‘Assassin’s Creed: Mirage’ Dials Back The Clock To Ninth-Century Baghdad

After playing as a Viking, a pirate, and whatever else apart from a full-fledged Assassin, it looks like Ubisoft is taking the popular franchise to its roots. Over the weekend, the Montreal-based designer dropped the teaser trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Mirage, embeded in 9th-century Baghdad. Playing Basim, the video game will be based 20 years prior to the occasions of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

What’s more significant though, is that the series seems returning to being a parkour-induced action-adventure RPG aspect, which was regretfully missed out on in the current video games. In case you’ve seen the trailer, you might have discovered a familiar voice. In an inspired little casting, Shohreh Aghdashloo will voice the function of Basim’s coach. The starlet has actually notoriously dealt with programs like 24, Grey’s Anatomy, and films like Star Trek Beyond, in addition to Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters.

With Mirage set to debut in 2023, the business likewise made numerous huge statements relating to the future of Assassin’s Creed. This consists of a brand new mobile video game called “Jade,” which will be based in ancient China, where yes, you can parkour throughout the Great Wall. In addition, the designer is likewise dealing with a live-action series on the franchise, together with establishing an unnamed mobile title for the streaming giant’s video gaming service.

As far as its Triple-A titles are worried, reports inform us that following Mirage, the Assassins Creed universe will take us to feudal-era Japan, with a yet unnamed video game (codenamed Red). There’s likewise another codenamed “Hexe” title in the works, which is based on witches. We’re going to watch on both as more information emerge.

Until then, here’s how the web has actually responded to the trailer.