Assassins Creed Origins To Release October 27th

If you take a peek at the screenshot attached to this news-item, you will notice that Ubisoft will be releasing Assassins Creed Origins on October the 27th. The release date was spotted in a magazine.

It is expected that at E3 next week you will see a full announcement. Earlier on it was already mentioned though that the Origins release will take place in an Egypt scenery, and in fact would be a prequel. In the twitter teaser they state "a New era begins". Among the listed improvements and features, here are a few highlights to take note of, courtesy of Reddit:

• Development started immediately after Black Flag
• October 27 release date
• Takes place during rise of Cleopatra
• New fighting and movement systems (no more sprint button)
• Swimming is back, with plenty to find underwater
• A second playable character
• Wild animals will attack not only the player but each other
• You can add arrows blocked with your shield to your inventory
• RPG-lite leveling system with multiple branches (Seer, Warrior, Hunter)
• Gladiator battles in arena
• Optimized for Xbox Scorpio

Based on photographs of the magazine posted by HungryGhost57 on Reddit and Imgur, the new entry in the series entitled Assassin's Creed Origins will be released on October 27th with the tagline: "As an empire falls, a brotherhood rises." The announcement's accompanying illustrations show the titular assassin against a backdrop of pyramids and sphinxes, just like the retail pre-order card that was also leaked a couple of days ago. The photos are courtesy of HungryGhost57 on Reddit.