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Assassin’s Creed: Mirage contains sweet tribute to a fan’s deceased cat

Thanks to a peculiar marking above its nose

Marco Wutz

Assassin’s Creed: Mirage contains sweet tribute to a fan’s deceased cat
Assassin’s Creed: Mirage contains sweet tribute to a fan’s deceased cat /

Ubisoft recently celebrated the successful launch of Assassin’s Creed: Mirage, a game taking the iconic series back to its roots. The entire title is an homage to the origins of the series, but pays tribute to more than that: In the newest iteration of the franchise, there is a cat you can pet, pick up, and snuggle with. This adorable gray-and-white feline has a real-life backstory.

It seems like the Assassin’s Creed: Mirage cat was inspired by one fan’s plea to the developers to add their friend’s recently deceased pet to the game. “Please add this cat whose face has the AC logo on his precious snout to the game,” this person wrote. “He belonged to my friend and he recently crossed the rainbow bridge.”

Assassin'c Creed Mirage special cat.
This adorable feline friend has a real-life backstory making his appearance all the sweeter / Ubisoft

Apparently, the developers saw this message and acted on it, because the cat in the game most certainly looks like the image of the cat sent in by this person: Coloration and patterns on both of the animals match each other clearly. It’s especially visible in the facial area, where a matching pair of spots in a darker gray can be seen right under the eyes.

Then there’s the characteristic mentioned by the user sending in the message – the triangular shape right above the cat’s nose, which in combination with the body part itself does have a semblance to the Assassin’s Creed series’ logo. This little fellow shows up at the Abbasiyah bureau of the Hidden Ones, so do stop to give him a pat on the hat next time you cross paths with him. Be aware, however, that he'll be on his way again after you snuggled with him one time.

It’s a surprisingly sweet thing to pay tribute to in a game that’s about sneakily murdering people in cold blood.

If that’s what you’re still up to, then check out our Assassin’s Creed: Mirage review, find all Enigma locations and solutions, and learn how to eavesdrop in Assassin's Creed: Mirage.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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