The game was announced on Saturday during the Ubisoft Forward event, the live stream of which was prefaced by an ESRB AO for Adults Only logo. An Xbox Store listing for Mirage also carried an AO rating for Adults Only 18+, with content descriptions of intense violence, blood and gore, sexual themes, partial nudity, and actual gambling. “Following the announcement of Assassin’s Creed Mirage during Ubisoft Forward, some store pages mistakenly displayed the game for pre-order with an ESRB adult-only rating and are being fixed,” the publisher said. GamnesIndustry.biz. “While Assassin’s Creed Mirage is still pending review, Ubisoft wants to reassure players that there is no actual gambling or lootboxes in the game.” The publisher did not explain how the AO score was found in the official Ubisoft Forward live stream. AO ratings are extremely rare in recent years. A game hasn’t started with one since 2015’s Hatred. One of the reasons for the rarity is the reluctance of retailers and digital stores to carry AO-rated games, and the policies of Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft not to allow AO-rated games to be released on their platforms.
