Ubisoft’s glorious Murderer’s Creed Odyssey is having fun with a giant spike in energetic gamers, following the launch of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
Nolan’s Historic Greek blockbuster is on monitor to make a billion {dollars} on the field workplace, and has clearly sparked additional curiosity in its setting. Certainly, engagement statistics printed by Alinea Analytics analyst Rhys Elliot present that the movie’s launch has additionally pushed 1000’s of gamers again to Ubisoft’s 2018 epic.
Murderer’s Creed Odyssey has practically doubled its energetic userbase over the previous week throughout a mix of PlayStation, Xbox and PC by way of Steam. Xbox engagement was significantly robust, up from 36,000 to 84,000 every day energetic customers, a leap of 134%.
In what appears to be a canny transfer, Ubisoft at the moment has Murderer’s Creed Odyssey obtainable by way of Xbox Sport Move and PlayStation Plus — permitting The Odyssey followers who personal a console subscription to boot up the sport with none further cost.
“Software program gross sales moved modestly at round 400,000 copies year-to-date, however the true [benefit] right here is pure participant engagement,” Elliot wrote, occurring to counsel the figures bode properly for a future Odyssey remake akin to the recently-launched Murderer’s Creed Black Flag Resynced.
“The movie did not make hundreds of thousands purchase an eight-year-old sport, however it acquired a large cohort taking part in it once more,” Elliot continued. “That knowledge offers Ubisoft nice ammunition for an eventual AC Odyssey Resynced.
“Credit score to Ubisoft for leaning into the momentum. They ran timed social campaigns alongside Nolan’s launch and resurfaced Discovery Tour (the guided, combat-free instructional mode), positioning it as an interactive companion piece for anybody falling down a historical past rabbit gap after leaving the cinema.”
Historic Greece awaits, misthios.
Time to start an Odyssey (once more). pic.twitter.com/VKFlTOJrVq— Murderer’s Creed (@assassinscreed) July 15, 2026
Murderer’s Creed Odyssey is an epic, standout entry in Ubisoft’s long-lived historic journey sequence, and one which’s properly value experiencing (or revisiting, in case you performed it again within the day). It options an unlimited world to discover, full of a sprawling set of tales taking within the setting’s historic characters, myths and legends. Odyssey additionally noticed the sequence leaning its furthest into full RPG territory, to the delight of many (although the chagrin of others who most popular the franchise in its extra humbler rooftop-set origins).
With greater than 10 million copies offered throughout its first two years, Odyssey stays one of the profitable entries within the Murderer’s Creed sequence, whereas its protagonist Kassandra continues to be considered one of its hottest, and one of many few to pop up once more in subsequent video games.
Simply do not anticipate the occasions of both The Odyssey or Murderer’s Creed Odyssey to overlap. Whereas some components can be acquainted, the previous is about round 800 years earlier than — though it clearly impressed Ubisoft’s sport. Each tales comply with an outcast navigating the Greek islands on a ship, battling armies and different monstrous forces as they try to reclaim their household. Not performed Murderer’s Creed Odyssey but? Now’s the time.
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