Viking-Era Assassin’s Creed Game Announced for 2020

Last Updated: May 9, 2020

Fans have been waiting for news about the next Assassin’s Creed game, especially since the long-running series took a year off from its annual release schedule in 2019.

The last entry in the series was Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, which took the player back to the era of ancient Greece and Sparta and featured a story with more mythological themes than is typical for the series, while also introducing more RPG elements than ever.

Leading up to the announcement of the next game, Ubisoft is holding a live stream with artist Kode Abdo, or BossLogic, to reveal the next Assassin’s Creed setting through his art. This art, which shows ships on one side and fighting warriors on the other, with presumably the protagonist in between, appears to tease a Viking-era setting.

Ubisoft also registered a website domain called “assassinscreedvalhalla.com” around the same time, making it likely that the title of the game will be Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Since Valhalla is the hall of the dead in Norse mythology, this choice for the title suggests it might follow Odyssey in dealing with mythology once again alongside the historical setting.

Update: It has now been officially announced as Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and the trailer was revealed on April 30 at 8 AM PT.

This Viking-themed Assassin’s Creed game is planned for holiday 2020, but no other details are known at this time.