Also there's going to be a spider-bot deathmatch mode so game of the year material.

In classic Ubisoft fashion, they managed to get all of Sam Fisher’s fans worked up and excited, only to slap them back down from their hype.

Reports of Viking warriors preferring to wear tie-dyed tunics, somehow finding those horrible Cheech and Chong movies funny, and wanting to swap their battle axe for a lute, are unsubstantiated at this point.

Ubisoft’s been on a bit of an upper management cull lately, what with the higher echelons of the company being dragged into the spotlight for allegedly gross behaviour behind the scenes. Hunters have been tranquilising the staff with pink slips and voluntary resignations before they could do even more damage to the brand, rounding them up and releasing them back into the wild amidst numerous claims of workplace harassment.

Keen to see some fresh new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla gameplay? Here you go! Axes, longboats and cat raiders!

In Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Ubisoft’s looking to change the flow of side quests up. And by change, we mean not have them in the game at all. Or at least give the idea a new coat of paint.

If you're a fan of the Assassin's Creed franchise and are looking forward to jumping back into a familiar game with new lore and environments, then you're going to love Valhalla.

Someone managed to break into Ubisoft and make off with the prize of an entire half hour of gameplay footage, and barring the rough wrinkles from this early build, I like what I’m seeing! There’s the continuation of Origins and Odyssey’s combat style, this time augmented by a brutal curb stomp ability that would make Seth Rollins proud.