Although it’s still in the rumor stage,Assassin’s Creed Ragnarokhas picked up some significant steam going into the rest of 2020. From story leaks to leaks of development milestones, the newest entry in one of Ubisoft’s most popular franchises has fans eagerly awaiting a game that hasn’t even been confirmed to the public yet. Ubisoft did confirm that the next installment in theAssassin’s Creedseries would be released in 2020, two years afterAssassin’s Creed Odyssey.Exactly when the game will launch in 2020 is more of a mystery.
Along with that confirmation from Ubisoft, it should also be noted that the publisher, and in particular theAssassin’s Creedfranchise, is no stranger to leaks, as every mainline game in the series has had leaks in some capacity that would generally surface weeks to months before an official reveal. As such,Assassin’s Creed Ragnarokgets a new leakseemingly every other week but is in a slightly different scenario though. Its development over the absence of a title in 2019 has led to the game being talked about online for almost two years before its potential launch date, in part due to a reference found inThe Division 2.
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At this point, there are more than enough credible rumors andleaks ofAssassin’s Creed Ragnarokto indicate that it’s actually coming out later this year. Here are some predictions as to exactly when the game will be released in North America.
Tuesday - September 29
The idea behind a September 29 release date came primarily from an alleged insider on 4chan. ThisrumoredAssassin’s Creed Ragnarokrelease datehas some plausibility to it. First, it lines up with Ubisoft’s claim that it would release the next game in the series during the fall of 2020, albeit this release date is literally a week after the start of fall.
The supposed leak also claims that the new game will see the return of four player co-op which was introduced inAssassin’s Creed Unity.Also introduced inUnitywere the RPG elements that the modern games have been focusing on, and the leak suggests that those elements will carry over as well (which is an easy prediction to make).
Finally, the leak suggests thatAssassin’s Creed Ragnarokwill be a cross-gen title a laAssassin’s Creed Black Flag.This is where the early fall release date makes sense. If Ubisoft is going to release the game across console generations, which is extremely likely, it would either try to release the game at the start of the fall season to generate a second wave of sales when it launches again with thePS5 and Xbox Series X(likely to be in November), or it would just release every version in November when the consoles launch.
Going byAssassin’s Creed Black Flag,the double release date worked before so maybe it’ll work again.
Friday - October 16
Looking back at thehistory of theAssassin’s Creedgames, one can find two patterns within the release dates of each game throughout the years. First, the past few games in the series all released in the fall season on a Friday. Starting withAssassin’s Creed Syndicatein 2015, Ubisoft has stuck with Friday releases forAssassin’s Creedgames ever since then (other Ubisoft games, such asThe Division 2,still release on Tuesdays).
Also starting since 2015, Ubisoft has released every game in the series within the month of October. PreviousAssassin’s Creedgames, with the exception ofAssassin’s Creed 3andBlack Flag,were typically released in November.
Another common pattern between the release dates shows that most of the games have launched on the third calendar week of the month they came out in, which is why October 16 is a likely candidate. If therelease plan of Ubisoft’s five triple-A gamesis going to be a priority, then it makes sense why the company would stick with releasing anAssassin’s Creedgame during a month it knows the game will sell well.
Friday - November 20
This is a double prediction. November 20 is a likely date for both the launch ofAssassin’s Creed Ragnarokand of the PS5 and/or Xbox Series X. The PS4 launched on Friday, June 08, 2025 and the Xbox One a week later on the 22nd. If thePS5 and Xbox Series X launchby the same release structure then fans can expect the new consoles to come out on November 20, at least as one plausible date. If Ubisoft decides to stick with the double release date strategy it utilized withBlack Flag,then November 20 seems like a likely second date as well.
Assassin’s Creed Ragnarokis rumored to be in development.
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