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	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==
	Set a decade prior to the events of ''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'',<ref name="UbiFoward">{{Youtube\|SS_khJE0mbQ\|Assassin's Creed: 2022 Showcase <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|@Ubisoft\|Ubisoft}}</ref> players assume the role of Basim ibn Ishaq with the gender choices, dialogue options, and relationship possibilities removed. After ''Valhalla'' had the [[raven]] [[Sýnin]] provide [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] with [[Eagle Vision]] despite being a corvid rather than an [[eagle]], ''Mirage'' returns to the method used in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' (2017) and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' (2018) by having the {{Wiki\|~~Eastern~~ imperial eagle}} [[Enkidu]] aid Basim.<ref name="GameInformer"/>		Set a decade prior to the events of ''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'',<ref name="UbiFoward">{{Youtube\|SS_khJE0mbQ\|Assassin's Creed: 2022 Showcase <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|@Ubisoft\|Ubisoft}}</ref> players assume the role of Basim ibn Ishaq with the gender choices, dialogue options, and relationship possibilities removed. After ''Valhalla'' had the [[raven]] [[Sýnin]] provide [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] with [[Eagle Vision]] despite being a corvid rather than an [[eagle]], ''Mirage'' returns to the method used in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' (2017) and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' (2018) by having the {{Wiki\|eastern imperial eagle}} [[Enkidu]] aid Basim.<ref name="GameInformer"/>

	The main ~~location~~ of the game is ~~primarily~~ the city of Baghdad, with minor parts of the game also ~~set~~ at the [[Alamut]] [[fort]]ress,<ref name="IGN">{{cite web\|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-mirage-revealed-at-ubisoft-forward\|title=Assassin's Creed Mirage Revealed at Ubisoft Forward\|\|author=Purslow, Matt\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|IGN}}''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=11 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/rnZ8o\| archivedate=11 September 2022}}</ref> but it is not explorable.<ref name="Arabhardware">{{Cite web\|url=https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|title=تفاصيل حصرية عن Assassin's Creed Mirage من مقابلتنا مع مدير الإنتاج!\|transtitle=Exclusive details about Assassin's Creed Mirage from our interview with the production director!\|author=el-Sayegh, Ahmed M.\|publisher=''Arabhardware''\|date=12 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912174314/https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|archivedate=12 September 2022\|language=Arabic}}</ref> The Black Box missions from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' (2014), ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' (2015), and the ''Valhalla'' [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' (2021) make a return, with Basim being able to explore the environment and find different ways to approach and eliminate his targets.<ref name="IGN"/> Another returning feature is the notoriety system that either assists or hinders Basim in his objectives.<ref name="GeekCulture">{{Cite web\|url=https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|title='Assassin's Creed Mirage' Goes Back To Basics With Stealth, Parkour & Assassinations Gameplay Pillars\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910223306/https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|archivedate=10 September 2022\|author=Su, Jake\|publisher=''GeekCulture''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022}}</ref>		The main setting of the game is the city of Baghdad, with minor parts of the game also taking place at the [[Alamut]] [[fort]]ress,<ref name="IGN">{{cite web\|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-mirage-revealed-at-ubisoft-forward\|title=Assassin's Creed Mirage Revealed at Ubisoft Forward\|\|author=Purslow, Matt\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|IGN}}''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=11 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/rnZ8o\| archivedate=11 September 2022}}</ref> but it is not explorable.<ref name="Arabhardware">{{Cite web\|url=https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|title=تفاصيل حصرية عن Assassin's Creed Mirage من مقابلتنا مع مدير الإنتاج!\|transtitle=Exclusive details about Assassin's Creed Mirage from our interview with the production director!\|author=el-Sayegh, Ahmed M.\|publisher=''Arabhardware''\|date=12 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912174314/https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|archivedate=12 September 2022\|language=Arabic}}</ref> The Black Box missions from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' (2014), ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' (2015), and the ''Valhalla'' [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' (2021) make a return, with Basim being able to explore the environment and find different ways to approach and eliminate his targets.<ref name="IGN"/> Another returning feature is the notoriety system that either assists or hinders Basim in his objectives.<ref name="GeekCulture">{{Cite web\|url=https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|title='Assassin's Creed Mirage' Goes Back To Basics With Stealth, Parkour & Assassinations Gameplay Pillars\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910223306/https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|archivedate=10 September 2022\|author=Su, Jake\|publisher=''GeekCulture''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022}}</ref>

	Basim has a variety of weapons and tools at his disposal, including [[smoke screen bomb\|smoke bombs]], the [[Hidden Blade]],<ref name="GameInformer"/> a [[blowpipe]] and [[dart]]s, mines, [[Throwing knife\|throwing knives]] and [[Cherry bomb\|noise makers]].<ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|@Ubisoft\|Ubisoft}}</ref> The game does not feature a leveling and XP system like its predecessors, only tool improvement. To upgrade his tools, Basim will have to visit the triplet inventor brothers [[Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa\|Abu Jafar Muhammad]], [[Al-Hasan ibn Musa\|Al-Hasan]], or [[Ahmad ibn Musa\|Ahmad]] at any of the Hidden Ones [[Assassin bureau\|bureaus]] in Baghdad.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/1631436/assassin-s-creed-mirage-retour-aux-sources-bagdad-basim-le-prochain-jeu-d-ubisoft-se-devoile.htm\|title=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: retour aux sources, Bagdad, Basim... le prochain jeu d'Ubisoft se dévoile.\|transtitle=Assassin's Creed Mirage: back to basics, Baghdad, Basim... Ubisoft's next game revealed\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910203101/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/1631436/assassin-s-creed-mirage-retour-aux-sources-bagdad-basim-le-prochain-jeu-d-ubisoft-se-devoile.htm\|archivedate=10 September 2022\|author=Meakaya\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|Jeuxvideo.com}}''\|date=10 September 2022\|language=French}}</ref> A [[Skill Tree (Assassin's Creed: Mirage)\|skill tree]] allows the player to choose different effects for each of Basim's tools or weapons. A new mechanic, Assassin Focus, resembles the various enhanced abilities [[Kassandra]] had access to in ''Odyssey'' through the [[Spear of Leonidas]] and can be used to assassinate multiple enemies in rapid succession.<ref name="GeekCulture"/>		Basim has a variety of weapons and tools at his disposal, including [[smoke screen bomb\|smoke bombs]], the [[Hidden Blade]],<ref name="GameInformer"/> a [[blowpipe]] and [[dart]]s, mines, [[Throwing knife\|throwing knives]] and [[Cherry bomb\|noise makers]].<ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|@Ubisoft\|Ubisoft}}</ref> The game does not feature a leveling and XP system like its predecessors, only tool improvement. To upgrade his tools, Basim will have to visit the triplet inventor brothers [[Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa\|Abu Jafar Muhammad]], [[Al-Hasan ibn Musa\|Al-Hasan]], or [[Ahmad ibn Musa\|Ahmad]] at any of the Hidden Ones [[Assassin bureau\|bureaus]] in Baghdad.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/1631436/assassin-s-creed-mirage-retour-aux-sources-bagdad-basim-le-prochain-jeu-d-ubisoft-se-devoile.htm\|title=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: retour aux sources, Bagdad, Basim... le prochain jeu d'Ubisoft se dévoile.\|transtitle=Assassin's Creed Mirage: back to basics, Baghdad, Basim... Ubisoft's next game revealed\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910203101/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/1631436/assassin-s-creed-mirage-retour-aux-sources-bagdad-basim-le-prochain-jeu-d-ubisoft-se-devoile.htm\|archivedate=10 September 2022\|author=Meakaya\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|Jeuxvideo.com}}''\|date=10 September 2022\|language=French}}</ref> A [[Skill Tree (Assassin's Creed: Mirage)\|skill tree]] allows the player to choose different effects for each of Basim's tools or weapons. A new mechanic, Assassin Focus, resembles the various enhanced abilities [[Kassandra]] had access to in ''Odyssey'' through the [[Spear of Leonidas]] and can be used to assassinate multiple enemies in rapid succession.<ref name="GeekCulture"/>
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	During the 860s, Basim is a young thief living in [[Anbar]] with his childhood friend [[Nehal]]. For his entire life, Basim has been haunted by visions of a [[djinn]], which Nehal had been helping him cope with. While a simple thief, Basim has greater aspirations and wishes to join his idols, the Hidden Ones, and become a protector of the people like them.		During the 860s, Basim is a young thief living in [[Anbar]] with his childhood friend [[Nehal]]. For his entire life, Basim has been haunted by visions of a [[djinn]], which Nehal had been helping him cope with. While a simple thief, Basim has greater aspirations and wishes to join his idols, the Hidden Ones, and become a protector of the people like them.

	In 861, Basim is given a chance to achieve his dream after meeting the Hidden One [[Roshan]] while completing a contract for his employer [[Dervis]]. However, Roshan refuses to recruit Basim into the Brotherhood, so he decides to impress her by stealing a [[Treasure chest\|chest]] sought by the Hidden Ones from the [[~~Caliph~~]]'s [[Winter Palace, Anbar\|Winter Palace]]. While breaking into the palace alongside Nehal, Basim witnesses the ~~Caliph~~, [[al-Mutawakkil]], being threatened by masked members of the [[Order of the Ancients]], and discovers the chest's contents to be a [[Memory Seals\|Memory Seal]], which activates in his hands.		In 861, Basim is given a chance to achieve his dream after meeting the Hidden One [[Roshan]] while completing a contract for his employer [[Dervis]]. However, Roshan refuses to recruit Basim into the Brotherhood, so he decides to impress her by stealing a [[Treasure chest\|chest]] sought by the Hidden Ones from the [[caliph]]'s [[Winter Palace, Anbar\|Winter Palace]]. While breaking into the palace alongside Nehal, Basim witnesses the caliph, [[al-Mutawakkil]], being threatened by masked members of the [[Order of the Ancients]], and discovers the chest's contents to be a [[Memory Seals\|Memory Seal]], which activates in his hands.

