Ubisoft and Netflix announce a new collaboration, which will make three of Ubisoft’s franchise games available on the streaming platform, including an Assassin’s Creed title.
In today’s official Ubisoft Forward livestream, the Ubisoft team welcomed one of their new partners, Netflix, to the virtual stage to announce some new games. Netflix VP of Games Mike Verdu spoke about the continued collaboration between Ubisoft and Netflix, which will bring three new games to the streaming platform. The announced games are sequels to Valiant Hearts and Mighty Quest for Epic Loot, as well as another Assassin’s Creed title.
Netflix started offering mobile games to streaming customers last November, with five titles at the time. Initial launch titles included two Stranger Things games based on the popular Netflix Original of the same name. Netflix has so far not managed to make a big splash in the game market, but, certainly, it will not stop anytime soon. Ubisoft has been a close partner in Netflix’s gaming journey, including the release of the Stranger Things DLC for Far Cry.
There will be three Netflix-exclusive games from three different Ubisoft franchises: Valiant Hearts, Mighty Quest, and Assassin’s Creed. Although not much has been revealed about these games, Verdu has revealed some important details about them. Most importantly, they’ll all be free for Netflix subscribers, with no ads or controversial microtransactions. The first, a sequel to Valiant Hearts, will be released in January 2023, with the new Mighty Quest game coming later in 2023. Assassin’s Creed does not have a release date yet.
Valiant Hearts 2 is the successor to Ubisoft’s Valiant Hearts: The Great War, an adventure game inspired by LucasArts. According to Netflix, it’s being developed by the team behind the original, which was one of the best World War games. It is unclear whether the sequel will occur in World War 1 or continue with the World War 2 theme. Netflix hasn’t revealed much about the successor to the action-adventure game – or as Netflix likes to call it, the roguelite-inspired hack-and-slash adventure game – Mighty Quest for Epic Loot.
Finally, the third, and arguably the most interesting of the three games, will be a new Assassin’s Creed title. The game doesn’t have a title yet, and a lot of details about it are still under wraps, but fans already know that it will coincide with the launch of Netflix’s upcoming live-action Assassin’s Creed TV series – although neither has a release date yet. All games will be found through the Netflix app, which now has its own Games tab and can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play.
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