the upcoming festival event. But as alluded, there's more coming in...
New Valkyrie armour set up for grabs
Assassin's Creed Valhalla keeps the content coming with its latest update, patch 1.051. It's available to download now on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, weighing in at around 3GB. The headline act here is the addition of 'Mastery Challenge Pack 2', which brings a suite of new combat challenges to Valhalla's...
News UNO PS4 Receives Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC, Because Why Not
Play UNO like vikings
There's actually a surprisingly clear link between UNO players and vikings. The venn diagram between the two seemingly disparate groups shows that they have a commonality in "People who yell a lot". It's no wonder, then, that Ubisoft's digital version of the card game now has Assassin's Creed Valhalla DLC. As revealed in the...
News Assassin's Creed's Ezio Auditore Revealed in Fortnite Leak
Requiescat in pace
The Assassin’s Creed franchise has long moved on from Ezio Auditore, but the character remains iconic to this very day. His eventual inclusion in Fortnite seemed, well, inevitable, then – and here he is. Datamined from the Battle Royale’s latest update, images are emerging on social media of the Italian stallion in all his...
News No Platinum Trophy for Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok
In fact, just nine Trophies in total
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok is, effectively, an expansion, so it perhaps won’t come as a huge surprise that it doesn’t have a Platinum Trophy. However, its meagre nine pots seem disappointing for something Ubisoft is billing as the biggest add-on in its stealth series’ long and illustrious...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Is Free For the Weekend on PS5, PS4
Raise the sail
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is totally free to play on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 right now, until the 28th February. If you decide to download the game and give it a try, then you'll be able to carry over your progress to the full thing, should you buy it. On that note, it's worth mentioning that Valhalla is currently 60 per cent...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Patch 1.050 Out Now, Adds Difficulty Tuning, Stealth Fixes
Plus Dawn of Ragnarok support
Update: Assassin's Creed Valhalla update 1.050 is available to download now on PS5 and PS4, weighing in at around 3.6GB. You can check out the patch notes in the original article below. Original Story: Ubisoft has dropped the patch notes for Assassin's Creed Valhalla update 1.5.0, and they're actually quite big...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Patch 1.5.0 Will Release Next Week
Free trial also incoming
The next big update for Assassin's Creed Valhalla will drop on the 22nd February, Ubisoft has confirmed. It looks like this'll be Valhalla's last patch before the Dawn of Ragnarok expansion releases on the 10th March. As such, it's assumed that the update will include support for the DLC, and...maybe a few surprises? We...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Makes Ubisoft More Than $1 Billion
Series' most successful game
Ubisoft must be chuffed with Assassin's Creed Valhalla. The open world RPG has now generated over $1 billion in revenue, making it the most financially successful entry in the Assassin's Creed franchise. Back in October, it was crowned the publisher's second most profitable title ever. Valhalla released just over a year...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Goes Full-On Fantasy RPG in Gameplay Deep Dive
By Odin's beard
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok is out in exactly one month, and Ubisoft is kicking off its marketing blitz with a six-minute gameplay deep dive video. If you want to go into the expansion blind, then we would recommend not watching this — but be safe in the knowledge that it looks like it could be pretty damn good,...
Rumour New, Smaller Assassin's Creed Game Will Focus on Stealth in Late 2022 or 2023
Abandons open world formula
Ubisoft has a new Assassin's Creed game in development, according to a fresh report from Bloomberg's ever-reliable Jason Schreier. Sources say that this title — codenamed Rift — will abandon the open world structure of the most recent Assassin's Creed games, and will focus on stealth-based gameplay. It sounds like...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Trophies Leak, Seem Straightforward
Odin's watching
The Xbox Achievements list for Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok appears to have leaked online well ahead of the expansion's 10th March release date, providing some insight into what the fantastical adventure is all about. Naturally, the game's Trophies on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 will follow the same structure...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Patch 1.042 Out Now on PS5, PS4, Fixes HD Textures
Back on the longship
Update: Assassin's Creed Valhalla update 1.042 (as it's numbered on PS5) is available to download now. It's a smaller 2.5GB on Sony's current-gen system. Original Story: Assassin's Creed Valhalla is getting another title update tomorrow (that's the 1st February at the time of writing). However, patch 1.4.2 doesn't actually...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla's New Scythe Is Super Strong and Easy to Unlock
The Eclipse
Another week, another round of in-game challenges for Assassin's Creed Valhalla through Ubisoft Connect. These tasks have offered up some good rewards in the past, but the weapon available via this week's community challenge is probably the best of the bunch. By taking part, you get a brand new mythical scythe named Eclipse — and it's...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Patch 1.041.2 Out Now, Fixes Yule Festival
Happy holidays
Update: Assassin's Creed Valhalla patch 1.041.2 is available to download now on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. It's around 405MB in size, so it shouldn't take long to install. As mentioned below, this update promises to fix the Yule Festival for some players. Said festival refused to activate if you had already taken part in last...