	After al-Mutawakkil confronts Basim and attempts to strangle him for stealing the artifact, Nehal comes to his rescue, killing the ~~Caliph~~. Basim then escapes from the palace with the Memory Seal and is approached by Roshan the following day. She takes the artifact and invites Basim to flee Anbar with her, as the Caliphate [[Soldier\|guards]] are hunting him down in retaliation for al-Mutawakkil's murder. Basim refuses at first, but after discovering that the guards have executed most of his thief network, he angrily blames Nehal and flees the city with Roshan.		After al-Mutawakkil confronts Basim and attempts to strangle him for stealing the artifact, Nehal comes to his rescue, killing the caliph. Basim then escapes from the palace with the Memory Seal and is approached by Roshan the following day. She takes the artifact and invites Basim to flee Anbar with her, as the Caliphate [[Soldier\|guards]] are hunting him down in retaliation for al-Mutawakkil's murder. Basim refuses at first, but after discovering that the guards have executed most of his thief network, he angrily blames Nehal and flees the city with Roshan.

	[[File:ACMir Taking Flight 17.png\|thumb\|250px\|Basim's initiation into the Hidden Ones]]		[[File:ACMir Taking Flight 17.png\|thumb\|250px\|Basim's initiation into the Hidden Ones]]

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Six months after ''Mirage''{{'}}s release, Boudon and Sala hosted another AMA in late April 2024. When a fan again inquired whether ''Mirage'' would have an expansion, Boudon reaffirmed ''Mirage'' was "design[ed] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan" and that, while developers "have ideas on how [they] could extend the story of Basim", there were no immediate plans for post-launch media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1cbvteq/comment/l11332c/|title=Hi, we are Stephane Boudon and Jean-Luc Sala, developers on Assassin's Creed Mirage. Ask us anything!|author="Stephane_Boudon"|date=24 April 2024|publisher=''Reddit''|accessdate=5 September 2025|quote=AssassinsCrypt": Did you ever think about making a DLC/new storyline contents for the game, considering how well it was received by the community?<br>"Stephane_Boudon": Hi there! We're thrill [sic] by the reception of Mirage! Mirage as been design [sic] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan. However, we have ideas on how we could extend the story of Basim, surely. But as of today, no post launch content is planned for Mirage.}}</ref> However, Ubisoft's stance changed by early the next year after its prospects worsened and upon meeting a new investor.
Six months after ''Mirage''{{'}}s release, Boudon and Sala hosted another AMA in late April 2024. When a fan again inquired whether ''Mirage'' would have an expansion, Boudon reaffirmed ''Mirage'' was "design[ed] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan" and that, while developers "have ideas on how [they] could extend the story of Basim", there were no immediate plans for post-launch media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1cbvteq/comment/l11332c/|title=Hi, we are Stephane Boudon and Jean-Luc Sala, developers on Assassin's Creed Mirage. Ask us anything!|author="Stephane_Boudon"|date=24 April 2024|publisher=''Reddit''|accessdate=5 September 2025|quote=AssassinsCrypt": Did you ever think about making a DLC/new storyline contents for the game, considering how well it was received by the community?<br>"Stephane_Boudon": Hi there! We're thrill [sic] by the reception of Mirage! Mirage as been design [sic] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan. However, we have ideas on how we could extend the story of Basim, surely. But as of today, no post launch content is planned for Mirage.}}</ref> However, Ubisoft's stance changed by early the next year after its prospects worsened and upon meeting a new investor.

In late January 2025, the [[France|French]] financial newspaper ''{{Wiki|Les Echos (France)|Les Echos}}'' published a {{Wiki|Scoop (news)|scoop}} citing insider sources that Ubisoft had brokered a deal with the {{Wiki|Saudi Arabia}}n [[Monarchy|kingdom]]'s ruling {{Wiki|House of Saud}} after the company CEO [[Yves Guillemot]] joined then-{{Wiki|President of France}} {{Wiki|Emmanuel Macron}}'s business entourage on his December 2024 {{Wiki|state visit}} to the kingdom's capital of {{Wiki|Riyadh}}.<ref name="Echos">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626|title=L'étonnant deal d'Ubisoft avec l'Arabie saoudite|transtitle=Ubisoft's surprising deal with Saudi Arabia|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20250124152612/https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626|archivedate=24 January 2025|author=Richaud, Nicolas|date=24 January 2025|publisher=''Les Echos''|accessdate=5 September 2025|language=French}}</ref> At the time, the company was experiencing severe financial difficulties<ref name="Echos"/> after having just shut down their [[Osaka]] branch's project ''{{Wiki|XDefiant}}'' due to insufficient player spending in-game<ref name="XDefiantShutDown">{{Cite web|url=https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/|title=EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft's XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204005129/https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/|archivedate=4 December 2024|author=Henderson, Tom|publisher=''Insider Gaming''|date=3 December 2024|accessdate=22 January 2025}}</ref> and following dissatisfactory sales of their 2024 titles ''{{Wiki|Star Wars Outlaws}}'' <ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release">{{Ubisoft|url=8aefmxkxpxwl/1wUjJWUQSIVMlZbKQ2707e/c0b1cd1c71ab30838e51d5e24764577f/Press_release_09_01_2025_vfinal.pdf|text=Strategic update|archivedate=20250109171130|subdomain=staticctf}}</ref> and ''{{Wiki|Skull and Bones (video game)|Skull and Bones}}''. This caused Ubisoft's {{Wiki|market share}} to drop nearly 50% and put its value to its lowest level of just under €1.5 billion,<ref name="Echos"/> prompting Guillemot to release a press statement on 9 January saying that the company had appointed advisors to review and pursue all possible options to return and ensure stakeholders' profits.<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/>
In late January 2025, the [[France|French]] financial newspaper ''{{Wiki|Les Echos (France)|Les Echos}}'' published a {{Wiki|Scoop (news)|scoop}} citing insider sources that Ubisoft had brokered a deal with the {{Wiki|Saudi Arabia}}n [[Monarchy|kingdom]]'s ruling {{Wiki|House of Saud}} after the company CEO [[Yves Guillemot]] joined then-{{Wiki|President of France}} {{Wiki|Emmanuel Macron}}'s business entourage on his December 2024 {{Wiki|state visit}} to the kingdom's capital of {{Wiki|Riyadh}}.<ref name="Echos">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626|title=L'étonnant deal d'Ubisoft avec l'Arabie saoudite|transtitle=Ubisoft's surprising deal with Saudi Arabia|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20250124152612/https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626|archivedate=24 January 2025|author=Richaud, Nicolas|date=24 January 2025|publisher=''Les Echos''|accessdate=5 September 2025|language=French}}</ref> At the time, the company was experiencing severe financial difficulties<ref name="Echos"/> after having just shut down their [[Osaka]] branch's project ''{{Wiki|XDefiant}}'' due to insufficient player spending in-game<ref name="XDefiantShutDown">{{Cite web|url=https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/|title=EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft's XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204005129/https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/|archivedate=4 December 2024|author=Henderson, Tom|publisher=''Insider Gaming''|date=3 December 2024|accessdate=22 January 2025}}</ref> and following dissatisfactory sales of their 2024 titles ''{{Wiki|Star Wars Outlaws}}''<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release">{{Ubisoft|url=8aefmxkxpxwl/1wUjJWUQSIVMlZbKQ2707e/c0b1cd1c71ab30838e51d5e24764577f/Press_release_09_01_2025_vfinal.pdf|text=Strategic update|archivedate=20250109171130|subdomain=staticctf}}</ref> and ''{{Wiki|Skull and Bones (video game)|Skull and Bones}}''. This caused Ubisoft's {{Wiki|market share}} to drop nearly 50% and put its value to its lowest level of just under €1.5 billion,<ref name="Echos"/> prompting Guillemot to release a press statement on 9 January saying that the company had appointed advisors to review and pursue all possible options to return and ensure stakeholders' profits.<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/>

In Riyadh, Guillemot met and entered into discussions with executives from {{Wiki|Savvy Games Group}}, a Saudi gaming investment and development company founded and owned by the state's {{Wiki|sovereign wealth fund}}, the {{Wiki|Public Investment Fund}}. With the wealth fund's deep pockets, having invested nearly $40 billion in gaming in 2023, Ubisoft had seemingly found relief for itself. Guillemot's talks ended with an agreement that Ubisoft would make a ''Mirage'' expansion in exchange for Savvy Games Group being the content's main financer, though the deal's exact terms remained confidential. When ''Les Echos'' approached Ubisoft for comment, company spokespeople first reiterated their stance from their press release,<ref name="Echos"/> that Ubisoft would "inform the market [only] if and once a transaction materialize[d]",<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/> before refusing to talk to ''{{Wiki|Eurogamer}}''{{'}}s later follow-up about it and deflecting to focus on the then-recent release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="Eurogamer">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content|title=Ubisoft responds to report claiming it's signed a Saudi deal for fresh Assassin's Creed Mirage content|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127122928/https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content|archivedate=27 January 2025|author=Phillips, Tom|date=27 January 2025|publisher=''Eurogamer''|accessdate=5 September 2025}}</ref>
In Riyadh, Guillemot met and entered into discussions with executives from {{Wiki|Savvy Games Group}}, a Saudi gaming investment and development company founded and owned by the state's {{Wiki|sovereign wealth fund}}, the {{Wiki|Public Investment Fund}}. With the wealth fund's deep pockets, having invested nearly $40 billion in gaming in 2023, Ubisoft had seemingly found relief for itself. Guillemot's talks ended with an agreement that Ubisoft would make a ''Mirage'' expansion in exchange for Savvy Games Group being the content's main financer, though the deal's exact terms remained confidential. When ''Les Echos'' approached Ubisoft for comment, company spokespeople first reiterated their stance from their press release,<ref name="Echos"/> that Ubisoft would "inform the market [only] if and once a transaction materialize[d]",<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/> before refusing to talk to ''{{Wiki|Eurogamer}}''{{'}}s later follow-up about it and deflecting to focus on the then-recent release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="Eurogamer">{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content|title=Ubisoft responds to report claiming it's signed a Saudi deal for fresh Assassin's Creed Mirage content|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127122928/https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content|archivedate=27 January 2025|author=Phillips, Tom|date=27 January 2025|publisher=''Eurogamer''|accessdate=5 September 2025}}</ref>

