Man, Ubisoft will do anything rather than announce the remake of Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, won’t they? Today, the distraction is free story content for Assassin’s Creed: Mirage. You win this round, Ubisoft.
The official Assassin’s Creed account made the announcement, but kept details thinner than Basim’s hidden blade. We will apparently be getting a, “New story chapter & missions set in 9th century AlUla. Along with that, general gameplay improvements are being promised.
All of this will be for the low, low cost of absolutely nothing.
Assassin’s Creed: Mirage launched in 2023 as a smaller project that felt a little like a step back to the series’ roots. I actually rather enjoyed it. The last we heard, the game had sold around 5m copies in its first three months, and the latest speculation placed it at around 7-8 million. That’s quite successful, although I’m still surprised Ubisoft has deemed it worth throwing out free DLC this far after launch. Perhaps the game has had a stronger tail than even the speculation thought?
But more likely is that reporting from earlier this year is accurate. Ubisoft and the Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) apparently had a meeting last year, and as a result there was an agreement to fund DLC for Mirage.