Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Ubisoft Montreal

PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, Series X and S, Google Stadia

VIKINGS have undergone a bit of a rebrand of late. Once seen as violent barbarians, rampaging in horned helmets across Europe, we are increasingly finding evidence that they were an advanced, civilised people with everything from frozen food to navigational crystals .

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla , the latest in the historical action series, seems to want it both ways. You play as a Viking called Eivor (male or …