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	'''''Assassin's Creed: Mirage''''' is the thirteenth main installment in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)\|''Assassin's Creed'' series]] developed by [[Ubisoft]]. In the game, players take control of a younger version of [[Basim ~~Ibn~~ Ishaq]], a central character from the 2020 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'', and explore his life during the 9th century in the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]'s capital city of [[Baghdad]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=en-us/article/BvgGGDYNnLdApaOgCg5Yz/assassins-creed-mirage-takes-players-to-ninth-century-baghdad\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage Takes Players to Ninth Century Baghdad\|archivedate=20220911035849\|subdomain=news}}</ref>		'''''Assassin's Creed: Mirage''''' is the thirteenth main installment in the [[Assassin's Creed (series)\|''Assassin's Creed'' series]] developed by [[Ubisoft]]. In the game, players take control of a younger version of [[Basim ibn Ishaq]], a central character from the 2020 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'', and explore his life during the 9th century in the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]'s capital city of [[Baghdad]].<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft\|url=en-us/article/BvgGGDYNnLdApaOgCg5Yz/assassins-creed-mirage-takes-players-to-ninth-century-baghdad\|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage Takes Players to Ninth Century Baghdad\|archivedate=20220911035849\|subdomain=news}}</ref>

	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==
	Set a decade prior to the events of ''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'',<ref name="UbiFoward">{{Youtube\|SS_khJE0mbQ\|Assassin's Creed: 2022 Showcase <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|@Ubisoft\|Ubisoft}}</ref> players assume the role of Basim ~~Ibn~~ Ishaq with the gender choices, dialogue options, and relationship possibilities removed. After ''Valhalla'' had the [[raven]] [[Sýnin]] provide [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] with [[Eagle Vision]] despite being a corvid rather than an [[eagle]], ''Mirage'' returns to the method used in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' (2017) and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' (2018) by having the {{Wiki\|Eastern imperial eagle}} [[Enkidu]] aid Basim.<ref name="GameInformer"/>		Set a decade prior to the events of ''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'',<ref name="UbiFoward">{{Youtube\|SS_khJE0mbQ\|Assassin's Creed: 2022 Showcase <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|@Ubisoft\|Ubisoft}}</ref> players assume the role of Basim ibn Ishaq with the gender choices, dialogue options, and relationship possibilities removed. After ''Valhalla'' had the [[raven]] [[Sýnin]] provide [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] with [[Eagle Vision]] despite being a corvid rather than an [[eagle]], ''Mirage'' returns to the method used in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' (2017) and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' (2018) by having the {{Wiki\|Eastern imperial eagle}} [[Enkidu]] aid Basim.<ref name="GameInformer"/>

	The main location of the game is primarily the city of Baghdad, with minor parts of the game also set at the [[Alamut]] [[fort]]ress,<ref name="IGN">{{cite web\|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-mirage-revealed-at-ubisoft-forward\|title=Assassin's Creed Mirage Revealed at Ubisoft Forward\|\|author=Purslow, Matt\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|IGN}}''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=11 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/rnZ8o\| archivedate=11 September 2022}}</ref> but it is not explorable.<ref name="Arabhardware">{{Cite web\|url=https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|title=تفاصيل حصرية عن Assassin's Creed Mirage من مقابلتنا مع مدير الإنتاج!\|transtitle=Exclusive details about Assassin's Creed Mirage from our interview with the production director!\|author=el-Sayegh, Ahmed M.\|publisher=''Arabhardware''\|date=12 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912174314/https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|archivedate=12 September 2022\|language=Arabic}}</ref> The Black Box missions from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' (2014), ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' (2015), and the ''Valhalla'' [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' (2021) make a return, with Basim being able to explore the environment and find different ways to approach and eliminate his targets.<ref name="IGN"/> Another returning feature is the notoriety system that either assists or hinders Basim in his objectives.<ref name="GeekCulture">{{Cite web\|url=https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|title='Assassin's Creed Mirage' Goes Back To Basics With Stealth, Parkour & Assassinations Gameplay Pillars\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910223306/https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|archivedate=10 September 2022\|author=Su, Jake\|publisher=''GeekCulture''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022}}</ref>		The main location of the game is primarily the city of Baghdad, with minor parts of the game also set at the [[Alamut]] [[fort]]ress,<ref name="IGN">{{cite web\|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-mirage-revealed-at-ubisoft-forward\|title=Assassin's Creed Mirage Revealed at Ubisoft Forward\|\|author=Purslow, Matt\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|IGN}}''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=11 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/rnZ8o\| archivedate=11 September 2022}}</ref> but it is not explorable.<ref name="Arabhardware">{{Cite web\|url=https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|title=تفاصيل حصرية عن Assassin's Creed Mirage من مقابلتنا مع مدير الإنتاج!\|transtitle=Exclusive details about Assassin's Creed Mirage from our interview with the production director!\|author=el-Sayegh, Ahmed M.\|publisher=''Arabhardware''\|date=12 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912174314/https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|archivedate=12 September 2022\|language=Arabic}}</ref> The Black Box missions from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' (2014), ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' (2015), and the ''Valhalla'' [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' (2021) make a return, with Basim being able to explore the environment and find different ways to approach and eliminate his targets.<ref name="IGN"/> Another returning feature is the notoriety system that either assists or hinders Basim in his objectives.<ref name="GeekCulture">{{Cite web\|url=https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|title='Assassin's Creed Mirage' Goes Back To Basics With Stealth, Parkour & Assassinations Gameplay Pillars\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910223306/https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|archivedate=10 September 2022\|author=Su, Jake\|publisher=''GeekCulture''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022}}</ref>
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	''In the ninth century CE, Baghdad is at its [[Islamic Golden Age\|height]], leading the world in science, art, innovation, and commerce. Amid its bustling urban landscape, a conflicted young orphan with a tragic past must navigate the streets to survive.''		''In the ninth century CE, Baghdad is at its [[Islamic Golden Age\|height]], leading the world in science, art, innovation, and commerce. Amid its bustling urban landscape, a conflicted young orphan with a tragic past must navigate the streets to survive.''

	''In'' Assassin's Creed® Mirage'', you are Basim ~~Ibn~~ Ishaq, a cunning street [[thief]] with [[Djinn\|nightmarish visions]], seeking answers and justice. After an act of deadly retribution, Basim flees Baghdad and joins an ancient organization—The Hidden Ones. As he learns their mysterious rituals and powerful tenets, he will hone his unique abilities, discover his [[Isu incarnation\|true nature]], and come to understand a [[The Creed\|new Creed]]—one that will change his fate in ways he never could have imagined.''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://store.ubi.com/en-us/assassin-s-creed-mirage/62ea4f8e09372571f2736a71.html\|title=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|publisher=Ubisoft Store\|accessdate=11 September 2022}}</ref>		''In'' Assassin's Creed® Mirage'', you are Basim ibn Ishaq, a cunning street [[thief]] with [[Djinn\|nightmarish visions]], seeking answers and justice. After an act of deadly retribution, Basim flees Baghdad and joins an ancient organization—The Hidden Ones. As he learns their mysterious rituals and powerful tenets, he will hone his unique abilities, discover his [[Isu incarnation\|true nature]], and come to understand a [[The Creed\|new Creed]]—one that will change his fate in ways he never could have imagined.''<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://store.ubi.com/en-us/assassin-s-creed-mirage/62ea4f8e09372571f2736a71.html\|title=Assassin's Creed Mirage\|publisher=Ubisoft Store\|accessdate=11 September 2022}}</ref>

	===Plot===		===Plot===
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	*[[Lee Majdoub]] as [[Basim ~~Ibn~~ Ishaq]]		*[[Lee Majdoub]] as [[Basim ibn Ishaq]]
	*[[Shohreh Aghdashloo]] as [[Roshan]]		*[[Shohreh Aghdashloo]] as [[Roshan]]
	*[[Jan Kamar]] as [[Nehal]]		*[[Jan Kamar]] as [[Nehal]]

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	Six months after ''Mirage''{{'}}s release, Boudon and Sala hosted another AMA in late April 2024. When a fan again inquired whether ''Mirage'' would have an expansion, Boudon reaffirmed ''Mirage'' was "design[ed] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan" and that, while developers "have ideas on how [they] could extend the story of Basim", there were no immediate plans for post-launch media.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1cbvteq/comment/l11332c/\|title=Hi, we are Stephane Boudon and Jean-Luc Sala, developers on Assassin's Creed Mirage. Ask us anything!\|author="Stephane_Boudon"\|date=24 April 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|quote=AssassinsCrypt": Did you ever think about making a DLC/new storyline contents for the game, considering how well it was received by the community?<br>"Stephane_Boudon": Hi there! We're thrill [sic] by the reception of Mirage! Mirage as been design [sic] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan. However, we have ideas on how we could extend the story of Basim, surely. But as of today, no post launch content is planned for Mirage.}}</ref> However, Ubisoft's stance changed by early the next year after its prospects worsened and upon meeting a new investor.		Six months after ''Mirage''{{'}}s release, Boudon and Sala hosted another AMA in late April 2024. When a fan again inquired whether ''Mirage'' would have an expansion, Boudon reaffirmed ''Mirage'' was "design[ed] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan" and that, while developers "have ideas on how [they] could extend the story of Basim", there were no immediate plans for post-launch media.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1cbvteq/comment/l11332c/\|title=Hi, we are Stephane Boudon and Jean-Luc Sala, developers on Assassin's Creed Mirage. Ask us anything!\|author="Stephane_Boudon"\|date=24 April 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|quote=AssassinsCrypt": Did you ever think about making a DLC/new storyline contents for the game, considering how well it was received by the community?<br>"Stephane_Boudon": Hi there! We're thrill [sic] by the reception of Mirage! Mirage as been design [sic] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan. However, we have ideas on how we could extend the story of Basim, surely. But as of today, no post launch content is planned for Mirage.}}</ref> However, Ubisoft's stance changed by early the next year after its prospects worsened and upon meeting a new investor.

