Update:

Ubisoft has announced that the full reveal for the newly titled Assassin's Creed Valhalla will premiere tomorrow April 30 at 8 am PT/11 am ET. IGN will cover the world premiere so check back on the site tomorrow.



Watch the World Premiere of Assassin's Creed Valhalla April 30th at 8am PDT / 5pm CEST. #AssassinsCreed — Assassin's Creed (@assassinscreed) April 29, 2020

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The setting for the next Assassin's Creed game – rumoured to be set in the Viking era – will be revealed in a stream today.Ubisoft has kicked off a stream hosted by digital artist Bosslogic, who'll create a "unique art piece" that will reveal the setting. We'll be updating this post as the day goes on, noting anything we learn from the art below.You can watch the stream on Twitter YouTube and Twitch The image is now clearly in two halves, showing a frozen-looking shore on the left, and a more vibrant countryside on the right. That could signify the Vikings' raiding journeys from Scandinavia to warmer countries in the south.The first major addition to the image is a large stone castle, which would seem to lend some credence to the idea of an Assassin's Creed game set in the Middle Ages - although stone castles first emerged in Europe towards the very end of the Viking Age, around 1,000 CE.The left side of the image now features a couple of boats that look very much like Viking longships, while the right side features a battle between two differently armoured sides. A Viking game feels more and more likely.The latest major changes have involved turning that once-proud castle into a ruin, and adding a lot of detail to the background battlers. The cloaked combatants seem to be armed and armoured like Anglo Saxon warriors , who repeatedly defended against Viking invasions in Britain.The central figure is starting to get more detailed. BossLogic is painting in their belt which clearly showcases some nordic engravings and design patterns. With the background mostly complete, all that's left is the central character.Artist BossLogic finished the Assassin's Creed painting revealing its viking-era setting. Ubisoft confirmed the title for the new assassin game will be called Assassin's Creed Valhalla with a full reveal premiering tomorrow at 8 am PT/11 am ET. Check out the full complete artwork below.

The next Assassin's Creed game is widely rumoured to centre around Vikings , so we could potentially see a Middle Ages setting emerge over the course of the stream – the Viking Age is a time period lasting from 800 CE to 1066 CE. Rumours have suggested that the game is subtitled (or code named) Kingdom or Ragnarok. The Division 2 may have already teased that setting , given it included Assassin's Creed's Apple of Eden artifact placed suspiciously close to the word 'Valhalla'.

If that does turn out to be the case we'd be in favour of that move, as we think a Viking-based game could bring the franchise full circle.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News, and he wants to go to Jorvik Viking Centre as research. Follow him on Twitter