Assassin’s Creed Mirage from 18: Ubisoft statement lets fans breathe a sigh of relief

With Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Ubisoft wants to get back to the roots of the series. However, the USK warning of real gambling in the action-adventure has made fans skeptical. Now Ubisoft is responding to fan concerns.

Update September 13, 2022: Ubisoft responded to Assassin’s Creed Mirage with a statement: “Following the announcement of Assassin’s Creed Mirage during the Ubisoft Forward, the game was incorrectly displayed with an ESRB rating for adults only on some pre-order store pages. While Assassin’s Creed Mirage is yet to be rated, Ubisoft wants to reassure players that there is no real gambling or loot boxes in the game.”

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Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Fans fear bad things

Like all games in the series, Assassin’s Creed Mirage will not be a game for small children. After all, as a hooded assassin you send a lot of people to the afterlife. However, the warnings from the USK worry fans. In addition to explicit violence, sex/eroticism and horror/horror, the Microsoft Store also referred to “real gambling”. (Source: Microsoft).

The USK speaks of real gambling when real money can be used to obtain real assets in the context of a game, where the chance of winning depends entirely or predominantly on chance (source: USK). Of course, alarm bells are ringing for many fans. They fear that Ubisoft Loot boxes or even NFTs into the game (source: Reddit). Ubisoft has caused a lot of displeasure in the past with NFTs in games.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage wants to go back to the roots of the series. Check out the trailer here:

What would be the consequences of rating Assassin’s Creed Mirage?

A similar report from the American rating committee ESRB can be found in the English-language store (source: Microsoft). the Restriction to “Adults Only 18+” would have serious consequences for Ubisoft. In this case, large retailers such as the Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo stores would no longer sell Assassin’s Creed Mirage at all.

Since Ubisoft certainly doesn’t want to let these sales platforms slip through the fingers, the game will probably be adjusted until it Should finally appear in early 2023. The official trailer also states that the USK has not yet been classified. Maybe the classification in the Microsoft Store is just a misunderstanding.

Ubisoft has in the future a lot with Assassin’s Creed before. After Mirage, there will even be a game in Japan that fans have been waiting for for a long time.