ABOVE A
suspiciously
Viking poster
might hint at
Assassin’s
Creed’s next
historical
setting.
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Ubisoft hints at the next settings
for Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs
in early 2017 when the devs added a
short piece of dialogue between two
unidentified people to Watch Dogs 2’s
ending. During the conversation a set
of co-ordinates can be seen, which
points to a location in Brixton, London.
Then a few months later, Ubisoft’s
AI Personal Gaming Assistant, Sam,
all but confirmed that a third game
was in development, but we’ve heard
scant little since. So for now we can
only wait for Ubisoft’s official reveals,
but the teases that we could be
assassinating our way across a Norse
world and hacking Piccadilly Circus’
billboards certainly have us excited. QUbisoft may be behind some of the
stealthiest games around but it
doesn’t seem to be that great at
keeping its future projects under
wraps. So much so, it almost seems
intentional. Hmm. Although Ubisoft has
confirmed that the next Assassin’s
Creed won’t be around until 2020, we
may now know its setting thanks to an
Easter egg found within The Division 2.
A poster in the Potomac Event
Centre depicts what looks like a
warrior holding a staff. The Nordic
references are overt, from the word
‘Valhalla’ at the top and references
to Odin and Ragnarok, to the helmet
the soldier is wearing. But eagle-eyed
players have noticed the soldier is
holding something else, an object that
looks like a powerful item from the
Assassin’s Creed universe, a Piece Of
Eden. This has sparked furious debate
online, and it certainly points to the
next game being connected to Vikings.
That’s not the only Ubisoft rumour
floating around. There’s still the
subject of the next Watch Dogs game,
which is rumoured to be set in sunny
old London, UK. The rumours startedVIKING OF
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RESIDENT COOPERThe Division 2
There’s some
blue barrels
lying around.
They’re not red.
But, if I shoot
them, will they explode? And if so
what with? Ice? Water? Anti-freeze?
Blueberries? Best not, then.American
Fugitive
By the looks of
things, these
hillbillies have
been
stockpiling moonshine kegs and
setting up a moonshine still as a
cover for their nefarious coopering.Ghost Of A Tale
This is the most
famous mouse
cooper of all
time, Squeaky,
who makes tiny
barrels with his own little mouse
fingers. Aww. That is a cute little
barrel in the background, isn’t it?Samurai
Shodown
Wherever
there’s a fight,
barrels gather
to watch.
‘Galford and Haohmaru are going at
it,’ they whisper to each other,
before rolling over for a closer look.Metal Gear
Solid V
That’s a barrel
being exploded.
You see this a
lot, and this
sick traffic in red barrels, whose
only purpose is to be shot and kill
everyone around them, has to stop.012 THE OFFICIAL XBOX MAGAZINE