Ubisoft may have just announced Assassin?s Creed Valhalla this week, but speculation about a Vikings-centric narrative has circulated for over a year. One of the first hints of such a project came out of another Ubisoft studio, Massive Entertainment. Last April, eagle eyed fans spotted an Assassin?s Creed Easter egg in The Division 2, complete with a ?Valhalla? poster and strategically placed Apple of Eden. According to one Assassin?s Creed Valhalla developer, however, this seeming tease was nothing short of happenstance.
See the Easter egg below:

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