on Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

After an extended teaser

announcement and a year of rumors,

Ubisoft has officially revealed

Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

The Viking-themed installment is

coming Holiday 2020 for

Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS5,

PS4, PC on the Epic

Game Store and Ubisoft Store, Google

Stadia, and Uplay+.

Valhalla will be set in 9th Century

Europe as players take on the role

of Eivor, a Viking raider who

leads his or her people out

of Norway and on to raid the fields

and keeps of England.

Valhalla is primarily being

developed by Ubisoft Montreal, which

previously brought us Assassin's

Creed IV: Black Flag, as well as the

ancient Egyptian AC Origins.

But in all, a whopping 14

Ubisoft associate studios are

contributing to the new game.

That's right... Assassin's Creed

Valhalla is being developed across

15 different studios.

Recently, IGN spoke to the man

tasked with wrangling all those

studios, Valhalla game director

Ashraf Ismail, about some gameplay

details. Perhaps most notable is

the in-game settlement you and your

band of seafaring raiders will be

building from your spoils.

Ismail said, quote

Valhalla will also update Assassin's

Creed's combat, which saw a major

revision in Origins, introducing

dual wielding weapons and promised,

quote, "greater variety of enemies

than ever before." Meanwhile,

Valhalla will build off what

Assassin's Creed Odyssey offered in

terms of player customization.

In addition to playing Eivor as

either male or female players will

be able to customize Eivor's hair,

tattoos, clothing, warpaint

and gear.

Player choices will have more impact

on the world than in previous

installments, including dialogue

options and quote "political

alliances" that will help shape the

world of Valhalla.

This year's Assassin's Creed also

aims to take full advantage of

next-gen PS5 and Series X hardware

and Ismail spoke about how the new

consoles are helping to bring

Valhalla's world to life for what is

meant to be a flagship Ubisoft

game on next-gen.

Specifically, he said, the team is

quite excited about what reduced

load times could mean for the game's

world.

What do you think about Assassin's

Creed Valhalla?

Are you excited about this new

direction?

Let us know in the comments.

And for more on all the big games

coming later this year, stay tuned

to IGN.