Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Launch to Celebrate with Odin’s Hootenanny and Announcement Trailer

By Christian Pepitoon

Game company Ubisoft has announced Odin’s Hootenanny, a digital variety show to celebrate the upcoming video game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

The digital variety show Odin’s Hootenanny will be held on November 6 at 5pm GMT. This will be presented in partnership with Xbox Series X/S featuring segments from Xbox, IGN, and BAFTA. It will be hosted by the actor and comedian Danny Wallace who is known to the fans for his portrayal of Shaun Hastings in the Assassin’s Creed Series.

The event will feature tons of exclusive content to check out like gameplay reveal from the Xbox Series X version of the game and a Viking game-show featuring plucky ravens, red-hot forges, and more. Here’s the list:

  • Eivor Critiques IGN’s Viking Skills: Magnus Bruun, the talented Danish actor behind male Eivor provides live commentary direct from a Viking long-hall in Denmark as Amy Mallett and Stevie Coales seek to prove their mettle in dark-age Leicestershire.  In true Viking fashion, Magnus’ commentary is brutal and unforgiving, not to mention colourful.
  • BAFTA presents The Art of Storytelling: In an extended BAFTA Guru feature, Elle Osili-Wood sits down with Narrative Director Darby McDevitt to explore the storytelling of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.  
  • Xbox On presents Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on Xbox Series X. An extended gameplay segment showcasing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla on the new Xbox Series X hardware.
  • Modern-Day Flyting: Gaming rapper and self-proclaimed Rhyme Minister, Dan Bull will go head-to-head with British rap star Lethal Bizzle in a modern interpretation of a dark-age flyting battle, filled with sarcastic wit. 
  • A Very Viking Gameshow: A live-action, socially distanced game-show where two teams of the UK’s finest presenters and content creators, including Bex Bomb, Elle Osili-Wood, Gav Murphy and Marcus Bronzy square off in a series of Viking challenges, including axe-throwing and mind-games (and Kerplunk) with an actual raven named Loki.

 
“I’ve been a huge Assassin’s Creed fan from the beginning and delighted to be part of the series, and Valhalla looks like it’ll be the best so far,” said Danny Wallace, presenter of Odin’s Hootenanny.  “So when Ubisoft tempted me out of the house with ravens, skulls and axes, how could I turn them down?”

Source: Press Release

Here’s the announcement trailer: