The game has been described as a return to the series' roots, with a bigger focus on linear storytelling and stealth gameplay than more recent installments, which primarily focused on role-playing and open world elements. Principally set in 9th-century Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age, the game will follow Basim Ibn Ishaq (a character first introduced in Valhalla) and his transition from street thief to fully-fledged member of the Assassin Brotherhood, who fight for peace and liberty, against the Templar Order, who desire peace through control. It will be the thirteenth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series and the successor to 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla. A mix of aerial and ground-based combat, it was the debut title from the now shuttered Airtight Games, developer of Murdered: Soul Suspect.Īs with all backwards compatible titles, anyone who already owns the games can simply pop in the disc and/or select their digital copy from their list of games, get downloading, then play.Assassin's Creed Mirage is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux and published by Ubisoft. It's the first time you meet grumpy old Altaïr, fresh-faced Desmond and the mysterious Veronica Mars.Ĭodemasters racer GRID 2 was well-received on its release back in 2013, although Dark Void is middling and rather more obscure. That said, for anyone interested to see how the series got started, this is the place to start. The first Assassin's Creed is only eight years old but after umpteen sequels since it's hard to revisit knowing the improvements brought to later games. If you haven't played the first Assassin's Creed in a while then be prepared for an eye-opening journey back to the series' rather basic origins.

Ubisoft's open-world stabathon is joined by GRID 2 and Dark Void in the latest update to Microsoft's back-compat catalogue. The original Assassin's Creed is now available to play on Xbox One via the console's backwards compatibility support.

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