After holding a livestream that revealed 2020's Assassin's Creed would take place during The Viking Age, Ubisoft announced the official name of the upcoming game is Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Ubisoft isn't done teasing its new game yet, however, as another livestream is scheduled to premiere today, April 30, at 7:45 AM PT / 10:45 AM ET which will include a trailer that debuts in mere minutes at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. You can watch it below.
Until Ubisoft announces more information, we actually don't know all that much about Valhalla. The Viking Age actually lasts several centuries, so the game could take place anywhere between 100 and 400 years prior to the original Assassin's Creed. We expect the game will likely continue the role-playing formula established in the two previous games, which focus much more heavily on gear and abilities than the basic stealth-action of the earlier games. The boat pictured in the game's first artwork also imply there will be naval combat, which returned in Assassin's Creed Odyssey after being first introduced in Assassin's Creed III.
Th new setting does probably mean that Valhalla will give us more opportunities to see the evolving philosophies of the Hidden Ones and the Order of Ancients, the respective precursors to the Assassin Brotherhood and Templar Order, but that hasn't been confirmed. The origins of these two groups and the rising escalation of their conflict has been a major part of both Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
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