News Assassin's Creed Origins 60FPS Patch Likely as Ubisoft Investigates
Bayek's happy
Ubisoft has heard your cries: it's now looking into the possibility of adding 60 frames-per-second support to Assassin's Creed Origins via a PlayStation 5 patch. There has been an outcry from fans after Assassin's Creed Odyssey was t
Feature Assassin's Creed Valhalla Season Pass Review - Is It Worth Buying?
A look at all the DLC
The Assassin's Creed Valhalla season pass was first detailed back in October 2020, before the game itself had launched. Following on from the success of Assassin's Creed Odyssey and its extensive post-launch support, Ubisoft was keen to repeat the cycle — but does Valhalla's season pass measure up to its predecessor's? Is...
News Play Assassin's Creed Odyssey for Free This Weekend
Pre-load available now
Has all this DLC chatter surrounding Assassin's Creed Odyssey got you interested in playing the game? If the answer is yes, you're in luck: Ubisoft is offering a free play weekend that starts tomorrow and runs until 20th December 2021. You will have access to the entire game for the course of the free trial, and your progress...
Another big one
It's time for another significant Assassin's Creed Valhalla update. As previously reported, this patch will force you to redownload the entire base game at a reduced file size. This is because update 1.4.1 restructures the game's data so that it runs better, and can better support future content — like the Dawn of Ragnarok...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok Costs $40, Not Included in the Season Pass
Viking plunder
Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok is supposedly the "most ambitious" expansion in franchise history — and it's got the price tag to show for it. Taking a look at Dawn of Ragnarok's page on the PlayStation Store confirms that the DLC won't be part of Valhalla's season pass, which has already offered two previous expansions:...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Odyssey Get Free Crossover Quests on 14th December
Eivor, meet Kassandra
Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Assassin's Creed Odyssey are each getting a free quest on the 14th December. In Valhalla, Eivor will meet with Kassandra — the main female protagonist from Odyssey, who was still alive when Eivor's Viking saga takes place. Meanwhile, in Odyssey, it sounds like Kassandra / Alexios will be hunting...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Dawn of Ragnarok Expansion Launches March 2022
All about Odin
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's supposedly massive 2022 DLC has a release date, as well as a trailer and loads of details. Titled Dawn of Ragnarok, Ubisoft says that it's "the most ambitious expansion in franchise history". In it, Odin must adventure across the Nine Realms of Norse mythology, seeking a way to get around the titular...
Rumour Assassin's Creed Valhalla 'Dawn of Ragnarok' Expansion Leaks Ahead of Live Reveal
By Odin's eye
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's 2022 expansion has seemingly leaked just hours after Ubisoft teased its official reveal (set to take place on the 13th December). As compiled on Reddit, the DLC appears to have been outed almost entirely through a Chinese storefront. Several screenshots show Odin — or Hav
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Future Will Be Revealed Live on the 13th December
Go to Helheim
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is getting a second year of updates and DLC — that much we already know — but it looks like Ubisoft is keen to show us what's in store before the end of 2021. It's teased a "live premiere", which will take place on the 13th December (that's next Monday) at 9AM PDT / 5PM GMT / 6PM CET. We assume that...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Update 1.4.1 Adds Difficulty Options, Finally Fixes Stealth
Out next week
Update: Ubisoft has posted additional patch notes for Assassin's Creed Valhalla update 1.4.1. Alongside the performance improvements listed below in the original article, 1.4.1 will add a bunch of customisable difficulty options, which will allow you to tweak very specific gameplay components. Assassin's Creed Valhalla Update 1.4.1...
Rumour Assassin's Creed Valhalla Gets Surprise DLC This Month, 2022 Expansion Is 40 Hours Long
Valhalla's not the end
We didn't think we'd be writing about juicy rumours for Assassin's Creed Valhalla over a year after its release, but that's just how things have panned out for Ubisoft's hugely successful open worlder. According to in-the-know games reporter Tom Henderson, Valhalla is getting a surprise DLC this month, which could be announced...
News Basim's Sword Is Up for Grabs in New Assassin's Creed Valhalla Challenge
Looking sharp
The cool curved sword that Basim uses in Assassin's Creed Valhalla could soon be yours to wield. The deadly looking one-handed blade is up for grabs as a reward for completing the game's newest community challenge, which begins today. Said challenge tasks players with killing 250,000 enemies with one-handed swords by this time next...
News Fan Clamouring for Assassin's Creed Origins 60FPS Update on PS5 Continues
Will Siwa ever know 60fps?
