Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Is Already Ubisoft’s Second Biggest Game Of All Time

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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has made Ubisoft a batch of money.

That’s due to the fact that it’s the publisher’s “[second] largest profit-generating game” successful its full history, and it achieved that rubric successful little than 12 months. Curious arsenic to what Ubisoft’s biggest crippled of each clip is? So are we, but Ubisoft doesn’t notation who wears that crown successful its First-Half 2021-22 Fiscal Earnings Report released today.

“Assassin’s Creed Valhalla has been outperforming Assassin’s Creed Odyssey crossed the committee since its release,” the fiscal study reads. “This quarter, the Siege of Paris expansion, whose instauration was led by the astonishing squad astatine Ubisoft Singapore, delivered grounds engagement. In little than 12 months, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is already the second-largest profit-generation crippled successful Ubisoft’s history, reflecting the singular spot and worth of the franchise.”

Ubisoft says much “great caller content” is connected the mode for Valhalla’s 2nd twelvemonth connected the market, making peculiar notation of contented coming successful the “second fractional of the existent fiscal year.” It’s unclear if this contented volition beryllium much successful enactment with escaped DLC oregon paid expansions similar the caller Siege of Paris.

Elsewhere successful the fiscal net report, Ubisoft’s recently-released Far Cry 6 is performing rather good too. There wasn’t immoderate notation of circumstantial income numbers, but the steadfast says playtime per subordinate is up 25% successful Far Cry 6 compared to 2018’s Far Cry 5.

“Early income are successful enactment with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’s coagulated performance, a crippled released successful a akin timeframe,” the study reads. “With an breathtaking post-launch program implicit the coming months, Far Cry 6 is acceptable to beryllium a beardown performer this holiday.”

It seems the DLC contented that's coming to Valhalla and Far Cry 6 volition beryllium heavy supporting Ubisoft’s adjacent fiscal twelvemonth successful 2022 arsenic good due to the fact that the institution lone sanction drops 3 games successful its lineup for adjacent year, though it does permission the doorway unfastened for more.

“Eighty percent of Ubisoft’s investments are focused connected importantly expanding its premium offering for the coming years, and notably adjacent fiscal twelvemonth with the releases of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Mario + Rabbits: Sparks of Hope, Skull & Bones, and much breathtaking games,” the study reads.

The “and much breathtaking games” portion could beryllium alluding to titles specified arsenic Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake, which was primitively acceptable to merchandise this coming January but has since been delayed indefinitely. Perhaps Ubisoft is playing it harmless by not namedropping this hotly-anticipated remake successful the study conscionable successful lawsuit that indefinite hold slips into 2023.

While waiting to spot what Ubisoft releases adjacent year, cheque retired Game Informer’s review of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and past cheque retired our impressions of its latest expansion, The Siege of Paris. Be definite to work Game Informer’s Far Cry 6 review aft that.