Highlights
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla players are no longer able to access seasonal content and time-limited festivals, leading to the loss of story moments and unique cosmetic items.
- Ubisoft's decision to remove this content has been criticized by players, with some suggesting that the events could have been triggered on certain dates to prevent them from being forgotten.
- With Ubisoft shifting focus to the next entry in the franchise, Assassin's Creed Mirage, players can expect a smaller map size, a return to stealth and parkour gameplay, and the ability to play as Basim Ibn Ishaq for the first time.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla players are no longer able to access some of the game’s seasonal content, including all of its time-limited festivals. After supporting the game for almost three years, Ubisoft is done launching new content for Valhalla, which includes updates and the game’s famous festivals.
Released back in 2020, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is one of the most famous games Ubisoft ever made. This entry in the Assassin’s Creed series was so successful that Valhalla was the first Ubisoft title to make $1 billion, a sum that considers the sales of the base game, all of its expansions, and microtransactions. Part of why Valhalla thrived was due to having so much content, allowing players to have fun with it for hundreds of hours, but it seems that some of it is now gone forever.
The issue was brought to attention by a gamer called Eglwyswrw on Reddit. The player complained that several excellent story moments are now lost forever due to festivals not being available anymore. Festivals were an important part of AC Valhalla’s seasonal content. They included several events such as Yule and Ostara festivals, for instance, often lasted around a month, and commemorated dates that were special to Nordic culture. In these events, participants could experience new bits of story, engage in different activities, and even earn unique cosmetic items.
In the comments of the post, many people criticized Ubisoft’s decision to simply let this content be forgotten in AC Valhalla. Takhar7, for instance, claimed that it would be easy enough to just let these events be triggered on certain dates, just like they were before. However, others such as Alaira314 explained that, in their opinion, this was all about fear of missing out (FOMO), and that live service games often use this kind of tactic to keep players constantly engaged, as they are looking out for new content that may not be there later.
Now that Ubisoft is done with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, all eyes are on the next entry of the franchise, which will be released on October 12. Assassin’s Creed Mirage will have a smaller map size when compared to recent games, and focus more on stealth and parkour, some aspects that the series toned down lately, making it ideal for classic fans. Perhaps more importantly for Valhalla’s players, the protagonist will be Basim Ibn Ishaq, who was a key character in the Viking-inspired AC and will now be playable for the first time.
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
