Assassin's Creed Valhalla Will Get Its Final DLC in December, But It Will Not Get New Game

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla will get its final DLC - The Last Chapter - on December 6, but it will unfortunately not be getting the "highly requested" New Game+ feature.

Ubisoft shared the news in a blog, and it revealed The Last Chapter will wrap up "two amazing years of launch suport." The Last Chapter will arrive alongside Title Update 1.6.2, and it will serve as a "touching and intimate conclusion to Eivor's saga" and will "tie up some of the storylines developed throughout the game and offer closure to your time among the Raven Clan."

Those who wish to see the end of Eivor's story will need to complete a few things, and the full list is as follows;

Complete the main storyline by pledging to all territories of England

Complete the mythical story arcs of Asgard and Jotunheim

Upgrade your settlement to level 5 and construct the Jomsviking barracks

Kill all targets of the Order of the Ancients and unveil its leader

Ubisoft also confirmed it will no longer be running time-limited festival events in Ravensthorpe. However, all rewards from past festivals will be avaialble at Merchants after the quest The FIrst Night of Samhain is completed. There will also be brand-new rewards as a "thank you for your continued support."

As for New Game+, which Ubisoft acknowledged was a "highly requested feature," it will not be added to the game.

"Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has been built as a unique Assassin’s Creed experience, one that is very different from its predecessors in its structure, offering new ways of engaging with the world and its characters," Ubisoft wrote. "When investigating the implementation of New Game+, we realized that the depth of the game gave us limited options to make replayability unique and rewarding."

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10. Assassin's Creed Unity After the tipsy sway of Black Flag’s pirate protagonist Edward Kenway, Assassin’s Creed Unity was a return to the tone of original Assassin’s Creed. As the first AC game to be exclusively released on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 (alongside PC of course), Assassin’s Creed Unity was a graphical powerhouse for it’s time and boasted enormous crowds of NPCs, but its launch was a bit of a bumpy ride. The cavalcade of bugs, glitches, and an intensely overburdened map led some to flee the game, but those that stuck with it found a great setting in Revolutionary France, newly enhanced movement options that made scaling down the side of a building much easier, and fun, and multifaceted assassination missions. And frankly, seeing Notre Dame in all its glory makes AC Unity well worth the price of admission.

9. Assassin's Creed Rogue Meanwhile, that same year on the Xbox 360 and PS3, Assassin's Creed Rogue introduced us to the Assassin-turned-Templar Shay Cormac for this pseudo-prequel to Assassin's Creed 3 and Unity. Rogue trades Havannah for New York and the warm waters of the Caribbean for the ice flows of the North Atlantic and riverlands of the Hudson Valley, but keeps - and even expands on - the excellent naval combat and Arkham-esque swordplay of Black Flag. The story may not take any huge risks to upset the franchise formula of Assassins: good, Templars: bad, but it's an interesting trip through the looking glass to see how things operate on the other side of the hidden blade, and a must-play if you loved Black Flag but don't want to play it for the fifth time.

8. Assassin's Creed Revelations Assassin’s Creed: Revelations wrapped up Altair Ibn-La-Ahad and Ezio Auditore’s stories, and, despite some unremarkable additions like the Den Defense mode, it was a memorable and thrilling send off. From flying down ziplines in Constantinople to hanging out with Leonardo Da Vinci, Revelations was packed full of fascinating adventures. Ezio and Altair’s final chapter was, in a way, both a sign of things to come and a celebration of what came before. Not only did we get one final fling with these two after seeing them grow and learn from lives full of adventure, but we had a chance to say goodbye to the first era of Assassin’s Creed.

7. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood continues the story of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, cementing him as a fan-favorite protagonist for the series. It trades the diverse locations of Assassin’s Creed 2 for an expanded version of Rome and its surrounding countryside and builds on the new mechanics introduced in Assassins Creed 2 – swimming, property management, firearms, and recruitable allies. This chapter of Ezio’s story is filled with charm, wit, and drama, and, thanks to its updated combat, we got to be the aggressive combat assassin we all wanted to be. It was also the first game in the series to introduce Multiplayer, allowing players to step into the shoes of the Templars to see who among their friends truly was the best assassin or hunter. It may not have advanced the formula as much as its predecessor, but it’s still cherished by many as one of the very best.

6. Assassin's Creed Valhalla Valhalla didn’t reinvent the wheel like Origins did, but it did make some pretty substantial changes. Combat is weightier and more impactful than ever before; traditional side quests have been replaced by world events, making exploration and discovery much more organic; and the absurd amount of loot you’d have to organize and sift through was toned down substantially, making rewards feel much more valuable on the whole. Eivor might not be our favorite of the Assassin’s Creed protagonists, but his (or her) story is an engaging one, and is one of the best blendings of historical fantasy and mythology that the series has ever seen.

While New Game+ won't be coming, there will be a few new additions before Ubisoft shifts its Assassin's Creed focus to future titles, including an option to keep your hood up at any time. There will also be a few more surprises, but Ubisoft is saving those for its "final farewell."

As the sun sets at Valhalla, another sun is rising for Assassin's Creed Infinity, a new platform and hub for future Assassin's Creed games. Ubisoft has revealed that the first two games that will be part of Infinity will include one that follows the life of a Shinobi in feudal Japan and another helmed by Watch Dogs: Legion director Clint Hocking that looks to have something to do with witchcraft.

(source: IGN)