Ever since Ubisoft pushed a surprise PlayStation 5 update for Assassin's Creed Odyssey — allowing the PS4 game to run at 60 frames-per-second on Sony's current-gen console — fans have been wondering whether Assassin's Creed Origins will get the same treatment. Odyssey's update arrived back in August, so what's the hold...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla's New Festival Is Live, Offering Unique Rewards and Activities
Spirit farer
It's been a big week for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, coming off the back of its latest update which added Tombs of the Forgotten, new skills, and more. But if you've already smashed through all of that stuff, there's now something new to hold your attention. Live on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, the Oskoreia Festival (yes, we had to...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Celebrates One Year Anniversary with Some Startling Player Stats
Big numbers
Assassin's Creed Valhalla first released a year ago today, on the 10th November 2020. The game was more than a bit buggy at launch — on PlayStation 4 especially — but the title's come a long way over the last 12 months. Indeed, in typical Ubisoft fashion, Valhalla has received loads of large updates — many of them adding new...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Patch 1.040 Out Now, Adds Tombs, Spooky Festival, New Skills, More
Bit late for Halloween
Update: Assassin's Creed Valhalla update 1.040 (as listed on PS5), is available to download now. It weighs in at around 4.6GB on Sony's current-gen console, but don't let the relatively small size fool you — this patch adds quite a bit of content to the already massive open world game. You can read all about the additions...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Tomb of the Fallen Free on PS5, PS4 from 9th November
Tales from the crypt
Update: Ubisoft has teased the next batch of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla content, scheduled to debut from 9th November. A roadmap published to the series’ social media account confirms the free game activity, Tombs of the Fallen, will debut alongside a patch on 9th November. The time-limited event, Oskeiria Festival, will...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Is Ubisoft's Second Most Profitable Game Ever
Viking plunder
Regardless of how you might feel about the open world RPG overhaul of Assassin's Creed, there's simply no getting around just how successful Origins, Odyssey, and now Valhalla have been for Ubisoft. A combination of free content updates, in-game purchases, and paid expansions have ensured the ongoing commercial success of all three...
News 'Huge, Story-Driven' Assassin's Creed Infinity Is Not a Free-to-Play Game, Says Ubisoft
To infinity
Ubisoft has already confirmed that Assassin's Creed Infinity is in development. Supposedly, Infinity is a massive project — an "online platform" that will be expanded on for years to come. An expected direction, given that the most recent Assassin's Creed games all have online elements, like daily quests and in-game storefronts...
Poll Your Last Chance to Vote for the Best Assassin's Creed Game on PlayStation
Live by the hidden blade
What's the best Assassin's Creed game? This is a question that we refuse to answer alone, and so we're going to enlist your help to create an official Push Square list, ranking every mainline Assassin's Creed title on PlayStation platforms. All you need to do is head into the ratings system below and give a review score to...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Viking Age Discovery Tour Is Out Now on PS5, PS4
Includes rewards for main game
The Viking Age Discovery Tour for Assassin's Creed Valhalla is now available on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, and it's free for all players. Like the Discovery Tours in previous games, this update lets you explore the open world at your own pace, while interacting with characters and exhibits that detail the history...
Hoist the sail
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's newest update is available to download now on PlayStation consoles. Patch 1.3.2 is around 8.5GB on PS5 and around 11GB on PS4. The main thrust of this one is to prepare the open world game for the upcoming Discovery Tour: Viking Age, which is set to arrive on the 19th October (and it's free for all existing...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Discovery Tour Arrives as a Free Update in October
The Viking Age
Just like its open world predecessors, Assassin's Creed Valhalla is getting an educational Discovery Tour mode. Officially titled 'Discovery Tour: Viking Age', the mode will be added as a free update on the 19th October. For those out of the loop, the Discovery Tours in Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Odyssey let you...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Update 1.031 Out Now on PS5, PS4, Patch Notes are Huge
Another one
Yep, it's that time again. Another Assassin's Creed Valhalla update is upon us, and boy is it a big one. The big deal here is the addition of three new River Raid maps, alongside new weapons, armour, and skills. It also adds a new nightmare combat difficulty. But update 1.3.1 (version 1.031 on PlayStation 5) offers a lot more under the...
Back to England
The Assassin's Creed Valhalla updates just keep coming. The game's approaching its first anniversary, and Ubisoft is far from done when it comes to adding new content. Next week will see patch 1.3.1 arrive on both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Due to release on the 7th September, it sounds like another meaty title update. It'll...
News Assassin's Creed Odyssey Runs at 60FPS on PS5 with New Patch
Available to download tomorrow
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is being treated to a new patch tomorrow that allows the open world title to run at 60 frames-per-second on a PlayStation 5 via backwards compatibility. Update 1.6 is what you'll need to look out for, and it weighs in at just 470MB. Once downloaded, the game will double its frame rate to 60 on...
News Assassin's Creed Crosses Streams with Watch Dogs Legion on PS5, PS4 Next Week
Darcy deploys as a new operative
Watch Dogs Legion will add its previously announced Assassin’s Creed crossover content on 24th September, with new operative Darcy deploying on the streets of London next week. The character is included as part of the open worlder’s Season Pass, and comes equipped with a hidden blade and hooded robe. As with all...
Finally
Update: Assassin's Creed Valhalla's new update is available to download now on PS5 and PS4. On PS5, the update version is 1.030, and it's 4.7GB in size. Original Story: Assassin's Creed Valhalla's next big update will release on the 27th July. Not only does patch 1.3.0 add support for The Siege of Paris — the game's second expansion,...
