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Assassin's Creed Mirage free trial now available

And all players can dress up as Valhalla's hero.

Assassin's Creed Mirage hero Basim dressed in Valhalla hero Eivor's outfit.
Image credit: Ubisoft

Last year's enjoyable back-to-basics Assassin's Creed entry is now available to play for free, thanks to a limited-time trial.

You can download Assassin's Creed Mirage now for no cost on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, and stab your way through the game's first two hours without paying a penny, from now until 30th April.

After that, you can cough up for the full thing and see your progress carry over.

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If you've already been playing Mirage, there's something for you today too. You can now dress Mirage's hero Basim in the Viking clothes of Assassin's Creed Valhalla's main character Eivor. I think the look works - though it does make Basim look a little overdressed for the Baghdad sun.

After more than a decade of progressively bigger and more complex games, last year's Assassin's Creed Mirage reset things back to the series' origins: a city-sized story and map in the sands of the Middle East, with a far more manageable play time.

"Golden Age Baghdad, along with a return to a more focused, stealth-based design, makes for a rich and characterful adventure," our Chris Donlan wrote in Eurogamer's Assassin's Creed Mirage review.

Mirage launched alongside the franchise's 15th anniversary, and acts as something of a capstone to its recent era.

Next up for Assassin's Creed is a trip to feudal Japan for the highly-anticipated Codename Red - the first game in the series led by Ubisoft's talented Quebec studio since the brilliant Odyssey, all the way back in 2018.

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