	In late January 2025, the [[France\|French]] financial newspaper ''{{Wiki\|Les Echos (France)\|Les Echos}}'' published a {{Wiki\|Scoop (news)\|scoop}} citing insider sources that Ubisoft had brokered a deal with the {{Wiki\|Saudi Arabia}}n [[Monarchy\|kingdom]]'s ruling {{Wiki\|House of Saud}} after the company CEO [[Yves Guillemot]] joined then-{{Wiki\|President of France}} {{Wiki\|Emmanuel Macron}}'s business entourage on his December 2024 {{Wiki\|state visit}} to the kingdom's capital of {{Wiki\|Riyadh}}.<ref name="Echos">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|title=L'étonnant deal d'Ubisoft avec l'Arabie saoudite\|transtitle=Ubisoft's surprising deal with Saudi Arabia\|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20250124152612/https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|archivedate=24 January 2025\|author=Richaud, Nicolas\|date=24 January 2025\|publisher=''Les Echos''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|language=French}}</ref> At the time, the company was experiencing severe financial difficulties<ref name="Echos"/> after having just shut down their [[Osaka]] branch's project ''{{Wiki\|XDefiant}}'' due to insufficient player spending in-game<ref name="XDefiantShutDown">{{Cite web\|url=https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|title=EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft's XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204005129/https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|archivedate=4 December 2024\|author=Henderson, Tom\|publisher=''Insider Gaming''\|date=3 December 2024\|accessdate=22 January 2025}}</ref> and following dissatisfactory sales of their 2024 titles ''~~[[w:c:starwars:Star Wars Outlaws~~\|Star Wars Outlaws]]'' <ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release">{{Ubisoft\|url=8aefmxkxpxwl/1wUjJWUQSIVMlZbKQ2707e/c0b1cd1c71ab30838e51d5e24764577f/Press_release_09_01_2025_vfinal.pdf\|text=Strategic update\|archivedate=20250109171130\|subdomain=staticctf}}</ref> and ''{{Wiki\|Skull and Bones (video game)\|Skull and Bones}}''. This caused Ubisoft's {{Wiki\|market share}} to drop nearly 50% and put its value to its lowest level of just under €1.5 billion,<ref name="Echos"/> prompting Guillemot to release a press statement on 9 January saying that the company had appointed advisors to review and pursue all possible options to return and ensure stakeholders' profits.<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/>		In late January 2025, the [[France\|French]] financial newspaper ''{{Wiki\|Les Echos (France)\|Les Echos}}'' published a {{Wiki\|Scoop (news)\|scoop}} citing insider sources that Ubisoft had brokered a deal with the {{Wiki\|Saudi Arabia}}n [[Monarchy\|kingdom]]'s ruling {{Wiki\|House of Saud}} after the company CEO [[Yves Guillemot]] joined then-{{Wiki\|President of France}} {{Wiki\|Emmanuel Macron}}'s business entourage on his December 2024 {{Wiki\|state visit}} to the kingdom's capital of {{Wiki\|Riyadh}}.<ref name="Echos">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|title=L'étonnant deal d'Ubisoft avec l'Arabie saoudite\|transtitle=Ubisoft's surprising deal with Saudi Arabia\|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20250124152612/https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|archivedate=24 January 2025\|author=Richaud, Nicolas\|date=24 January 2025\|publisher=''Les Echos''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|language=French}}</ref> At the time, the company was experiencing severe financial difficulties<ref name="Echos"/> after having just shut down their [[Osaka]] branch's project ''{{Wiki\|XDefiant}}'' due to insufficient player spending in-game<ref name="XDefiantShutDown">{{Cite web\|url=https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|title=EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft's XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204005129/https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|archivedate=4 December 2024\|author=Henderson, Tom\|publisher=''Insider Gaming''\|date=3 December 2024\|accessdate=22 January 2025}}</ref> and following dissatisfactory sales of their 2024 titles ''{{Wiki\|Star Wars Outlaws}}'' <ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release">{{Ubisoft\|url=8aefmxkxpxwl/1wUjJWUQSIVMlZbKQ2707e/c0b1cd1c71ab30838e51d5e24764577f/Press_release_09_01_2025_vfinal.pdf\|text=Strategic update\|archivedate=20250109171130\|subdomain=staticctf}}</ref> and ''{{Wiki\|Skull and Bones (video game)\|Skull and Bones}}''. This caused Ubisoft's {{Wiki\|market share}} to drop nearly 50% and put its value to its lowest level of just under €1.5 billion,<ref name="Echos"/> prompting Guillemot to release a press statement on 9 January saying that the company had appointed advisors to review and pursue all possible options to return and ensure stakeholders' profits.<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/>

	In Riyadh, Guillemot met and entered into discussions with executives from {{Wiki\|Savvy Games Group}}, a Saudi gaming investment and development company founded and owned by the state's {{Wiki\|sovereign wealth fund}}, the {{Wiki\|Public Investment Fund}}. With the wealth fund's deep pockets, having invested nearly $40 billion in gaming in 2023, Ubisoft had seemingly found relief for itself. Guillemot's talks ended with an agreement that Ubisoft would make a ''Mirage'' expansion in exchange for Savvy Games Group being the content's main financer, though the deal's exact terms remained confidential. When ''Les Echos'' approached Ubisoft for comment, company spokespeople first reiterated their stance from their press release,<ref name="Echos"/> that Ubisoft would "inform the market [only] if and once a transaction materialize[d]",<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/> before refusing to talk to ''{{Wiki\|Eurogamer}}''{{'}}s later follow-up about it and deflecting to focus on the then-recent release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="Eurogamer">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|title=Ubisoft responds to report claiming it's signed a Saudi deal for fresh Assassin's Creed Mirage content\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127122928/https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|archivedate=27 January 2025\|author=Phillips, Tom\|date=27 January 2025\|publisher=''Eurogamer''\|accessdate=5 September 2025}}</ref>		In Riyadh, Guillemot met and entered into discussions with executives from {{Wiki\|Savvy Games Group}}, a Saudi gaming investment and development company founded and owned by the state's {{Wiki\|sovereign wealth fund}}, the {{Wiki\|Public Investment Fund}}. With the wealth fund's deep pockets, having invested nearly $40 billion in gaming in 2023, Ubisoft had seemingly found relief for itself. Guillemot's talks ended with an agreement that Ubisoft would make a ''Mirage'' expansion in exchange for Savvy Games Group being the content's main financer, though the deal's exact terms remained confidential. When ''Les Echos'' approached Ubisoft for comment, company spokespeople first reiterated their stance from their press release,<ref name="Echos"/> that Ubisoft would "inform the market [only] if and once a transaction materialize[d]",<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/> before refusing to talk to ''{{Wiki\|Eurogamer}}''{{'}}s later follow-up about it and deflecting to focus on the then-recent release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="Eurogamer">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|title=Ubisoft responds to report claiming it's signed a Saudi deal for fresh Assassin's Creed Mirage content\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127122928/https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|archivedate=27 January 2025\|author=Phillips, Tom\|date=27 January 2025\|publisher=''Eurogamer''\|accessdate=5 September 2025}}</ref>

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	Six months after ''Mirage''{{'}}s release, Boudon and Sala hosted another AMA in late April 2024. When a fan again inquired whether ''Mirage'' would have an expansion, Boudon reaffirmed ''Mirage'' was "design[ed] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan" and that, while developers "have ideas on how [they] could extend the story of Basim", there were no immediate plans for post-launch media.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1cbvteq/comment/l11332c/\|title=Hi, we are Stephane Boudon and Jean-Luc Sala, developers on Assassin's Creed Mirage. Ask us anything!\|author="Stephane_Boudon"\|date=24 April 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|quote=AssassinsCrypt": Did you ever think about making a DLC/new storyline contents for the game, considering how well it was received by the community?<br>"Stephane_Boudon": Hi there! We're thrill [sic] by the reception of Mirage! Mirage as been design [sic] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan. However, we have ideas on how we could extend the story of Basim, surely. But as of today, no post launch content is planned for Mirage.}}</ref> However, Ubisoft's stance changed by early the next year after its prospects worsened and upon meeting a new investor.		Six months after ''Mirage''{{'}}s release, Boudon and Sala hosted another AMA in late April 2024. When a fan again inquired whether ''Mirage'' would have an expansion, Boudon reaffirmed ''Mirage'' was "design[ed] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan" and that, while developers "have ideas on how [they] could extend the story of Basim", there were no immediate plans for post-launch media.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1cbvteq/comment/l11332c/\|title=Hi, we are Stephane Boudon and Jean-Luc Sala, developers on Assassin's Creed Mirage. Ask us anything!\|author="Stephane_Boudon"\|date=24 April 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|quote=AssassinsCrypt": Did you ever think about making a DLC/new storyline contents for the game, considering how well it was received by the community?<br>"Stephane_Boudon": Hi there! We're thrill [sic] by the reception of Mirage! Mirage as been design [sic] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan. However, we have ideas on how we could extend the story of Basim, surely. But as of today, no post launch content is planned for Mirage.}}</ref> However, Ubisoft's stance changed by early the next year after its prospects worsened and upon meeting a new investor.

