New Assassin’s Creed poster highlights series’ high point

By Jon Martindale May 20, 2016

With the official Assassin’s Creed movie set to debut later this year, the marketing machinery is beginning to spool up. The latest effort by the production company to advertise the Michael Fassbender vehicle is a new poster which features his assassin ancestor standing tall atop a viewpoint, much like you do in the game to open up new quests and other content in an area.

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Viewpoints are an important component of the Assassin’s Creed games. They provide a challenge for the player to climb atop the tower, spire or other structure, and make it possible to find missions, shops, and other important points of interest in an area. However they also serve another purpose: showing the players how pretty the game is.

As challenging as the task of climbing towers can be, towers also offer a great opportunity to showcase how good the game engine looks, and they make for great game trailer moments, too.

Not too unlike what’s being done with this movie poster.

The image of the Assassin character standing atop the tallest point in the city is not just iconic. This pose is typically the one performed by the player just before making a “Leap of Faith,” where they dive from a high point into a surprisingly cushioning bale of hay far below.

If we were to get into a discussion of symbolism, we might say that the fans of the series may feel like they are making a leap of faith when watching the movie, but in reality it is more likely to be a reflection of the character confronting such decision points throughout the film.

It seems safe to say that the poster and trailer suggest that the Assassin’s Creed movie will be full of high-flying action when it releases this December. Who’s excited?

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It's time to ready your hidden blades once again, assassins, because a brand new entry in the Assassin's Creed series is upon us. All the leaks and rumors have turned out to be true, and the next installment in the franchise has been officially revealed as Assassin's Creed Mirage. This franchise has undergone some major changes in recent entries, and the next game seems poised to shake things up yet again.

First officially revealed during a Ubisoft Forward in September 2022, Assassin's Creed Mirage will be the next mainline game in the series after 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla. While each game typically only has smaller, less prominent ties to one another (at least after the series moved on from the Desmond arc), this game bucks the trend in that regard. From plot to gameplay changes and more, here's everything we know about Assassin's Creed Mirage, an upcoming PlayStation 5 game we have our eye on.
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Assassin’s Creed Mirage is coming out earlier than expected

Basim leaps at an enemy in Assassin's Creed Mirage.

Ubisoft revealed that Assassin's Creed Mirage will now release on October 5, a week earlier than originally intended.

Assassin's Creed Mirage is supposed to be a back-to-basics entry for Ubisoft's long-running action-adventure series. It was announced in 2022 and got an October 12 release date during the PlayStation Showcase in May. Now, just two months before the game was set to release, Ubisoft announced that it has moved the release of Assassin's Creed Mirage up by one week to October 5. This coincides with a tweet announcing that the game had "gone gold," which essentially means that development of the game is complete and Ubisoft's focus can turn to post-launch support.
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Delays are very common in this industry, and Ubisoft especially is no stranger to them; Skull & Bones is a prime example. That's why Assassin's Creed Mirage joins a rare group of games that actually come out earlier than originally expected. In 2022, we saw Xenoblade Chronicles 3 moved from September to July, while this year, Baldur's Gate 3's PC launch moved up from August 31 to August 3, which ended up being a much better release window for the game.
Although Ubisoft did not specifically state the reason for moving Assassin's Creed Mirage up, it wouldn't be surprising if the company wanted to give the game more space and attention ahead of other games coming out this October, like Forza Motorsport, Alan Wake 2, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Regardless, it's going to kick off one of the busiest months for game releases in 2023.
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