Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s second year of content will surprise gamers, says Ubisoft

Ubisoft expects to surprise gamers with the second year of content for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

During the publisher’s first quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Ubisoft CFO Frederick Duguet twice called the game’s upcoming content “surprising”, suggesting the company had something planned. extraordinary.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was released in November 2020. Its first major expansion, Wrath of the Druids, launched in May, and its second expansion, The Siege of Paris, will be released in the coming months.

“We will continue to deliver powerful Assassin’s Creed content over the months and years to come, starting with an ambitious post-launch plan for Valhalla, including the Siege of Paris expansion coming this summer, the Discovery Tour release. Viking Age, and a very ambitious and surprising second year of content for the first time in franchise history, ”said Duguet on Tuesday.

He also said during the earnings call: “We are pushing the live service model to a level that allows Valhalla to be the best all-time performer for the franchise to date, and we will come up with it. exciting and new and surprising news [announcements], including for the second year of content.

Ubisoft first confirmed in June that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will get a second year of expansions in 2022.

“For the first time on an Assassin’s Creed title, we will be supporting the game well into its second year,” said Karen Lee, senior developer for the Ubisoft Montreal community.

“Although this year is a very active year for the game, we are already working on other expansions for next year. Something tells me that Eivor isn’t done with Odin yet.

The next Assassin’s Creed Valhalla title update is expected to introduce one-handed swords to the game. Ubisoft announced the arrival of the much-requested feature on Monday in a tweet from the official Assassin’s Creed account.

During Tuesday’s earnings call, Ubisoft also provided a few more details about the recently revealed Assassin’s Creed Infinity, which is said to be a massive online game that will evolve over time as a live service.

Duguet called Infinity “an exciting and ambitious project for the franchise”. He also said that Ubisoft is committed to staying true to AC DNA, which means we deliver high quality storytelling experiences.