{"id":2405,"date":"2026-04-11T08:32:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2124867"},"modified":"2026-04-11T08:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:32:23","slug":"valhalla-is-the-biggest-assassins-creed-launch-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/valhalla-is-the-biggest-assassins-creed-launch-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Valhalla is the biggest Assassin&#8217;s Creed launch ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/valhalla-is-the-biggest-assassins-creed-launch-ever.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id>\n<p class=\"strapline\"> Thor it&#8217;d done&nbsp;well. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"39.59940872136\">\n<section class readability=\"25.806356245381\">\n<p>\nAssassin&#8217;s Creed Valhalla shifted more copies in its launch week than any other game in the long-running series to date.<\/p>\n<p>It has also been Ubisoft&#8217;s best PC launch ever, with an &#8220;all-time record&#8221; for sales directly from Ubisoft&#8217;s own digital store. <\/p>\n<p>Valhalla is the 12th mainline Assassin&#8217;s Creed game, and the third since it shifted genres and adopted a biannual release schedule.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting Ubisoft has not announced any actual sales figures here, though we can safely assume Valhalla has beaten the franchise&#8217;s previously-stated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2012-11-06-assassins-creed-3-sales-estimated-at-over-3-5-million-units\">launch week total set by Assassin&#8217;s Creed 3 of 3.5m units worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"video\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"video-container\" readability=\"9\"> <iframe width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen data-youtube=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mbpjn35mwWo?enablejsapi=1\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"message\">This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. Please enable cookies to view.<\/span> <button id=\"ot-sdk-btn\" class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\">Manage cookie settings<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As video games analyst Daniel Ahmad pointed out on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZhugeEX\/status\/1328765235369549833\">Twitter<\/a>, sales directly from its own PC store (and also via Epic) will mean Valhalla&#8217;s launch has been more profitable versus launching on Steam and losing Valve&#8217;s higher cut.<\/p>\n<p>Here in the UK specifically, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-11-16-assassins-creed-valhalla-denies-cod-uk-boxed-games-chart-top-spot\">Valhalla sold double the launch week boxed sales of Odyssey<\/a> two years ago &#8211; no small feat considering the rising percentage of digital sales and the fact many high street game shops are currently locked down.<\/p>\n<p>It was also enough for Call of Duty to be denied its typical UK chart top spot for the first time 13 years.<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-11-18-valhalla-is-the-biggest-assassins-creed-launch-ever\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thor it&#8217;d done&nbsp;well. Assassin&#8217;s Creed Valhalla shifted more copies in its launch week than any other game in the long-running series to date. It has also been Ubisoft&#8217;s best PC launch ever, with an &#8220;all-time record&#8221; for sales directly from Ubisoft&#8217;s own digital store. Valhalla is the 12th mainline Assassin&#8217;s Creed game, and the third since it shifted genres and adopted a biannual release schedule. It&#8217;s worth noting Ubisoft has not announced any actual sales figures here, though we can safely assume Valhalla has beaten the franchise&#8217;s previously-stated launch week total set by Assassin&#8217;s Creed 3 of 3.5m units worldwide. [embedded content] This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. 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