{"id":12388,"date":"2026-07-30T14:17:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T11:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=12388"},"modified":"2026-07-30T19:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T15:45:14","slug":"christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-sparks-assassins-creed-odyssey-player-count-spike-gives-ubisoft-great-ammunition-for-a-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-sparks-assassins-creed-odyssey-player-count-spike-gives-ubisoft-great-ammunition-for-a-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Nolan&#8217;s The Odyssey Sparks Assassin&#8217;s Creed: Odyssey Player Count Spike, Gives Ubisoft &#8216;Great Ammunition&#8217; for a Remake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Ubisoft&#8217;s excellent Assassin&#8217;s Creed Odyssey is enjoying a big spike in active players, following the launch of Christopher Nolan&#8217;s The Odyssey.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Nolan&#8217;s Ancient Greek blockbuster is on track to make a billion dollars at the box office, and has clearly sparked further interest in its setting. Indeed, engagement statistics published by Alinea Analytics analyst Rhys Elliot show that the film&#8217;s launch has also driven thousands of players back to Ubisoft&#8217;s 2018 epic.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Odyssey has nearly doubled its active userbase over the past week across a combination of PlayStation, Xbox and PC via Steam. Xbox engagement was particularly strong, up from 36,000 to 84,000 daily active users, a leap of 134%.<\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Odyssey Cast and Characters: Who&#8217;s Who in the Christopher Nolan Film<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\">&lt;img alt=&quot;Matt Damon as Odysseus<\/p>\n<p>Matt Damon stars in Nolan\u2019s adaptation of The Odyssey, playing Odysseus himself. Damon\u2019s name was the first to appear when word of this project surfaced, and his appearance in The Odyssey will mark the third time the Academy Award-winning actor has worked with Nolan following Interstellar and Oppenheimer. Odysseus, of course, is the Greek king of Ithaca who has been absent from his home for 20 years, having spent the first 10 years fighting (and winning via Trojan Horse) the Trojan War, and the latter 10 years trying and failing &#8212; after landing on the bad side of the god Poseidon &#8212; to get back home.&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; class=&#8221;progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity&#8221; loading=&#8221;lazy&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-sparks-assassins-creed-odyssey-player-count-spike-gives-ubisoft-great-ammunition-for-a-remake.gif&#8221; data-cy=&#8221;progressive-image&#8221;&gt;<span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3027214138 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In what seems to be a canny move, Ubisoft currently has Assassin&#8217;s Creed Odyssey available via Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus \u2014 allowing The Odyssey fans who own a console subscription to boot up the game without any additional charge.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Software sales moved modestly at around 400,000 copies year-to-date, but the real [benefit] here is pure player engagement,&#8221; Elliot wrote, going on to suggest the figures bode well for a future Odyssey remake akin to the recently-launched Assassin&#8217;s Creed Black Flag Resynced. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;The film didn&#8217;t make millions buy an eight-year-old game, but it got a massive cohort playing it again,&#8221; Elliot continued. &#8220;That data gives Ubisoft great ammunition for an eventual AC Odyssey Resynced.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">&#8220;Credit to Ubisoft for leaning into the momentum. They ran timed social campaigns alongside Nolan\u2019s release and resurfaced Discovery Tour (the guided, combat-free educational mode), positioning it as an interactive companion piece for anyone falling down a history rabbit hole after leaving the cinema.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ancient Greece awaits, misthios.<br \/>Time to begin an Odyssey (again). pic.twitter.com\/VKFlTOJrVq<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Assassin&#8217;s Creed (@assassinscreed) July 15, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Odyssey is an epic, standout entry in Ubisoft&#8217;s long-lived historical adventure series, and one that&#8217;s well worth experiencing (or revisiting, if you played it back in the day). It features an enormous world to explore, filled with a sprawling set of stories taking in the setting&#8217;s historical characters, myths and legends. Odyssey also saw the series leaning its furthest into full RPG territory, to the delight of many (though the chagrin of others who preferred the franchise in its more humbler rooftop-set origins).<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">With more than 10 million copies sold during its first two years, Odyssey remains one of the most successful entries in the Assassin&#8217;s Creed series, while its protagonist Kassandra continues to be one of its most popular, and one of the few to pop up again in subsequent games. <\/p>\n<p><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Complete Assassin&#8217;s Creed Timeline<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\">&lt;img alt=&quot;Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows may be the latest game in the long-running series, but its feudal Japan setting places it at the midpoint of the series\u2019 historical timeline. That\u2019s because Assassin\u2019s Creed doesn\u2019t progress chronologically; this long-running franchise hops forwards and backwards in time between each entry, exploring significant events from as far back as the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece, and right up to the dawn of the First World War.<br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p>With 14 games in the mainline series and counting, the timeline of these events is increasingly complex. That\u2019s why IGN has pored over every scrap of lore to make sense of the series&#8217; centuries-spanning timeline, the overarching story, and how the games all fit together. The result is this timeline, which covers all the key events in the Assassin\u2019s Creed timeline in chronological order.&#8221; decoding=&#8221;async&#8221; class=&#8221;progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity&#8221; loading=&#8221;lazy&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/christopher-nolans-the-odyssey-sparks-assassins-creed-odyssey-player-count-spike-gives-ubisoft-great-ammunition-for-a-remake.gif&#8221; data-cy=&#8221;progressive-image&#8221;&gt;<span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3027214138 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\"><\/span><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Just don&#8217;t expect the events of either The Odyssey or Assassin&#8217;s Creed Odyssey to overlap. While some elements will be familiar, the former is set around 800 years before \u2014 although it clearly inspired Ubisoft&#8217;s game. Both stories follow an outcast navigating the Greek islands on a ship, battling armies and other monstrous forces as they attempt to reclaim their family. Not played Assassin&#8217;s Creed Odyssey yet? Now&#8217;s the time.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. 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