Assassin's Creed Valhalla is out today, and in case you missed it, it's excellent. In his 92/100 review, Steven notes, "It builds on the excellent RPG foundation already laid by Origins and Odyssey, making meaningful improvements and addressing many of the frustrations I felt with both titles." The launch of "Valhalla" also went relatively smoothly.

However, Courtney Craven, founder of the game accessibility site Can I Play That, found one troubling issue with the game. [It's an equally important issue that I didn't mention in my Assassin's Creed Valhalla impressions article. This is the character description in the game," they write." Talking this way about facial differences is absolutely unacceptable. Writers of games and other games need to do better."

Unfortunately, though not unexpectedly, the response to Craven's tweet was generally negative, leading them to protect the tweet. Ubisoft, however, took a more understanding approach.

In early 2019, Ubisoft made similar changes to the Legacy of the First Blade DLC for Assassin's Creed Odyssey after complaints that the game forced players to pursue same-sex romance with the opposite sex, even if they had pursued same-sex romance in the main game. The following month, an update was released with changes intended to "better reflect the nature of romance for players who choose a storyline other than romance." The emphasis in Valhalla is on storytelling, and Steven stated in his review that the game is better at "telling an engaging story that twists and turns depending on your decisions" than in Odyssey.

At this time, no update date has been set: a representative from Ubisoft said they have no information to share other than this tweet at this time.

Thanks, PCGamesN.