Ubisoft has revealed some particulars concerning 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 assist 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 in keeping with previous profitable launches equivalent to Murderer’s Creed Origins and Murderer’s Creed Odyssey, we’re humbled by the constructive reception,” Ubisoft wrote. The corporate additionally says Mirage is the most important new-generation launch sport by way of unit gross sales in Ubisoft’s historical past.
The revelation is just not completely shocking for these accustomed to the collection, particularly the more moderen 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 large open worlds to discover that might take dozens of hours to go looking each inch of digital land absolutely.
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 just lately found that a number of the avenue cats within the sport have markings resembling the Murderer’s Creed brand 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 stated, “Murderer’s Creed Mirage’s back-to-basics method is a profitable first step in returning to the stealthy type that launched this collection.”
For extra on Murderer’s Cred Mirage, make sure to 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.