{"id":594120,"date":"2026-03-18T20:57:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/more-people-played-assassins-creed-valhalla-last-year-than-the-year-it-launched"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:57:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T20:57:34","slug":"more-people-played-assassins-creed-valhalla-last-year-than-the-year-it-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/more-people-played-assassins-creed-valhalla-last-year-than-the-year-it-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"More people played Assassin&#8217;s Creed Valhalla last year than the year it launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/more-people-played-assassins-creed-valhalla-last-year-than-the-year-it-launched.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nWe already knew Assassin&#8217;s Creed Valhalla was doing well &#8211; but it&#8217;s still doing well now, 18 months later.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNew data released by Ubisoft last night as part of its annual financial results revealed Valhalla had more unique players in the past 12 months ending 31st March 2022 than it did in the four months after its hugely-successful launch. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe stat suggests players are still picking up &#8211; and sticking with &#8211; Valhalla. Indeed, Ubisoft also said that the past year &#8211; free from a new Assassin&#8217;s Creed release &#8211; notched up nearly double the money than the year after 2018&#8217;s Odyssey arrived. That points to stronger sales of Valhalla&#8217;s DLC than Odyssey&#8217;s, too.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/more-people-played-assassins-creed-valhalla-last-year-than-the-year-it-launched\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/more-people-played-assassins-creed-valhalla-last-year-than-the-year-it-launched\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We already knew Assassin&#8217;s Creed Valhalla was doing well &#8211; but it&#8217;s still doing well now, 18 months later. New data released by Ubisoft last night as part of its annual financial results revealed Valhalla had more unique players in the past 12 months ending 31st March 2022 than it did in the four months after its hugely-successful launch. The stat suggests players are still picking up &#8211; and sticking with &#8211; Valhalla. Indeed, Ubisoft also said that the past year &#8211; free from a new Assassin&#8217;s Creed release &#8211; notched up nearly double the money than the year after 2018&#8217;s Odyssey arrived. That points to stronger sales of Valhalla&#8217;s DLC than Odyssey&#8217;s, too. 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