Ubisoft has revealed some particulars in regards to the debut of Murderer’s Creed Mirage, saying its participant rely is “in line” with the earlier launches like Murderer’s Creed Origins and Odyssey.
In a put up on the social media platform X (previously Twitter), Ubisoft launched a press release thanking gamers for his or her help for the brand new launch and that the developer’s “again to the roots expertise” has paid off.
Thanks all for becoming a member of us on Basim’s journey in ninth Century Baghdad!
We’re thrilled by the response from the neighborhood and for embracing our homage to the roots of the AC franchise. #AssassinsCreed pic.twitter.com/KnL2YxGION
— Murderer’s Creed (@assassinscreed) October 11, 2023
“With the variety of gamers being consistent with previous profitable launches akin to Murderer’s Creed Origins and Murderer’s Creed Odyssey, we’re humbled by the optimistic reception,” Ubisoft wrote. The corporate additionally says Mirage is the largest new-generation launch recreation by way of unit gross sales in Ubisoft’s historical past.
The revelation isn’t totally shocking for these aware of the sequence, particularly the newer entries. Ubisoft confirmed forward of launch that Murderer’s Creed Mirage would solely take on common 20-23 hours to finish, a stark distinction from the earlier video games Valhalla and Odyssey, which had huge open worlds to discover that might take dozens of hours to go looking each inch of digital land totally.
Ubisoft additionally shared some community-focused statistics recorded in Murderer’s Creed Mirage’s first week: this contains 1.2 million avenue cats being pet, and it is becoming that they’ve pointed this out, given gamers not too long ago found that a number of the avenue cats within the recreation have markings resembling the Murderer’s Creed emblem on its nostril. Gamers have additionally already spent 479 collective years parkouring the rooftops of Baghdad and brought 60 million Leaps of Religion.
In IGN’s evaluate of Murderer’s Creed Mirage, which we gave an 8 out of 10, we mentioned, “Murderer’s Creed Mirage’s back-to-basics method is a profitable first step in returning to the stealthy model that launched this sequence.”
For extra on Murderer’s Cred Mirage, you should definitely take a look at our walkthrough guides in case you are venturing into ninth-century Baghdad. If you happen to already completed the sport, take a look at our ending explainer to get extra context on what occurred.
Taylor is a Reporter at IGN. You may observe her on Twitter @TayNixster.