Ubisoft has introduced that 2023’s Murderer’s Creed Mirage won’t solely be getting a substantial-sounding shock DLC earlier than the tip of the 12 months, it should be a totally free replace to the sport.
Particulars are scant, however Ubisoft mentioned the DLC would include a “new story chapter and missions” set in a brand new zone separate from the bottom sport’s illustration of medieval Baghdad. This addition of a brand new open world space is especially shocking provided that Mirage was the primary single-city Murderer’s Creed sport since 2015’s Syndicate.
Murderer’s Creed Mirage gamers, we’ve got a shock coming your means later this 12 months! 📖 New story chapter & missions set in ninth century AlUla🎮 Gameplay enhancements for the bottom sport and the brand new location🎁 All at no cost Keep tuned! pic.twitter.com/8CjB3MRvfRAugust 23, 2025
And Ubisoft’s alternative of locale actually received my historical past nerd juices flowing: Al-Ula, an oasis metropolis in fashionable Saudi Arabia that has been inhabited by a succession of cultures since 5,000 BC. Most notably for cool videogame setting functions: The Nabataeans, who left gorgeous monolithic rock-cut buildings in al-Ula that resemble their extra well-known cousins at Petra in Jordan.
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We’re speaking primo climbing and tomb delving territory right here, and including a full, separate zone like this nearly looks like growth pack territory, which additional contributes to my shock at it being a free replace. It is notably odd provided that Murderer’s Creed Shadows launched to good opinions and powerful gross sales earlier this 12 months. PCG’s foremost AssCreed knowledgeable, Morgan Park, notably cherished how a lot Splinter Cell DNA was within the stealth this time round.
Morgan was a bit cooler on Mirage again when it launched, writing that it felt extra like a “stepping stone” to the sequence returning to type—and it appears to have been simply that, given Shadows’ reception. The timing makes me surprise if Mirage’s DLC was meant to be a paid growth, however a prolonged improvement time verging into Shadows’ massive success impressed Ubi to write down it off as a goodwill gesture. I am prepared to guess that the inflow of recent Mirage purchases in a post-Shadows plus free DLC glow might very effectively exceed what Ubisoft would possibly earn promoting a DLC to present house owners of the sport.
