Ubisoft Celebrates Notre Dame Reopening With Assassin’s Creed Unity Ad

The video cuts by scenes of the real-world Notre Dame earlier than sharing the premise of Assassin’s Creed: permitting “gamers to journey by time and dwell fictional adventures set amongst historic landmarks and breathtaking places.”

It then exhibits off a few of 2014’s Assassin’s Creed Unity earlier than focusing particularly on Notre Dame with side-by-side gameplay captures and video clips from the true factor. Protagonist Arno, after all, climbs to the very high for an expansive view of Paris.

As soon as an annualized franchise, Assassin’s Creed has been quieter just lately as solely the smaller Assassin’s Creed Mirage has been launched since full entry Valhalla arrived in 2020. Ubisoft was attributable to launch the Feudal Japan-set Assassin’s Creed Shadows in November however delayed it to 2025 amid bigger points on the firm.

Ubisoft can be ditching its paid content material mannequin of releasing a Season Cross with two growth drops within the 12 months after launch. The fake “early entry” interval that sees publishers cost gamers extra to play on the precise launch date as an alternative of three days later has additionally been scrapped.

This resolution got here after fellow Ubisoft title Star Wars Outlaws underperformed, although Assassin’s Creed Shadows has endured a stream of different controversies.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.