	In late January 2025, the [[France\|French]] financial newspaper ''{{Wiki\|Les Echos (France)\|Les Echos}}'' published a {{Wiki\|Scoop (news)\|scoop}} citing insider sources that Ubisoft had brokered a deal with the {{Wiki\|Saudi Arabia}}n [[Monarchy\|kingdom]]'s ruling {{Wiki\|House of Saud}} after the company CEO [[Yves Guillemot]] joined then-{{Wiki\|President of France}} {{Wiki\|Emmanuel Macron}}'s business entourage on his December 2024 {{Wiki\|state visit}} to the kingdom's capital of {{Wiki\|Riyadh}}.<ref name="Echos">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|title=L'étonnant deal d'Ubisoft avec l'Arabie saoudite\|transtitle=Ubisoft's surprising deal with Saudi Arabia\|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20250124152612/https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|archivedate=24 January 2025\|author=Richaud, Nicolas\|date=24 January 2025\|publisher=''Les Echos''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|language=French}}</ref> At the time, the company was experiencing severe financial difficulties<ref name="Echos"/> after having just shut down their [[Osaka]] branch's project ''~~[[w:c:xdefiant~~\|XDefiant]]'' due to insufficient player spending in-game<ref name="XDefiantShutDown">{{Cite web\|url=https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|title=EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft's XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204005129/https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|archivedate=4 December 2024\|author=Henderson, Tom\|publisher=''Insider Gaming''\|date=3 December 2024\|accessdate=22 January 2025}}</ref> and following dissatisfactory sales of their 2024 titles ''[[w:c:starwars:Star Wars Outlaws\|Star Wars Outlaws]]'' <ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release">{{Ubisoft\|url=8aefmxkxpxwl/1wUjJWUQSIVMlZbKQ2707e/c0b1cd1c71ab30838e51d5e24764577f/Press_release_09_01_2025_vfinal.pdf\|text=Strategic update\|archivedate=20250109171130\|subdomain=staticctf}}</ref> and ''{{Wiki\|Skull and Bones (video game)\|Skull and Bones}}''. This caused Ubisoft's {{Wiki\|market share}} to drop nearly 50% and put its value to its lowest level of just under €1.5 billion,<ref name="Echos"/> prompting Guillemot to release a press statement on 9 January saying that the company had appointed advisors to review and pursue all possible options to return and ensure stakeholders' profits.<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/>		In late January 2025, the [[France\|French]] financial newspaper ''{{Wiki\|Les Echos (France)\|Les Echos}}'' published a {{Wiki\|Scoop (news)\|scoop}} citing insider sources that Ubisoft had brokered a deal with the {{Wiki\|Saudi Arabia}}n [[Monarchy\|kingdom]]'s ruling {{Wiki\|House of Saud}} after the company CEO [[Yves Guillemot]] joined then-{{Wiki\|President of France}} {{Wiki\|Emmanuel Macron}}'s business entourage on his December 2024 {{Wiki\|state visit}} to the kingdom's capital of {{Wiki\|Riyadh}}.<ref name="Echos">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|title=L'étonnant deal d'Ubisoft avec l'Arabie saoudite\|transtitle=Ubisoft's surprising deal with Saudi Arabia\|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20250124152612/https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|archivedate=24 January 2025\|author=Richaud, Nicolas\|date=24 January 2025\|publisher=''Les Echos''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|language=French}}</ref> At the time, the company was experiencing severe financial difficulties<ref name="Echos"/> after having just shut down their [[Osaka]] branch's project ''{{Wiki\|XDefiant}}'' due to insufficient player spending in-game<ref name="XDefiantShutDown">{{Cite web\|url=https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|title=EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft's XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204005129/https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|archivedate=4 December 2024\|author=Henderson, Tom\|publisher=''Insider Gaming''\|date=3 December 2024\|accessdate=22 January 2025}}</ref> and following dissatisfactory sales of their 2024 titles ''[[w:c:starwars:Star Wars Outlaws\|Star Wars Outlaws]]'' <ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release">{{Ubisoft\|url=8aefmxkxpxwl/1wUjJWUQSIVMlZbKQ2707e/c0b1cd1c71ab30838e51d5e24764577f/Press_release_09_01_2025_vfinal.pdf\|text=Strategic update\|archivedate=20250109171130\|subdomain=staticctf}}</ref> and ''{{Wiki\|Skull and Bones (video game)\|Skull and Bones}}''. This caused Ubisoft's {{Wiki\|market share}} to drop nearly 50% and put its value to its lowest level of just under €1.5 billion,<ref name="Echos"/> prompting Guillemot to release a press statement on 9 January saying that the company had appointed advisors to review and pursue all possible options to return and ensure stakeholders' profits.<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/>

	In Riyadh, Guillemot met and entered into discussions with executives from {{Wiki\|Savvy Games Group}}, a Saudi gaming investment and development company founded and owned by the state's {{Wiki\|sovereign wealth fund}}, the {{Wiki\|Public Investment Fund}}. With the wealth fund's deep pockets, having invested nearly $40 billion in gaming in 2023, Ubisoft had seemingly found relief for itself. Guillemot's talks ended with an agreement that Ubisoft would make a ''Mirage'' expansion in exchange for Savvy Games Group being the content's main financer, though the deal's exact terms remained confidential. When ''Les Echos'' approached Ubisoft for comment, company spokespeople first reiterated their stance from their press release,<ref name="Echos"/> that Ubisoft would "inform the market [only] if and once a transaction materialize[d]",<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/> before refusing to talk to ''{{Wiki\|Eurogamer}}''{{'}}s later follow-up about it and deflecting to focus on the then-recent release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="Eurogamer">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|title=Ubisoft responds to report claiming it's signed a Saudi deal for fresh Assassin's Creed Mirage content\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127122928/https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|archivedate=27 January 2025\|author=Phillips, Tom\|date=27 January 2025\|publisher=''Eurogamer''\|accessdate=5 September 2025}}</ref>		In Riyadh, Guillemot met and entered into discussions with executives from {{Wiki\|Savvy Games Group}}, a Saudi gaming investment and development company founded and owned by the state's {{Wiki\|sovereign wealth fund}}, the {{Wiki\|Public Investment Fund}}. With the wealth fund's deep pockets, having invested nearly $40 billion in gaming in 2023, Ubisoft had seemingly found relief for itself. Guillemot's talks ended with an agreement that Ubisoft would make a ''Mirage'' expansion in exchange for Savvy Games Group being the content's main financer, though the deal's exact terms remained confidential. When ''Les Echos'' approached Ubisoft for comment, company spokespeople first reiterated their stance from their press release,<ref name="Echos"/> that Ubisoft would "inform the market [only] if and once a transaction materialize[d]",<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/> before refusing to talk to ''{{Wiki\|Eurogamer}}''{{'}}s later follow-up about it and deflecting to focus on the then-recent release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="Eurogamer">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|title=Ubisoft responds to report claiming it's signed a Saudi deal for fresh Assassin's Creed Mirage content\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127122928/https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|archivedate=27 January 2025\|author=Phillips, Tom\|date=27 January 2025\|publisher=''Eurogamer''\|accessdate=5 September 2025}}</ref>

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	Over the next several months, Basim is trained in the Hidden Ones' ways at their fortress of Alamut, under Roshan's guidance. After completing his [[Initiation into the Assassin Order\|initiation]] into the Brotherhood, Basim, along with Roshan, [[Fuladh Al Haami]], and other Hidden Ones, is sent to Baghdad to investigate the growing influence of the Order of the Ancients, who ~~have begun influencing the Caliphate's inner workings in~~ the [[Anarchy at Samarra\|~~aftermath~~]] of al-Mutawakkil's death.		Over the next several months, Basim is trained in the Hidden Ones' ways at their fortress of Alamut, under Roshan's guidance. After completing his [[Initiation into the Assassin Order\|initiation]] into the Brotherhood, Basim, along with Roshan, [[Fuladh Al Haami]], and other Hidden Ones, is sent to Baghdad to investigate the growing influence of the Order of the Ancients, who are taking advantage of the [[Anarchy at Samarra\|political instability]] caused by al-Mutawakkil's death to manipulate the Caliphate's inner workings.

