After disclosure Assassin's Creed Mirage over the weekend, fans noticed that the game's rating suggested it would feature real gambling, but Ubisoft issued a statement assuring everyone that this would not happen.
At the time of writing, the official Xbox page for Assassin's Creed Mirage stated that the game would be for adults 18+ only and would include real-life gambling, which has apparently raised some concerned eyebrows. In a statement to Eurogamer, Ubisoft clarified the situation and promised that there will be "no real gambling or loot boxes" in the game.
"Following the announcement of Assassin's Creed Mirage during Ubisoft Forward, the game was incorrectly listed for pre-order with an ESRB Matures Only rating on some store pages," a Ubisoft spokesperson told Eurogamer. "While Assassin's Creed Mirage is still awaiting rating, Ubisoft wants to assure players that there is no actual gambling or loot boxes in the game."
Obviously, the specific wording of "real-life gambling" implies that there may be a gambling mini-game in the final release, but it's encouraging to see that what was billed as a return to the basics of single-player gaming is, in fact, exactly that.
Mirage wasn't the only Assassin's Creed announcement to come out this week. A total of four games were announced. One of them is a game for mobile devices, which will take place in China, currently called Codename Jade. There's also Codename Red, which will finally bring the series to the much-coveted Japan. And finally, Codename Hexe, about which nothing is known yet except that Far Cry 2 writer Clint Hawking is attached to the game.
While nothing has been confirmed, in the multiplayer world, Ubisoft is also experimenting with an "offline multiplayer experience" for Assassin's Creed, but hasn't said anything more about it.
