Assassin's Creed Valhalla gameplay will be revealed next week

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The first gameplay trailer will be shown during the upcoming Inside Xbox livestream.

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Ubisoft rolled out a cinematic trailer for Assassin's Creed Valhalla earlier today and it was suitably epic, but aside from the very broad strokes of "burly men and women will gut and be gutted," it really didn't show us much about the game itself. For that, we'll have to wait until next week—specifically May 7, during the Inside Xbox livestream.

The show would no doubt be worth paying attention to in its own right, as the promised first look at "next-gen gameplay" on the Xbox Series X will very likely include new information, or at least new trailers, for games that are also coming to PC. But Ubisoft nailed it down for us shortly after Microsoft's announcement went live.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla takes place in ninth-century England, where a warband of Vikings led by Eivor have established an outpost as they seek to build a new life. This doesn't sit too well with the Saxons in the area, and so naturally conflict erupts. Brutal combat is at the center of the experience, but like its predecessor Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Valhalla will also feature "advanced RPG mechanics," and base management will also play a major role. A release date hasn't been set yet but it's slated to launch on the Epic Games Store and Uplay for the 2020 holiday season.

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Andy Chalk
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Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.