Ubisoft’s free Murderer’s Creed Mirage Discovery Tour app means that you can discover ninth century Baghdad

Ubisoft is releasing a free Discovery Tour app protecting the historical past of Baghdad, the setting of . The sport launched in 2023 with out Ubisoft’s “Discovery Tour” characteristic, a mode that is beforehand been packed into Murderer’s Creed video games — beginning with 2017’s — and makes use of the sport’s open-world maps and character fashions as an instance the historical past and cultural specifics of their chosen setting.

This new app takes a barely completely different method, transforming the map of Murderer’s Creed Mirage to ship a two hour narrative journey set in ninth century Baghdad. The Discovery Tour app additionally consists of “encyclopedic entries on the historical past, artwork, and tradition of medieval Baghdad and the Abbasid Caliphate” and an augmented actuality characteristic that allows you to view 3D fashions of well-known artifacts.

It appears like much less of a playable historical past lesson than previous Discovery Excursions, however nonetheless a superb use of the historic analysis that goes into every Murderer’s Creed recreation. It’s kind of uncommon the app is being provided without spending a dime when Ubisoft has historically charged for Murderer’s Creed video games or its , however possibly that displays Murderer’s Creed Mirage‘s distinctive place within the collection. The sport was pitched as a back-to-basics stealth recreation with out the open-world fluff of previous video games, and largely delivered.

Ubisoft’s method to Murderer’s Creed may additionally be altering normally. The sport franchise was spun-off alongside Far Cry and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six into partially funded by Tencent earlier this 12 months. Even grander plans to show Murderer’s Creed into an always-online nonetheless loom within the background, too.

You may obtain and take a look at the Ubisoft’s Discovery Tour App: Medievil Baghdad for your self from the App Store and Play Store.