Game News Assassin’s Creed Mirage: the mention of gambling and lootboxes is controversial, Ubisoft speaks
Published on 09/12/2022 at 20:08
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is the next game in the saga and it was unveiled this weekend: however, here it is already in turmoil with a big misunderstanding from several organizations. Explanations.
Ali Baba and the 40 loot boxes
Assassin’s Creed Mirage finally premiered this weekend with a majestic trailer to be found above: as rumors announced, it is indeed a return to basics with the comeback of infiltration, a less gigantic open-world and the return to a Middle Eastern setting. In short, enough to arouse great excitement on the part of the fans of the first hour.
Suffice to say that the surprise was great at the mention of “gambling” and other bets within the adventure, which appeared on the game page of some digital stores. Information that quickly spread like wildfire across the web, even pushing the community to wonder if the loot boxes were going to be part of it… And inevitably, the set was not very well received by the players.
More fear than harm
Faced with the emerging bad buzz, Ubisoft therefore took the liberty of clarifying the situation with a press release. sent to Eurogamer.
Following the announcement of Assassin’s Creed Mirage during Ubisoft Forward, some store pre-order pages were mistakenly displaying the game with an ESRB adult-only rating. Assassin’s Creed Mirage is still pending review and Ubisoft wants to reassure players that no real gambling or lootboxes are present in the game.
Phew, we are therefore reassured and it would seem that this mention of gambling is just a simple error. We suspect that the ESRB (the equivalent of our PEGI in North America) will take care of teaching us lots of interesting details about the content of the game, in due time.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is expected in 2023 on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series and Xbox One.