Assassin’s Creed Origins Drops An Intrigue-Packed Story Trailer And New Gameplay Demo

Assassin’s Creed Origins looks like a lot of fun, but, up until recently, we didn’t know much about the game’s story. Obviously, the game takes place in Ancient Egypt, but information about the game’s characters and historical context has been hard to come by. Well, that’s changed over the past few days, as Ubisoft brought not one, but two new story trailers to Gamescom (check the first one out here).

The latest trailer, which you can check out above, details the Ancient Egyptian political situation you’ll be stumbling into in Assassin’s Creed Origins. Here’s the official Ubisoft rundown:

Assassin’s Creed Origins is set during the reign of Cleopatra, an extremely tumultuous and pivotal era for Egypt. 49 BCE was a particularly bad time for Egypt. Cleopatra and her younger brother, Ptolemy XIII, had previously ruled Egypt together as its co-regents, but were now embroiled in a civil war for Egypt’s throne.

This war coincided with a famine caused by years of bad harvests, as well as with an economic crash caused by the total devaluation of Egypt’s currency. This led Rome, Egypt’s longtime ally and creditor, to take an interest in calming things down – and as Rome’s own civil war ended abruptly on Egypt’s shores, Julius Caesar himself would famously take a side in Egypt’s raging conflict.

War and the larger-than-life historical personalities that controlled it aren’t the only reasons this era was chosen for Assassin’s Creed Origins. Egypt at this moment was a clash of old and new, caught in a transition between millennia of tradition and a rapid cultural upheaval that will change it forever, which makes it the ideal setting to tell the story of the birth of the Assassin Brotherhood as we now know it.

Rebellion, civil war, and a three-way battle of wills between Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, and Ptolemy XIII? Now that sounds like a juicy slice of history right here!

While we’re at it, you can check out a new chunk of Assassin’s Creed Origins gameplay, courtesy of IGN, below:

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Assassin’s Creed Origins sneaks on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on October 27. Amazon Prime members can save 20% when they pre-order the game.