For the last four years, the team behind Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag has been crafting a new beginning for the Assassin’s Creed franchise. Set in Ancient Egypt, players will journey to the most m
If you were hoping that Assassin’s Creed: Origins would offer lessons in the history of evisceration alongside its gory adventure, you’re in luck. Today, publisher Ubisoft announced the upcoming game’s “Discovery Tour,” which will let players “explore Ancient Egypt and learn about its history from guided tours” without combat, story or time constraints. The free update will launch early 2018.
Would you like to take a guided tour of the pyramids of Giza as Queen Cleopatra? Assassin's Creed: Origins is getting a free update in early 2018 that will let you do just that.Discovery mode will strip out all of the game's combat and quests so you can wander peacefully around Ubisoft's huge recreation of ancient Egypt in 20-minute guided tours with voiced narration and custom animations.In a brief demo shown at a preview event yesterday, Origins hero Bayek watched a body undergo ritual evisceration as a voiceover respectfully detailed the process. Ceasar, Ptolemy and Cleopatra were listed as unlockables on the character select screen, though it's not clear yet how they will be unlocked, or whether they will come with specific tours of their own.Ubisoft says that it has consulted academics to ensure the accuracy of these tours, and it sees discovery mode as an extension of the series' excellent in-game historical databases. The team considered the mode after heari
Players will get to explore 'Assassin's Creed Origins'' virtual Egypt free of combat and story constraints in a new "Discovery Tour" gamemode.
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Assassin's Creed Origins will get a free update next year called Discovery Tour that effectively turns the game into an interactive museum. Currently slated…
Ubisoft is promising a free update next year for the game that will teach players about the life of Cleopatra and the mummification process.
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Learning addition offers lectures and tours of ancient Egypt
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