Beowulf, one of the most recognized characters in Nordic mythology, will make an appearance in Assassins Creed Valhalla by means of a exclusive mission for those who book some of the various editions of the game that include the season pass. This is confirmed in the Ubisoft digital store in Germany, that unlike those of the rest of the countries specifies that the extra mission will focus on that character.
Assassins Creed Valhalla have several editions: in the Gold (99.99), in the Ultimate (119.99) and in the Collector (199.99) includes a season pass that until now we only knew contained a "special mission" to be released on launch day. This is reflected in the company's digital stores in most countries, but in the German store it is specified that this mission will be about the legend of Beowulf.
Specifically, the description of that special mission says the following: "Includes The Legend of Beowulf Story Mission: Uncover the cruel truth behind the legend". It does not give more data or show any graphic resources, but at least it confirms that Assassins Creed Valhalla take advantage of deep nordic mythology to structure missions based on it, just as you did in Assassins Creed Origins and Assassins Creed Odissey.
No release date or gameplay, but with details of its gameplay
At the moment its release date is not yet known, although some leak has already pointed out that Assassins Creed Valhalla It will be released in mid-October on current generation platforms (PS4, Xbox One and PC), leaving for later his jump to the next-gen: has confirmed versions for PS5, Xbox Series X and even for Google Stadia.
As for his playability We know some interesting details related to the narrative construction of the character – that he could be male or female, maintaining the freedom of sexual identity that was already present in Assassins Creed Odissey– In addition to some series of mini-games such as Viking rap battles in which we can participate. And although gameplay was promised in the past Inside Xbox dedicated to Xbox Series X, we have not yet seen the game in real motion, something that they have recognized from Ubisoft and promise to teach it soon.