Assassin’s Creed is heading into Torchlight: Infinite, with XD Games and Ubisoft confirming a collaboration for January 2027. It’s an unexpected meeting of two very different approaches to acquiring things, although Torchlight players probably won’t need much encouragement to investigate another source of loot.
The announcement is still light on the contents of the crossover. There’s no specific launch day, featured assassin or list of activities yet, with further details promised in the coming weeks. For now, the useful confirmation is the partnership and its January window, rather than any particular hidden blade finding its way into your build.
There’s something more immediate for existing players, too. The SS14 Tartarus hardcore server, The Unbound, is now live worldwide, bringing back the fresh-start challenge introduced during SS13 Afterlight. Better rewards and leaderboard places are the incentive, while permadeath provides a fairly persuasive reason to keep paying attention.
XD Games says this version brings back mechanics from earlier seasons alongside two changes to the usual rhythm. Move to Cast regularly triggers your Core Skill and attempts your Core Spell Skill’s spell burst while you move, letting travel through a map contribute to the damage. Unshackled Destiny removes the limit on installed Destinies, although socket restrictions still apply, so there are more build possibilities without every restriction vanishing.
The Unbound also introduces five special Compasses covering Arcana, Overrealm, Outlaw, Dark Surge and Lunaria. They can improve rewards or encounters, and all five are free to obtain, but only one special Compass can be deployed per map. The catch is that they make enemies more dangerous as well, which is rather less comforting when a mistake can end the run.
Torchlight: Infinite is available on PC, iOS and Android. You can see the crossover confirmation on the game’s official account and follow its official website for the next details, with XD Games’ public release covering the returning hardcore server.