Ubisoft debuted Assassin's Creed Valhalla with a cinematic trailer, but said at the time we wouldn't have to wait long to see gameplay. As promised we got our first look at the game running on an Xbox Series X during today's Inside Xbox presentation, and it's a beaut.
The trailer doesn't show much in the way of combat or exploration--instead it focuses on the locations you'll see and visit when Valhalla launches in Holiday 2020. We get additional scenes of Eivor wielding their hidden blade, sailing in longboats, leading a group of raiders into battle, and throwing dual axes into enemy Englishmen.
The gameplay first-look was just part of the Inside Xbox stream, which showed off several third-party games running on Microsoft's next-gen hardware. Microsoft is planning monthly 20/20 streams for the rest of the year, and July's will focus on first-party Xbox Game Studios titles.
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