Assassin's Creed: Valhalla

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla is the upcoming twelfth main installment in the Assassin's Creed series developed by Ubisoft. In the game, the player takes control of Eivor, a viking who participated in raids in England.

Plot synopsis

Driven from Norway by endless wars and dwindling resources in the ninth century AD, players will lead Eivor’s clan of Norsemen across the icy North Sea to the rich lands of England’s broken kingdoms. Players must carve out a new future for their clan, reliving the ruthless fighting style of Viking warriors with a revamped combat system that includes the ability to dual-wield weapons against a greater variety of enemies than ever before.

To secure resources players can lead raids to select locations using their longship to earn much-needed riches and resources. As the Vikings begin to settle in their new home, they encounter resistance from the Saxons including King Aelfred of Wessex, who denounces them as heathens and looks to be the sole ruler of a civilized England. Against all odds, Eivor must do what is necessary to keep Valhalla within reach.

Development

Ubisoft Montreal is the lead development studio on Valhalla, working with other 14 studios on the game. The game having been in-development for 2 years as of April 2020, is led once again by Assassin's Creed: Origins and Black Flag creative director Ashraf Ismail, with Darby McDevitt as the narrative director. McDevitt, aware of the similarities between 2018's God of War believes that Valhalla can stand out as a game more rooted in historical accuracy rather than mythology.

The game's working title, "Assassin's Creed: Kingdoms" was first leaked in April 2019, misidentified as "Assassin's Creed: Kingdom", after people found what appeared to be an easter egg for the game within a map in Tom Clancy's The Division 2. In it a poster reading "Valhalla" with a Viking character holding a sphere reminiscent of an Apple of Eden led to speculation about its relation to the Assassin's Creed series, which in turn led to journalist Jason Schreier confirming the setting and codename for the game.

Gameplay

Player's take the role of Eivor, a Viking Raider and Clan Leader of the Norsemen who can be played eitheir as male or female. The game retains the dialouge choice and NPC realtionship elements from Assassins Creed Odyssey, with new elements such as, forging political allainces with NPC clans. Every choice and decision of the players affects the world of the game real time. Players can travel from the cold shores of Norway to England.

Eivor is a master of all Viking Weaponary dual handed. He can choose whether to equip himself with a sword/axe or with dual sheilds. Combat is now visceral, brutal and dynamic i.e combat difficulty depends on the types of the enemy begin fought, number of enemies begin fought at a time and the fighting technique of the player(dogde timing, counter attack timing etc.). Evior can also use his Hidden Blade in combat. For the first time Assassins Creed Valhalla introduces raids that can be launched from Longships, which allow Eivor and his clan to attack and loot quickly. 

Eivor can develop his own settlement which acts as his homebase from the riches and resources plundered from raids or from the open world of the game. Eivor can bulid and upgrade structurces such as tatto shops(players can customize Eivor's tatto's) barracks etc. Evior can recurit new members of his clan and can train his own army for raids or other missions. Players can create their own mercenary Vikings for their friends or other players to recurit, which upon use will grant players a portion of the loot earned from the raids.

Players can take part in activities like drinking games, hunting or traditional Norse games such as flyting or commonly known as Viking Rap Battle.

Release

Marketing

On 29 April 2020, the game was officially announced by Ubisoft with an 8-hour art livestream by Boss Logic. The cinematic trailer was then premiered on 30 April at 8AM PDT.

Editions

Ubisoft announced several editions of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla.

Standard EditionDrakkar EditionGold EditionUltimate EditionCollector's Edition

• A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla

• A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
• The Berserker Longship Pack
• The Set of Runes
• Raven Skin from Berserker Gear Pack

• A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
• The Season Pass

• A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
• The Season Pass
• The Berserker Gear Pack
• The Berserker Longship Pack
• The Berserker Settlement Pack
• The Set of Runes

• A retail copy of Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
• The Season Pass
• A 30cm Eivor figurine
• A 5cm Viking Statuette of Eivor
• The Berserker Gear Pack
• The Berserker Longship Pack
• The Berserker Settlement Pack
• The Set of Runes
• Exclusive Steelbook
• Exclusive Box
• 3 Lithographs
• Game Soundtrack

Gallery

VideosPromotional mediaConcept artwork

• File:Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Official Teaser with Boss Logic – Timelapse
• File:Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Cinematic World Premiere Trailer Ubisoft NA
• File:Assassin's Creed Valhalla Developer Commentary Trailer Ubisoft NA

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Appearances

By type 

Characters	Creatures	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sapient species	Vehicles	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

Alfred the Great (first appearance) Eivor (first appearance) Layla Hassan Odin (first appearance)

Events

Viking expansion

Locations

Earth Scandinavia Norway North Sea Great Britain Wessex Northumbria East Anglia Mercia London Jórvík Winchester

Organizations and titles

Assassins Templars

Sapient species

Human

Vehicles and vessels

Ship Longship

Weapons and technology

Axe Bow Spear Sword Hidden Blade

References

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