{"id":2086602,"date":"2026-08-10T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2086602"},"modified":"2026-08-10T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T13:02:09","slug":"assassins-creed-creators-dark-and-witchy-action-game-1666-amsterdam-is-out-in-early-access-sooner-than-we-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2086602","title":{"rendered":"Assassin&#8217;s Creed creator&#8217;s dark and witchy action game 1666: Amsterdam is out in early access sooner than we expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/1666-amsterdam\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      1666: Amsterdam<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed creator&#8217;s dark and witchy action game 1666: Amsterdam is out in early access sooner than we expected<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Noa this.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/amsterdam-1666_GtEC3xc.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A hooded woman in a strong red light, looking forlorn\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"amsterdam-1666_GtEC3xc.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer \/ Panache Digital<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-10T16:02:09+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 10, 2026, 4:02 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amsterdam-1666-early-access-release-date?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"cd83042f-c8bc-475d-939f-807051a65dde\" data-name=\"1666: Amsterdam\" data-follow-text=\"Follow 1666: Amsterdam\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following 1666: Amsterdam\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow 1666: Amsterdam\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following 1666: Amsterdam\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow 1666: Amsterdam\" title=\"Follow 1666: Amsterdam\"><br \/>\n  Follow 1666: Amsterdam<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>1666: Amsterdam, a game that&#8217;s survived years of legal battles between Assassin&#8217;s Creed creator Patrice D\u00e9silets and Ubisoft, has an early access release date. It&#8217;ll be released 25th August for PC, on Steam and the Epic Games Store.<\/p>\n<p>1666: Amsterdam was re-revealed to the world earlier this summer in an eye-catching trailer that showed a witch walking through the streets of old Amsterdam, fighting enemies with magic and her broomstick. I kid you not.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Day &amp; Night Cycle of 1666: Amsterdam | Gameplay Feature 3 | EA Launches Aug 25\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/--KJtmVOf-g?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/--KJtmVOf-g\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Day &amp; Night Cycle of 1666: Amsterdam | Gameplay Feature 3 | EA Launches Aug 25<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Amsterdam: 1666.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=--KJtmVOf-g\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Developer Panache Digital released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/1666-amsterdam-demo-patrice-desilets\">a playable prologue 1666: Amsterdam<\/a> that same day, revealing a story of overlapping timelines and systems and ideas that I found a bit confusing. Nevertheless, I&#8217;ve seen much more of the game now and a clearer image of 1666: Amsterdam has come into view.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The early access release will be priced $30 and feature about 10 hours of gameplay, Patrice D\u00e9silets told me recently, which is less than half of what Panache wants 1666: Amsterdam to offer in full. The early access timeframe seems fairly open-ended, though internally there&#8217;s an end in sight, although I get the impression Panache is open to change should the community want it.<\/p>\n<p>1666: Amsterdam casts you as the witch Noa in 1666, plus as a more regular civilian called Aaron in 1999, and as a descendent of Noa in the modern day. By way of magic, Aaron and Noa find themselves inextricably linked, with Aaron becoming Noa&#8217;s cat familiar in 1666, and Noa becoming Aaron&#8217;s cat familiar in 1999. The descendent of Noa then explores their tale from the present day.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/1666-amsterdam-impressions-patrice-desilets\"> my still-warm 1666: Amsterdam preview<\/a> for our latest look at the game &#8211; I found it to be a bit awkward but full of interesting ideas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>1666: Amsterdam, a game that&#8217;s survived years of legal battles between Assassin&#8217;s Creed creator Patrice D\u00e9silets and Ubisoft, has an early access release date. It&#8217;ll be released 25th August for PC, on Steam and the Epic Games Store.<\/p>\n<p>1666: Amsterdam was re-revealed to the world earlier this summer in an eye-catching trailer that showed a witch walking through the streets of old Amsterdam, fighting enemies with magic and her broomstick. I kid you not.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Day &amp; Night Cycle of 1666: Amsterdam | Gameplay Feature 3 | EA Launches Aug 25\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/--KJtmVOf-g?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/--KJtmVOf-g\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Day &amp; Night Cycle of 1666: Amsterdam | Gameplay Feature 3 | EA Launches Aug 25<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Amsterdam: 1666.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=--KJtmVOf-g\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Developer Panache Digital released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/1666-amsterdam-demo-patrice-desilets\">a playable prologue 1666: Amsterdam<\/a> that same day, revealing a story of overlapping timelines and systems and ideas that I found a bit confusing. Nevertheless, I&#8217;ve seen much more of the game now and a clearer image of 1666: Amsterdam has come into view.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The early access release will be priced $30 and feature about 10 hours of gameplay, Patrice D\u00e9silets told me recently, which is less than half of what Panache wants 1666: Amsterdam to offer in full. The early access timeframe seems fairly open-ended, though internally there&#8217;s an end in sight, although I get the impression Panache is open to change should the community want it.<\/p>\n<p>1666: Amsterdam casts you as the witch Noa in 1666, plus as a more regular civilian called Aaron in 1999, and as a descendent of Noa in the modern day. By way of magic, Aaron and Noa find themselves inextricably linked, with Aaron becoming Noa&#8217;s cat familiar in 1666, and Noa becoming Aaron&#8217;s cat familiar in 1999. The descendent of Noa then explores their tale from the present day.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/1666-amsterdam-impressions-patrice-desilets\"> my still-warm 1666: Amsterdam preview<\/a> for our latest look at the game &#8211; I found it to be a bit awkward but full of interesting ideas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News 1666: Amsterdam Assassin&#8217;s Creed creator&#8217;s dark and witchy action game 1666: Amsterdam is out in early access sooner than we expected Noa this. 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