Summary
While much of the attention on theAssassin’s Creedfranchise has been on the upcomingAssassin’s Creed Shadows, it appears thatAssassin’s Creed Mirageis set for some DLC. For reference, Mirage was released in October 2023,and it served as the first game since 2020s Valhalla, albeit at a smaller scale and pricepoint.
As first spotted by Video Games Chronicle, Savvy Games,an investment group directly funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, is allegedly funding a DLC expansion for Mirage.Information about Mirage’s revitalized future comes from French newspaper Les Echos, which reports that the group and Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot met at some point and have since decided to move forward with a DLC.
At this point, it’s unclear the scope of the project, or when it would be released. After yet another delay,Assassin’s Creed Shadows is now finally due out on March 20, meaning the DLC has a short window to appear ahead of its release, or it’ll come out after. What the reported move does do is continue Saudi Arabia’s investment in the video game space.
Saudi Has Several Gaming Connections
As it stands,Saudi’s PIF has an 8.58 percent stake in Nintendo, though the country was mulling whether to increase its share.Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al-Saud discussed the country’s plans in October, saying “There are always opportunities.”
Elsewhere,there is an 8.97 percent stake in Koei Tecmoto go alongwith a reported $3 billion investment made in Activision, EA and Take-Twovia stock purchases.Another $1 billion was put into Capcom and Nexon to gain a five percent stake,while an additional $1 billion in Embracer Group was reported in 2022.
On top of all of that,the MiSK foundation outright owns Japanese video game publisher and developer SNK. Later this year,SNK will release Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, and it’ll seemingly have a collaboration with soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays in the Saudi Arabian Pro League. All of that is to say that a potential Mirage DLC is more or less par for the course.
