Assassin's Creed Mirage Getting Free Saudi Arabia DLC Later This Year

Surprise! Assassin's Creed Mirage, the slimmer, Baghdad-set escapade launched successful 2023, is getting caller contented acceptable successful AlUla, an past oasis metropolis present recovered successful Saudi Arabia.

A caller communicative section with further missions, positive wide gameplay improvements for the full game, volition motorboat for escaped aboriginal this year.

Ubisoft made the announcement this greeting via societal media, successful a station that's travel alternatively retired of the bluish connected a Saturday astatine the extremity of this year's engaged Gamescom week.

That said, the accomplishment of much Assassin's Creed Mirage contented has been expected. Earlier this year, Ubisoft declined to remark connected a study successful French fiscal paper Les Echoes that elaborate a woody betwixt Ubisoft and Saudi Arabia's arguable Public Investment Fund for further Mirage content.

Today's confirmation that Mirage volition soon get contented acceptable successful 9th period Saudi Arabia truthful makes sense.

As for the determination itself, AlUla seems a earthy acceptable for an Assassin's Creed game, arsenic an UNESCO World Heritage tract with much than 7,000 years of past and towering stone formations that look cleanable for a spot of Assassin's Creed parkour.

Launched successful 2023, Assassin's Creed Mirage arrived arsenic thing of a palate cleanser betwixt the epic Viking-set Valhalla and this year's likewise tremendous Assassin's Creed Shadows. Mirage returned to the Assassin's Creed franchise's smaller, stealthier city-set roots for an escapade that felt inspired by the series' archetypal game.

Developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux, the crippled primitively began beingness arsenic an enlargement for Valhalla focused connected its mysterious Assassin quality Basim, idiosyncratic who ends up playing a pivotal relation successful the events of that game's finale. Fans had subsequently hoped to spot much from the character, though it's unclear if this add-on volition see immoderate caller answers to his eventual fate.

After Mirage was released, players recovered an unusual post-credits country hidden successful the game's files that Ubisoft has since acknowledged, though ne'er afloat explained. Perhaps this excessively volition yet beryllium addressed successful Mirage's upcoming caller content, much details of which volition travel successful the weeks to come.

Next up for Assassin's Creed Shadows, meanwhile, is the game's large Claws of Awaji expansion, curiously besides developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux, that's owed for motorboat connected September 16.

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