	Once in Baghdad, Basim attempts to locate [[Ali ibn Muhammad]], the Zanj Rebellion's leader and a Hidden One ally, who was captured by the Order's forces. In the process, he is reunited with Dervis and meets [[Beshi]], Ali's second-in-command. After Basim rescues Ali from the [[Damascus Gate Prison]], the rebel leader helps the Hidden Ones identify the [[Soap Boiler's District\|soap mill]] owner [[Mas'ood Al-Ya'qoob]] as a member of the Order. Basim subsequently assassinates Mas'ood at a [[Caravanserai, Baghdad\|caravanserai]] where the Ancient was purchasing slaves for the Order's [[Excavation Site, Baghdad\|dig sites]] in the desert.		Once in Baghdad, Basim attempts to locate [[Ali ibn Muhammad]], the Zanj Rebellion's leader and a Hidden One ally, who was captured by the Order's forces. In the process, he is reunited with Dervis and meets [[Beshi]], Ali's second-in-command. After Basim rescues Ali from the [[Damascus Gate Prison]], the rebel leader helps the Hidden Ones identify the [[Soap Boiler's District\|soap mill]] owner [[Mas'ood Al-Ya'qoob]] as a member of the Order. Basim subsequently assassinates Mas'ood at a [[Caravanserai, Baghdad\|caravanserai]] where the Ancient was purchasing slaves for the Order's [[Excavation Site, Baghdad\|dig sites]] in the desert.
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	With only the Order's [[Ra's Al-Af'a]] left, Basim tries to discern their identity by investigating three suspects: the poet [[Arib Al-Ma'muniyya]], Baghdad's governor [[Muhammad ibn Tahir]], and the royal concubine [[Qabiha]]. His investigation reveals that the Order has made a deal with Muhammad to remove the [[Tahirids]]' protection of Alamut, and that Qabiha is leading the Order in Baghdad. Infiltrating the [[Palace of the Green Dome\|Caliphal Palace]] to assassinate her, Basim hesitates when Qabiha reveals that she is aware of his true nature and urges him to ~~investigate~~ an Isu [[Alamut Temple\|temple]] under Alamut.		With only the Order's [[Ra's Al-Af'a]] left, Basim tries to discern their identity by investigating three suspects: the poet [[Arib Al-Ma'muniyya]], Baghdad's governor [[Muhammad ibn Tahir]], and the royal concubine [[Qabiha]]. His investigation reveals that the Order has made a deal with Muhammad to remove the [[Tahirids]]' protection of Alamut, and that Qabiha is leading the Order in Baghdad. Infiltrating the [[Palace of the Green Dome\|Caliphal Palace]] to assassinate her, Basim hesitates when Qabiha reveals that she is aware of his true nature and urges him to find an Isu [[Alamut Temple\|temple]] under Alamut.

	Roshan, who followed Basim, kills Qabiha and reprimands her apprentice for his disobedience, before trying to convince him to forget about the Isu temple and return to the Hidden Ones. However, Basim, now sharing Nehal's distrust of the Brotherhood, refuses and decides to travel to Alamut to uncover the truth about himself. Joined by Nehal, he arrives in the midst of an attack by Tahirid forces and is knocked unconscious, but is saved by his friend [[Nur]], who has been mortally wounded.		Roshan, who followed Basim, kills Qabiha and reprimands her apprentice for his disobedience, before trying to convince him to forget about the Isu temple and return to the Hidden Ones. However, Basim, now sharing Nehal's distrust of the Brotherhood, refuses and decides to travel to Alamut to uncover the truth about himself. Joined by Nehal, he arrives in the midst of an attack by Tahirid forces and is knocked unconscious, but is saved by his friend [[Nur]], who has been mortally wounded.

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	==Gameplay==		==Gameplay==
	Set a decade prior to the events of ''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'',<ref name="UbiFoward">{{Youtube\|SS_khJE0mbQ\|Assassin's Creed: 2022 Showcase <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|@Ubisoft\|Ubisoft}}</ref> players assume the role of Basim ibn Ishaq with the gender choices, dialogue options, and relationship possibilities removed. After ''Valhalla'' had the [[raven]] [[Sýnin]] provide [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] with [[Eagle Vision]] despite being a corvid rather than an [[eagle]], ''Mirage'' returns to the method used in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' (2017) and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' (2018) by having the {{Wiki\|~~Eastern~~ imperial eagle}} [[Enkidu]] aid Basim.<ref name="GameInformer"/>		Set a decade prior to the events of ''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'',<ref name="UbiFoward">{{Youtube\|SS_khJE0mbQ\|Assassin's Creed: 2022 Showcase <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|@Ubisoft\|Ubisoft}}</ref> players assume the role of Basim ibn Ishaq with the gender choices, dialogue options, and relationship possibilities removed. After ''Valhalla'' had the [[raven]] [[Sýnin]] provide [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] with [[Eagle Vision]] despite being a corvid rather than an [[eagle]], ''Mirage'' returns to the method used in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' (2017) and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' (2018) by having the {{Wiki\|eastern imperial eagle}} [[Enkidu]] aid Basim.<ref name="GameInformer"/>

	The main ~~location~~ of the game is ~~primarily~~ the city of Baghdad, with minor parts of the game also ~~set~~ at the [[Alamut]] [[fort]]ress,<ref name="IGN">{{cite web\|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-mirage-revealed-at-ubisoft-forward\|title=Assassin's Creed Mirage Revealed at Ubisoft Forward\|\|author=Purslow, Matt\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|IGN}}''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=11 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/rnZ8o\| archivedate=11 September 2022}}</ref> but it is not explorable.<ref name="Arabhardware">{{Cite web\|url=https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|title=تفاصيل حصرية عن Assassin's Creed Mirage من مقابلتنا مع مدير الإنتاج!\|transtitle=Exclusive details about Assassin's Creed Mirage from our interview with the production director!\|author=el-Sayegh, Ahmed M.\|publisher=''Arabhardware''\|date=12 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912174314/https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|archivedate=12 September 2022\|language=Arabic}}</ref> The Black Box missions from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' (2014), ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' (2015), and the ''Valhalla'' [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' (2021) make a return, with Basim being able to explore the environment and find different ways to approach and eliminate his targets.<ref name="IGN"/> Another returning feature is the notoriety system that either assists or hinders Basim in his objectives.<ref name="GeekCulture">{{Cite web\|url=https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|title='Assassin's Creed Mirage' Goes Back To Basics With Stealth, Parkour & Assassinations Gameplay Pillars\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910223306/https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|archivedate=10 September 2022\|author=Su, Jake\|publisher=''GeekCulture''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022}}</ref>		The main setting of the game is the city of Baghdad, with minor parts of the game also taking place at the [[Alamut]] [[fort]]ress,<ref name="IGN">{{cite web\|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-mirage-revealed-at-ubisoft-forward\|title=Assassin's Creed Mirage Revealed at Ubisoft Forward\|\|author=Purslow, Matt\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|IGN}}''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=11 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/rnZ8o\| archivedate=11 September 2022}}</ref> but it is not explorable.<ref name="Arabhardware">{{Cite web\|url=https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|title=تفاصيل حصرية عن Assassin's Creed Mirage من مقابلتنا مع مدير الإنتاج!\|transtitle=Exclusive details about Assassin's Creed Mirage from our interview with the production director!\|author=el-Sayegh, Ahmed M.\|publisher=''Arabhardware''\|date=12 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220912174314/https://arabhardware.net/articles/assassin-s-creed-mirage-lead-producer-interview\|archivedate=12 September 2022\|language=Arabic}}</ref> The Black Box missions from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' (2014), ''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' (2015), and the ''Valhalla'' [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' (2021) make a return, with Basim being able to explore the environment and find different ways to approach and eliminate his targets.<ref name="IGN"/> Another returning feature is the notoriety system that either assists or hinders Basim in his objectives.<ref name="GeekCulture">{{Cite web\|url=https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|title='Assassin's Creed Mirage' Goes Back To Basics With Stealth, Parkour & Assassinations Gameplay Pillars\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910223306/https://geekculture.co/assassins-creed-mirage-interview-stephane-boudon-ubisoft-bordeaux/\|archivedate=10 September 2022\|author=Su, Jake\|publisher=''GeekCulture''\|date=11 September 2022\|accessdate=14 September 2022}}</ref>

	Basim has a variety of weapons and tools at his disposal, including [[smoke screen bomb\|smoke bombs]], the [[Hidden Blade]],<ref name="GameInformer"/> a [[blowpipe]] and [[dart]]s, mines, [[Throwing knife\|throwing knives]] and [[Cherry bomb\|noise makers]].<ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|@Ubisoft\|Ubisoft}}</ref> The game does not feature a leveling and XP system like its predecessors, only tool improvement. To upgrade his tools, Basim will have to visit the triplet inventor brothers [[Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa\|Abu Jafar Muhammad]], [[Al-Hasan ibn Musa\|Al-Hasan]], or [[Ahmad ibn Musa\|Ahmad]] at any of the Hidden Ones [[Assassin bureau\|bureaus]] in Baghdad.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/1631436/assassin-s-creed-mirage-retour-aux-sources-bagdad-basim-le-prochain-jeu-d-ubisoft-se-devoile.htm\|title=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: retour aux sources, Bagdad, Basim... le prochain jeu d'Ubisoft se dévoile.\|transtitle=Assassin's Creed Mirage: back to basics, Baghdad, Basim... Ubisoft's next game revealed\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910203101/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/1631436/assassin-s-creed-mirage-retour-aux-sources-bagdad-basim-le-prochain-jeu-d-ubisoft-se-devoile.htm\|archivedate=10 September 2022\|author=Meakaya\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|Jeuxvideo.com}}''\|date=10 September 2022\|language=French}}</ref> A [[Skill Tree (Assassin's Creed: Mirage)\|skill tree]] allows the player to choose different effects for each of Basim's tools or weapons. A new mechanic, Assassin Focus, resembles the various enhanced abilities [[Kassandra]] had access to in ''Odyssey'' through the [[Spear of Leonidas]] and can be used to assassinate multiple enemies in rapid succession.<ref name="GeekCulture"/>		Basim has a variety of weapons and tools at his disposal, including [[smoke screen bomb\|smoke bombs]], the [[Hidden Blade]],<ref name="GameInformer"/> a [[blowpipe]] and [[dart]]s, mines, [[Throwing knife\|throwing knives]] and [[Cherry bomb\|noise makers]].<ref name="TrailerBreakdown">{{Youtube\|video=dKox5i_T6XA\|text=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>\|</nowiki> #UbiForward\|@Ubisoft\|Ubisoft}}</ref> The game does not feature a leveling and XP system like its predecessors, only tool improvement. To upgrade his tools, Basim will have to visit the triplet inventor brothers [[Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa\|Abu Jafar Muhammad]], [[Al-Hasan ibn Musa\|Al-Hasan]], or [[Ahmad ibn Musa\|Ahmad]] at any of the Hidden Ones [[Assassin bureau\|bureaus]] in Baghdad.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/1631436/assassin-s-creed-mirage-retour-aux-sources-bagdad-basim-le-prochain-jeu-d-ubisoft-se-devoile.htm\|title=Assassin’s Creed Mirage: retour aux sources, Bagdad, Basim... le prochain jeu d'Ubisoft se dévoile.\|transtitle=Assassin's Creed Mirage: back to basics, Baghdad, Basim... Ubisoft's next game revealed\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910203101/https://www.jeuxvideo.com/news/1631436/assassin-s-creed-mirage-retour-aux-sources-bagdad-basim-le-prochain-jeu-d-ubisoft-se-devoile.htm\|archivedate=10 September 2022\|author=Meakaya\|publisher=''{{Wiki\|Jeuxvideo.com}}''\|date=10 September 2022\|language=French}}</ref> A [[Skill Tree (Assassin's Creed: Mirage)\|skill tree]] allows the player to choose different effects for each of Basim's tools or weapons. A new mechanic, Assassin Focus, resembles the various enhanced abilities [[Kassandra]] had access to in ''Odyssey'' through the [[Spear of Leonidas]] and can be used to assassinate multiple enemies in rapid succession.<ref name="GeekCulture"/>
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	During the 860s, Basim is a young thief living in [[Anbar]] with his childhood friend [[Nehal]]. For his entire life, Basim has been haunted by visions of a [[djinn]], which Nehal had been helping him cope with. While a simple thief, Basim has greater aspirations and wishes to join his idols, the Hidden Ones, and become a protector of the people like them.		During the 860s, Basim is a young thief living in [[Anbar]] with his childhood friend [[Nehal]]. For his entire life, Basim has been haunted by visions of a [[djinn]], which Nehal had been helping him cope with. While a simple thief, Basim has greater aspirations and wishes to join his idols, the Hidden Ones, and become a protector of the people like them.

