Ubisoft assures that the next installment of the saga will have no lootboxes or in-game gambling.
The past Ubisoft Forward has left us with several news related to the universe of Assassin’s Creedwhich includes future games such as Assassin’s Creed: Red, Assassin’s Creed: Hexe or the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Mirage. Users have been quick to celebrate the presentation of this latest title, which is seen as something more than a return to the origins, but this illusion has been slightly dulled by one of the descriptions accompanying the game’s file in the Xbox store.
Ubisoft wants to reassure players that there are no real stakes or lootboxes present in the gameUbisoftAs read on the US, UK and Spain website, Assassin’s Creed Mirage would be rated for 18+, which is linked to the presence of ‘Extreme violence‘ y ‘Actual bets‘. After seeing this, the community has been alarmed by the possibility that the new installment of the saga contains microtransactions or lootboxes, but Ubisoft has come out to clarify the situation.
“Following the announcement of Assassin’s Creed Mirage during the Ubisoft Forward, some stores. were mistakenly displaying the pre-order game with an ESRB ‘Adults Only’ rating,” a spokesperson for the French company told Eurogamer. “Although Assassin’s Creed Mirage is still pending classification, Ubisoft wants to reassure gamers that it will there are no real stakes or lootboxes present in the game.”
Having settled this issue, we can continue dreaming about all the news of a title whose events take place 20 years before Valhalla. To learn more about the installment, we encourage you to read the first impressions of Assassin’s Creed Mirage written by our colleague Álvaro Castellano, where we tell you what are the three main pillars of this experience.