Shock! Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the slimmer, Baghdad-set journey launched in 2023, is getting recent content material set in AlUla, an historic oasis metropolis now present in Saudi Arabia.
A brand new story chapter with extra missions, plus basic gameplay enhancements for the entire recreation, will launch totally free later this 12 months.
Ubisoft made the announcement this morning through social media, in a submit that is come reasonably out of the blue on a Saturday on the finish of this 12 months’s busy Gamescom week.
That stated, the arrival of extra Assassin’s Creed Mirage content material has been anticipated. Earlier this 12 months, Ubisoft declined to comment on a report in French monetary newspaper Les Echoes that detailed a deal between Ubisoft and Saudi Arabia’s controversial Public Funding Fund for added Mirage content material.
Right now’s affirmation that Mirage will quickly get content material set in ninth century Saudi Arabia due to this fact is sensible.
As for the situation itself, AlUla appears a pure match for an Assassin’s Creed recreation, as an UNESCO World Heritage website with greater than 7,000 years of historical past and towering rock formations that look good for a spot of Assassin’s Creed parkour.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage gamers, we have now a shock coming your approach later this 12 months!
📖 New story chapter & missions set in ninth century AlUla
🎮 Gameplay enhancements for the bottom recreation and the brand new location
🎁 All totally freeKeep tuned! pic.twitter.com/8CjB3MRvfR
— Assassin’s Creed (@assassinscreed) August 23, 2025
Launched in 2023, Assassin’s Creed Mirage arrived as one thing of a palate cleanser between the epic Viking-set Valhalla and this 12 months’s equally huge Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Mirage returned to the Assassin’s Creed franchise’s smaller, stealthier city-set roots for an journey that felt impressed by the collection’ preliminary recreation.
Developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux, the sport initially started life as an enlargement for Valhalla centered on its mysterious Murderer character Basim, somebody who finally ends up enjoying a pivotal position within the occasions of that recreation’s finale. Followers had subsequently hoped to see extra from the character, although it is unclear if this add-on will embody any new solutions to his final destiny.
After Mirage was launched, gamers discovered an odd post-credits scene hidden within the recreation’s information that Ubisoft has since acknowledged, although by no means absolutely defined. Maybe this too will lastly be addressed in Mirage’s upcoming new content material, extra particulars of which can observe within the weeks to come back.
Subsequent up for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, in the meantime, is the sport’s massive Claws of Awaji enlargement, curiously additionally developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux, that is due for launch on September 16.
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