What is the Assassin’s Creed Animus Hub? Formerly known as Assassin’s Creed Infinity, the Animus Hub is Ubisoft’s new all-in-one launcher for all things AC. Having been in the works for several years, the lid has finally been lifted on what you’ll be able to do while exploring this space.
The Assassin’s Creed Animus Hub is set to debut alongside the Assassin’s Creed Shadows release date. As we’ll come to discuss, Naoe and Yasuke’s big feudal Japan adventure isn’t the only installment of the iconic RPG series you’ll be able to tap into with the hub’s various features. Now, let’s take a big leap of faith and dive in.
Assassin’s Creed Animus Hub explained
The Assassin’s Creed Animus Hub is a comprehensive launcher from which you can access multiple Assassin’s Creed games, alongside hub-exclusive mission content, rewards, and lore. The Animus Hub is divided into four sections: Memories, Projects, Exchange, and Vault.
The Memories section presents a timeline of the major Assassin’s Creed releases, which you can launch directly into – this will include future AC games. Only installments from Period 2 (Origins onwards) will be accessible at launch. For reference, that’s Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla, Mirage, and Shadows. Ubisoft says that, while Period 1 titles aren’t “currently” supported, we can expect content to continue rolling out over the coming months and years. This is also set to include the return of multiplayer.
Next up, we have Projects which will open up in-game missions called Anomalies that grant all sorts of spicy rewards as you proceed through battle pass-style reward tracks (don’t worry, they’re free). These include Legendary gear, lore snippets, and a special currency called Keys that can be used to purchase even more goodies from the Exchange. The Exchange itself features a rotating shop that appears to update both daily and weekly, judging from the explainer trailer above.
Finally, there’s the Vault. Here you’ll find all the narrative spice that helps augment the Assassin’s Creed universe. Of course, you’ll have to uncover these tidbits first, either through playing Shadows or clearing through the Projects reward tracks.
And that’s everything you need to know about the Assassin’s Creed Animus Hub. If you’re hoovering up Shadows pre-launch information, make sure you have the right AC Shadows system requirements to play the game. You’ll also want to familiarize yourself with the AC Shadows voice actors who’ll be accompanying you for the hours ahead – however long AC Shadows is going to have you locked in for.