Assassin’s Creed Franchise Reaches Two 40-Million Milestones at Once
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- Both Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Origins have surpassed 40 million players.
- Assassin’s Creed Origins was nominated 31 times in different categories across multiple industry award ceremonies and won once.
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was nominated 46 times in different categories across multiple industry award ceremonies and won twice.
Ubisoft has announced that both Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Assassin’s Creed Origins have reached over 40 million players.
The announcement was made via a post on the official X (formerly Twitter) account of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.
Assassin’s Creed Origins was developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft in 2017. This title is the tenth major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series and the successor to Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, which was released in 2015. Origins is set in Egypt, near the end of the Ptolemaic period from 49 to 38 BC, and follows the story of the Medjay named Bayek of Siwa and his wife Aya as they seek revenge for the murder of their son. The title also explores the origins of the Assassin Brotherhood, called Hidden Ones in this game, and their long-lasting conflict with the Order of the Ancients, forerunners to the Templar Order. The framing story, set in the 21st century, follows a new character, Layla Hassan, who relives Bayek and Aya’s memories using a modified Animus device.
The game was nominated 31 times in different categories across multiple industry award ceremonies but won only once at the 16th Visual Effects Society Awards for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project.
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey was developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft in 2018. The game is the eleventh major installment in the Assassin’s Creed series and the successor to Assassin’s Creed Origins. The game’s plot tells a mythological history of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta from 431 to 422 BC. Players control a Spartan mercenary who fights on both sides of the conflict, trying to eliminate the mysterious Cult of Kosmos. Odyssey continues the story arc of Layla Hassan, a character introduced in Origins, who relives the mercenary’s memories through the Animus.
The game was nominated 46 times in different categories across multiple industry award ceremonies but won only twice, at Titanium Awards for Best Artistic Design and The “Best Alternate History” Award at The Steam Awards.
