Ubisoft has just announced Assassins’ Creed Valhalla, the next entry in the critically acclaimed saga. The announcement was made during the livestream tease that showcased the creation of some of the artwork by the hands of the artist Kobe Abdo, better known as BossLogic.
In the end of the livestream, Ubisoft revealed that tomorrow will be revealed the first trailer of the game.
In an interview with Critical Hit, BossLogic shared some of his excitement of the new Assassins’ Creed.
We’re happy, I hope the fans are happy and I’m happy as a fan. Definitely there was a bit of pressure, because we want to make people happy and it’s a new platform now. It’s Vikings, it’s totally new. We don’t know if it’s going to be well received like ‘Oh my god this is the craziest thing or it’s going to be like ‘meh we want the old classic hoodies’. Hopefully it’s well received.
They gave us the direction. Me and the team had to dive deep into the history vaults of Google and find out the information on certain things, eras, looks, aesthetics and all that sort of stuff. They pointed us in the direction, for which we were thankful. It was crazy fun. The thing is, when you’re trying something new you’re also getting a history lesson, also learning.
Assassins’ Creed Valhalla
will be one of the first games to release under the management of Ubisoft’s new editorial team, after some disappointing results in the last couple of years, the company announced the restructuring of their editorial team.
Ubisoft Quebec saw the departure of the departure of the former Creative Director of the Dragon Age series, Mike Laidlaw, returning faces were also announced, Ubisoft’s veteran Maxime Béland, was appointed to be the new Vice-President of the editorial team.
“We are reinforcing our editorial team to be more agile and better accompany our development teams around the world as they create the best gaming experiences for players” Said Ubisoft at the announcement of the new Editorial Team.
Source: Critical Hit
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A Nintendo Switch trailer was also released.
According to SteamDB.
An announcement trailer was also released.
