Assassin’s Creed Valhalla ‘Viking’ Discovery Tour Arrives In October

Ubisoft has announced that the educational Discovery Tour for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla will arrive next month on October 19^th.

Of course, this Discovery Tour will all be about Viking history and Norse mythology. Personally, this is the Discovery Tour that I’ve been looking forward to most of all.

Discovery Tour: Viking Age will allow players to explore the world of Valhalla combat free and has been developed alongside historians and archaeologists. If you ever wanted to be immersed in learning all about the Viking age during ninth-century Norway and England, this would probably be the best way to do it.

Ever wanted to experience life during the Viking era?

Discovery Tour: Viking Age releases as a free expansion for Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla players on 19th October. pic.twitter.com/DCOcxjMZFA

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According to the press release provided by Ubisoft, Discovery Tour: Viking Age covers:

• Hampshire Cultural Trust (HCT) is Ubisoft’s main partner for Discovery Tour: Viking Age, managing 23 museum and arts attractions across Hampshire and caring for 2.5 million objects relating to Hampshire’s rich and internationally important heritage. The Discovery Tour provides a unique glimpse into the lives of ordinary people in and around Winchester through a selection of rare objects, including the exceptional Winchester Reliquary, the sole surviving holy relic in Britain from the time.
• In addition to this collaboration with the Discovery Tour: Viking Age, Ubisoft’s strategic partnership with HCT will bring history to life in spring 2022 in Winchester through a unique, immersive cultural experience, which will blend real action with video projection, storytelling and objects from the trust’s collections; the experience will be complemented by an Augmented Reality tour of Winchester in the lore of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla produced by Sugar Creative, one of the UK’s leading creative studios.
• The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It has a vast collection of items including artefacts from every age of written civilisation. A partnership with the British Library was key to Ubisoft to give players the best access to medieval manuscripts and illustrations directly linked with the Viking Age.
• The Réunion des Musées Nationaux – Grand Palais photo agency is a public industrial and commercial institution under the authority of the French Ministry of Culture. It has been officially responsible for promoting collections of France’s national museums. Each year, it captures more than 20,000 new on-site shots to further expand the agency’s collection, which is universally available online. They have been an essential partner since the first Discovery Tour. Their vast collections have been key in supporting Ubisoft’s artefact driven approach to the Discovery Tour: Viking Age, enabling players to look at items such as the Bayeux Tapestry or the Sutton Hoo helmet.
• York Archaeological Trust operates the Jorvik Viking Centre in the UK, which has interpreted the archaeology of York’s Coppergate dig for the benefit of all audiences. The Discovery Tour has allowed Ubisoft to present some of these finds in a new medium, adding authentic period detail to the immersive environment of the Discovery Tour and demonstrating the importance of the city during the Viking Age as a commercial, religious, and political hub.
• The National Museum of Denmark, Nationalmuseet, consists of a network of 20 museums all over the country with a collection of unique items covering a large part of Danish history. Putting artefacts under the spotlight from the National Museum of Denmark’s collections truly added depth to the Discovery Tour, demonstrating amazing crafting skills and esthetics and a chance to see how reputation, family and social bonds are described as such vital elements.
• Preston Park Museum & Grounds is the local Museum serving the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. Preston Park Museums & Ground gave the Discovery Tour team the unique opportunity to highlight two key elements from the Viking Era; the new Anglo-Scandinavian culture that emerged from funerary art, and one of only two near-complete Viking era helmets in the world; the Yarm Helmet. Preston Park Museum has a special Viking touring exhibition arriving early 2022 in which there will be events that incorporate the Discovery Tour: Viking Age.

Discovery Tour: Viking Age will be available in-game at no extra cost to all those that own Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. If you do not own AC: Valhalla, fear not, because you can buy Discovery Tour: Viking Age as a standalone for just £16.99.

Discovery Tour: Viking Age will be available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Google Stadia on October 19^th.

In our review of Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, we said that if: “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag got together and had a baby, Valhalla would be its love child.”

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