Assassin's Creed Valhalla

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is a 2020 action role-playing game developed by Ubisoft Montreal. It is the twelfth main installment in the series and follows Viking warrior Eivor during the Norse expansion into 9th-century Britain.

What it is

Assassin's Creed Valhalla is the twelfth main entry in the long-running Assassin's Creed series, succeeding Assassin's Creed Odyssey. It blends historical fiction with a modern-day framing story involving Assassin researcher Layla Hassan, continuing the franchise's trademark mix of open-world exploration and science-fiction elements.

Setting and gameplay

The game is set mainly between 872 and 878 AD, focusing on the Viking invasion of England. Players control Eivor, a Viking raider from Norway who builds a settlement and undertakes story arcs and side quests called World Events. The open-world action role-playing structure emphasizes exploration, combat, and narrative choices.

Canadian development

Ubisoft Montreal, based in Montreal, Quebec, developed Assassin's Creed Valhalla. This makes the game a major Canadian-developed entertainment product, part of a series that has long been produced by Ubisoft's Quebec studios. The studio’s work reflects Canada's significant role in the global video game industry.