All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Viking: Sagas of the Norse Lands VIKING – Sagas of the Norse Lands is a city-builder where you forge your legend. Become a Jarl, transform a camp into a ...

Overall, the study tells us that by 1021 CE, the Vikings were already in North America. They could have been there earlier, ...

The ancient reputation of Vikings as bloodthirsty raiders on cold northern seas has undergone a radical change in recent decades. A kinder, gentler, and more fashionable Viking emerged. (See “Did ...

Before surnames were a well-established way of telling one Olaf or Astrid from another, identifying nicknames were far more prevalent. Historical figures had their share of quirky epithets—from Albert ...

What is it about the Viking Age that drives so much interest? A common view is that it was a violent period across Europe, ...

For three turbulent centuries, the glimpse of a square sail and dragon-headed prow on the horizon struck terror into the hearts of medieval Europeans. Indeed, the ...

Like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Origins before it, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla continues the series trajectory into a full-fledged open-world RPG. Though Ubisoft has dug up some of its stealth-action ...

Meeple Mountain celebrates Dr Reiner Knizia’s 40 year board game career by journeying through his game portfolio, from A to Z ...

A new “DNA atlas” of Ireland is revealing some of the surprising ways historic kingdoms have influenced populations on the island—and it offers the first genetic evidence that Vikings intermingled ...

The Norse peoples of the Viking Age held much of western Europe tightly in their grip thanks to their imperious command of the sea. Their prowess as seafarers let them strike their targets at speed ...

The mysterious disappearance of Greenland's Norse colonies sometime in the 15th century may have been down to the overexploitation of walrus populations for their tusks, according to a study of ...

As Christianity triumphed in country after country in its march across Europe in the first millennium, the Nordic countries remained resistant to its allure. Christianity did eventually take over in ...