	In 861, Basim is given a chance to achieve his dream after meeting the Hidden One [[Roshan]] while completing a contract for his employer [[Dervis]]. However, Roshan refuses to recruit Basim into the Brotherhood, so he decides to impress her by stealing a [[Treasure chest\|chest]] sought by the Hidden Ones from the [[~~Caliph~~]]'s [[Winter Palace, Anbar\|Winter Palace]]. While breaking into the palace alongside Nehal, Basim witnesses the ~~Caliph~~, [[al-Mutawakkil]], being threatened by masked members of the [[Order of the Ancients]], and discovers the chest's contents to be a [[Memory Seals\|Memory Seal]], which activates in his hands.		In 861, Basim is given a chance to achieve his dream after meeting the Hidden One [[Roshan]] while completing a contract for his employer [[Dervis]]. However, Roshan refuses to recruit Basim into the Brotherhood, so he decides to impress her by stealing a [[Treasure chest\|chest]] sought by the Hidden Ones from the [[caliph]]'s [[Winter Palace, Anbar\|Winter Palace]]. While breaking into the palace alongside Nehal, Basim witnesses the caliph, [[al-Mutawakkil]], being threatened by masked members of the [[Order of the Ancients]], and discovers the chest's contents to be a [[Memory Seals\|Memory Seal]], which activates in his hands.

	After al-Mutawakkil confronts Basim and attempts to strangle him for stealing the artifact, Nehal comes to his rescue, killing the ~~Caliph~~. Basim then escapes from the palace with the Memory Seal and is approached by Roshan the following day. She takes the artifact and invites Basim to flee Anbar with her, as the Caliphate [[Soldier\|guards]] are hunting him down in retaliation for al-Mutawakkil's murder. Basim refuses at first, but after discovering that the guards have executed most of his thief network, he angrily blames Nehal and flees the city with Roshan.		After al-Mutawakkil confronts Basim and attempts to strangle him for stealing the artifact, Nehal comes to his rescue, killing the caliph. Basim then escapes from the palace with the Memory Seal and is approached by Roshan the following day. She takes the artifact and invites Basim to flee Anbar with her, as the Caliphate [[Soldier\|guards]] are hunting him down in retaliation for al-Mutawakkil's murder. Basim refuses at first, but after discovering that the guards have executed most of his thief network, he angrily blames Nehal and flees the city with Roshan.

	[[File:ACMir Taking Flight 17.png\|thumb\|250px\|Basim's initiation into the Hidden Ones]]		[[File:ACMir Taking Flight 17.png\|thumb\|250px\|Basim's initiation into the Hidden Ones]]

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	[[File:ACMir Taking Flight 17.png\|thumb\|250px\|Basim's initiation into the Hidden Ones]]		[[File:ACMir Taking Flight 17.png\|thumb\|250px\|Basim's initiation into the Hidden Ones]]
	Over the next several months, Basim is trained in the Hidden Ones' ways at their fortress of Alamut, under Roshan's guidance. After completing his [[Initiation into the Assassin Order\|initiation]] into the Brotherhood, Basim, along with Roshan, [[Fuladh Al Haami]], and other Hidden Ones, is sent to Baghdad to investigate the growing influence of the Order of the Ancients, who ~~have begun influencing the Caliphate's inner workings in~~ the [[Anarchy at Samarra\|~~aftermath~~]] of al-Mutawakkil's death.		Over the next several months, Basim is trained in the Hidden Ones' ways at their fortress of Alamut, under Roshan's guidance. After completing his [[Initiation into the Assassin Order\|initiation]] into the Brotherhood, Basim, along with Roshan, [[Fuladh Al Haami]], and other Hidden Ones, is sent to Baghdad to investigate the growing influence of the Order of the Ancients, who are taking advantage of the [[Anarchy at Samarra\|political instability]] caused by al-Mutawakkil's death to manipulate the Caliphate's inner workings.

	Once in Baghdad, Basim attempts to locate [[Ali ibn Muhammad]], the Zanj Rebellion's leader and a Hidden One ally, who was captured by the Order's forces. In the process, he is reunited with Dervis and meets [[Beshi]], Ali's second-in-command. After Basim rescues Ali from the [[Damascus Gate Prison]], the rebel leader helps the Hidden Ones identify the [[Soap Boiler's District\|soap mill]] owner [[Mas'ood Al-Ya'qoob]] as a member of the Order. Basim subsequently assassinates Mas'ood at a [[Caravanserai, Baghdad\|caravanserai]] where the Ancient was purchasing slaves for the Order's [[Excavation Site, Baghdad\|dig sites]] in the desert.		Once in Baghdad, Basim attempts to locate [[Ali ibn Muhammad]], the Zanj Rebellion's leader and a Hidden One ally, who was captured by the Order's forces. In the process, he is reunited with Dervis and meets [[Beshi]], Ali's second-in-command. After Basim rescues Ali from the [[Damascus Gate Prison]], the rebel leader helps the Hidden Ones identify the [[Soap Boiler's District\|soap mill]] owner [[Mas'ood Al-Ya'qoob]] as a member of the Order. Basim subsequently assassinates Mas'ood at a [[Caravanserai, Baghdad\|caravanserai]] where the Ancient was purchasing slaves for the Order's [[Excavation Site, Baghdad\|dig sites]] in the desert.
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	[[File:ACMir The Serpent's Nest 22.png\|thumb\|250px\|Qabiha telling Basim about the Isu temple under Alamut]]		[[File:ACMir The Serpent's Nest 22.png\|thumb\|250px\|Qabiha telling Basim about the Isu temple under Alamut]]
	With only the Order's [[Ra's Al-Af'a]] left, Basim tries to discern their identity by investigating three suspects: the poet [[Arib Al-Ma'muniyya]], Baghdad's governor [[Muhammad ibn Tahir]], and the royal concubine [[Qabiha]]. His investigation reveals that the Order has made a deal with Muhammad to remove the [[Tahirids]]' protection of Alamut, and that Qabiha is leading the Order in Baghdad. Infiltrating the [[Palace of the Green Dome\|Caliphal Palace]] to assassinate her, Basim hesitates when Qabiha reveals that she is aware of his true nature and urges him to ~~investigate~~ an Isu [[Alamut Temple\|temple]] under Alamut.		With only the Order's [[Ra's Al-Af'a]] left, Basim tries to discern their identity by investigating three suspects: the poet [[Arib Al-Ma'muniyya]], Baghdad's governor [[Muhammad ibn Tahir]], and the royal concubine [[Qabiha]]. His investigation reveals that the Order has made a deal with Muhammad to remove the [[Tahirids]]' protection of Alamut, and that Qabiha is leading the Order in Baghdad. Infiltrating the [[Palace of the Green Dome\|Caliphal Palace]] to assassinate her, Basim hesitates when Qabiha reveals that she is aware of his true nature and urges him to find an Isu [[Alamut Temple\|temple]] under Alamut.

	Roshan, who followed Basim, kills Qabiha and reprimands her apprentice for his disobedience, before trying to convince him to forget about the Isu temple and return to the Hidden Ones. However, Basim, now sharing Nehal's distrust of the Brotherhood, refuses and decides to travel to Alamut to uncover the truth about himself. Joined by Nehal, he arrives in the midst of an attack by Tahirid forces and is knocked unconscious, but is saved by his friend [[Nur]], who has been mortally wounded.		Roshan, who followed Basim, kills Qabiha and reprimands her apprentice for his disobedience, before trying to convince him to forget about the Isu temple and return to the Hidden Ones. However, Basim, now sharing Nehal's distrust of the Brotherhood, refuses and decides to travel to Alamut to uncover the truth about himself. Joined by Nehal, he arrives in the midst of an attack by Tahirid forces and is knocked unconscious, but is saved by his friend [[Nur]], who has been mortally wounded.

