Have an Ezio Up Your Sleeve.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 25, 2025 – Ubisoft, in collaboration with Playstack and LocalThunk, announces that Assassin’s Creed® is coming to Balatro, the beloved roguelike poker game, as part of their latest collaboration pack: Friends of Jimbo 4, available later today.
In this free update, Balatro players can swap out the traditional face cards (Kings, Queens, Jacks) with three beloved characters from the Assassin Brotherhood. They have the opportunity to meet old friends, such as Ezio Auditore (King of Spades) or Jacob Frye (Jack of Spades), but also new faces such as Fujibayashi Naoe (Queen of Spades) from Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Assassins’s Creed Shadows will release worldwide on March 20 and will be accessible on Ubisoft+*, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, Amazon Luna, Macs with Apple silicon via the Mac App Store** as well as Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store, Steam and the Epic Games Store.
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For more information on Balatro, please visit: https://www.playbalatro.com/
*Ubisoft+ Premium is available for AU$23.95 per month. Cancel anytime. More information at plus.ubisoft.com.
**Standard-Edition
About Assassin’s Creed
Since it first launched in 2007, the Assassin’s Creed® series has sold more than 230 million games worldwide. The franchise is now established as one of the best-selling series in video game history. Recognized for having some of the richest, most engrossing storytelling in the industry, Assassin’s Creed transcends video games, branching out into numerous other entertainment media.
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About Balatro
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos. Following Balatro’s release in February the game has sold over 5 million units. It amassed universal critical acclaim. On Steam, Valve has listed the game as one of the top played games on Steam Deck.