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	Six months after ''Mirage''{{'}}s release, Boudon and Sala hosted another AMA in late April 2024. When a fan again inquired whether ''Mirage'' would have an expansion, Boudon reaffirmed ''Mirage'' was "design[ed] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan" and that, while developers "have ideas on how [they] could extend the story of Basim", there were no immediate plans for post-launch media.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1cbvteq/comment/l11332c/\|title=Hi, we are Stephane Boudon and Jean-Luc Sala, developers on Assassin's Creed Mirage. Ask us anything!\|author="Stephane_Boudon"\|date=24 April 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|quote=AssassinsCrypt": Did you ever think about making a DLC/new storyline contents for the game, considering how well it was received by the community?<br>"Stephane_Boudon": Hi there! We're thrill [sic] by the reception of Mirage! Mirage as been design [sic] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan. However, we have ideas on how we could extend the story of Basim, surely. But as of today, no post launch content is planned for Mirage.}}</ref> However, Ubisoft's stance changed by early the next year after its prospects worsened and upon meeting a new investor.		Six months after ''Mirage''{{'}}s release, Boudon and Sala hosted another AMA in late April 2024. When a fan again inquired whether ''Mirage'' would have an expansion, Boudon reaffirmed ''Mirage'' was "design[ed] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan" and that, while developers "have ideas on how [they] could extend the story of Basim", there were no immediate plans for post-launch media.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/1cbvteq/comment/l11332c/\|title=Hi, we are Stephane Boudon and Jean-Luc Sala, developers on Assassin's Creed Mirage. Ask us anything!\|author="Stephane_Boudon"\|date=24 April 2024\|publisher=''Reddit''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|quote=AssassinsCrypt": Did you ever think about making a DLC/new storyline contents for the game, considering how well it was received by the community?<br>"Stephane_Boudon": Hi there! We're thrill [sic] by the reception of Mirage! Mirage as been design [sic] as a standalone experience without any DLC plan. However, we have ideas on how we could extend the story of Basim, surely. But as of today, no post launch content is planned for Mirage.}}</ref> However, Ubisoft's stance changed by early the next year after its prospects worsened and upon meeting a new investor.

	In late January 2025, the [[France\|French]] financial newspaper ''{{Wiki\|Les Echos (France)\|Les Echos}}'' published a {{Wiki\|Scoop (news)\|scoop}} citing insider sources that Ubisoft had brokered a deal with the {{Wiki\|Saudi Arabia}}n [[Monarchy\|kingdom]]'s ruling {{Wiki\|House of Saud}} after the company CEO [[Yves Guillemot]] joined then-{{Wiki\|President of France}} {{Wiki\|Emmanuel Macron}}'s business entourage on his December 2024 {{Wiki\|state visit}} to the kingdom's capital of {{Wiki\|Riyadh}}.<ref name="Echos">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|title=L'étonnant deal d'Ubisoft avec l'Arabie saoudite\|transtitle=Ubisoft's surprising deal with Saudi Arabia\|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20250124152612/https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|archivedate=24 January 2025\|author=Richaud, Nicolas\|date=24 January 2025\|publisher=''Les Echos''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|language=French}}</ref> At the time, the company was experiencing severe financial difficulties<ref name="Echos"/> after having just shut down their [[Osaka]] branch's project ''{{Wiki\|XDefiant}}'' due to insufficient player spending in-game<ref name="XDefiantShutDown">{{Cite web\|url=https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|title=EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft's XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204005129/https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|archivedate=4 December 2024\|author=Henderson, Tom\|publisher=''Insider Gaming''\|date=3 December 2024\|accessdate=22 January 2025}}</ref> and following dissatisfactory sales of their 2024 titles ''{{Wiki\|Star Wars Outlaws}}'' <ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release">{{Ubisoft\|url=8aefmxkxpxwl/1wUjJWUQSIVMlZbKQ2707e/c0b1cd1c71ab30838e51d5e24764577f/Press_release_09_01_2025_vfinal.pdf\|text=Strategic update\|archivedate=20250109171130\|subdomain=staticctf}}</ref> and ''{{Wiki\|Skull and Bones (video game)\|Skull and Bones}}''. This caused Ubisoft's {{Wiki\|market share}} to drop nearly 50% and put its value to its lowest level of just under €1.5 billion,<ref name="Echos"/> prompting Guillemot to release a press statement on 9 January saying that the company had appointed advisors to review and pursue all possible options to return and ensure stakeholders' profits.<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/>		In late January 2025, the [[France\|French]] financial newspaper ''{{Wiki\|Les Echos (France)\|Les Echos}}'' published a {{Wiki\|Scoop (news)\|scoop}} citing insider sources that Ubisoft had brokered a deal with the {{Wiki\|Saudi Arabia}}n [[Monarchy\|kingdom]]'s ruling {{Wiki\|House of Saud}} after the company CEO [[Yves Guillemot]] joined then-{{Wiki\|President of France}} {{Wiki\|Emmanuel Macron}}'s business entourage on his December 2024 {{Wiki\|state visit}} to the kingdom's capital of {{Wiki\|Riyadh}}.<ref name="Echos">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|title=L'étonnant deal d'Ubisoft avec l'Arabie saoudite\|transtitle=Ubisoft's surprising deal with Saudi Arabia\|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20250124152612/https://www.lesechos.fr/tech-medias/hightech/letonnant-deal-dubisoft-avec-larabie-saoudite-2144626\|archivedate=24 January 2025\|author=Richaud, Nicolas\|date=24 January 2025\|publisher=''Les Echos''\|accessdate=5 September 2025\|language=French}}</ref> At the time, the company was experiencing severe financial difficulties<ref name="Echos"/> after having just shut down their [[Osaka]] branch's project ''{{Wiki\|XDefiant}}'' due to insufficient player spending in-game<ref name="XDefiantShutDown">{{Cite web\|url=https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|title=EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft's XDefiant Will be Shutting Down in June 2025\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204005129/https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-xdefiant-shutting-down-in-june/\|archivedate=4 December 2024\|author=Henderson, Tom\|publisher=''Insider Gaming''\|date=3 December 2024\|accessdate=22 January 2025}}</ref> and following dissatisfactory sales of their 2024 titles ''{{Wiki\|Star Wars Outlaws}}''<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release">{{Ubisoft\|url=8aefmxkxpxwl/1wUjJWUQSIVMlZbKQ2707e/c0b1cd1c71ab30838e51d5e24764577f/Press_release_09_01_2025_vfinal.pdf\|text=Strategic update\|archivedate=20250109171130\|subdomain=staticctf}}</ref> and ''{{Wiki\|Skull and Bones (video game)\|Skull and Bones}}''. This caused Ubisoft's {{Wiki\|market share}} to drop nearly 50% and put its value to its lowest level of just under €1.5 billion,<ref name="Echos"/> prompting Guillemot to release a press statement on 9 January saying that the company had appointed advisors to review and pursue all possible options to return and ensure stakeholders' profits.<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/>

	In Riyadh, Guillemot met and entered into discussions with executives from {{Wiki\|Savvy Games Group}}, a Saudi gaming investment and development company founded and owned by the state's {{Wiki\|sovereign wealth fund}}, the {{Wiki\|Public Investment Fund}}. With the wealth fund's deep pockets, having invested nearly $40 billion in gaming in 2023, Ubisoft had seemingly found relief for itself. Guillemot's talks ended with an agreement that Ubisoft would make a ''Mirage'' expansion in exchange for Savvy Games Group being the content's main financer, though the deal's exact terms remained confidential. When ''Les Echos'' approached Ubisoft for comment, company spokespeople first reiterated their stance from their press release,<ref name="Echos"/> that Ubisoft would "inform the market [only] if and once a transaction materialize[d]",<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/> before refusing to talk to ''{{Wiki\|Eurogamer}}''{{'}}s later follow-up about it and deflecting to focus on the then-recent release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="Eurogamer">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|title=Ubisoft responds to report claiming it's signed a Saudi deal for fresh Assassin's Creed Mirage content\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127122928/https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|archivedate=27 January 2025\|author=Phillips, Tom\|date=27 January 2025\|publisher=''Eurogamer''\|accessdate=5 September 2025}}</ref>		In Riyadh, Guillemot met and entered into discussions with executives from {{Wiki\|Savvy Games Group}}, a Saudi gaming investment and development company founded and owned by the state's {{Wiki\|sovereign wealth fund}}, the {{Wiki\|Public Investment Fund}}. With the wealth fund's deep pockets, having invested nearly $40 billion in gaming in 2023, Ubisoft had seemingly found relief for itself. Guillemot's talks ended with an agreement that Ubisoft would make a ''Mirage'' expansion in exchange for Savvy Games Group being the content's main financer, though the deal's exact terms remained confidential. When ''Les Echos'' approached Ubisoft for comment, company spokespeople first reiterated their stance from their press release,<ref name="Echos"/> that Ubisoft would "inform the market [only] if and once a transaction materialize[d]",<ref name="Ubisoft 9 Jan Press Release"/> before refusing to talk to ''{{Wiki\|Eurogamer}}''{{'}}s later follow-up about it and deflecting to focus on the then-recent release of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''.<ref name="Eurogamer">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|title=Ubisoft responds to report claiming it's signed a Saudi deal for fresh Assassin's Creed Mirage content\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127122928/https://www.eurogamer.net/ubisoft-responds-to-report-claiming-its-signed-a-saudi-deal-for-fresh-assassins-creed-mirage-content\|archivedate=27 January 2025\|author=Phillips, Tom\|date=27 January 2025\|publisher=''Eurogamer''\|accessdate=5 September 2025}}</ref>