Ubisoft has delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows as soon as once more, transferring the sport from its deliberate February 14 launch date to March 20. Ubisoft says that it made the choice to offer a further month of growth to Assassin’s Creed Shadows as a part of its “renewed focus” on gameplay high quality.
“This extra time will permit the crew to higher incorporate the participant suggestions gathered over the previous three months and assist create the perfect circumstances for launch by persevering with to have interaction intently with the more and more constructive Murderer’s Creed neighborhood,” Ubisoft explained in a press release.
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Apparently, this new date pushes Assassin’s Creed Shadows nearly out of Ubisoft’s present monetary yr, which ends on March 31. With the corporate reportedly in talks with Tencent and different monetary companions to doubtlessly fund a “management-led buyout,” poor gross sales of the sport might doubtlessly harm the worth of its share costs. In a monetary name following information of the delay, Ubisoft declined to touch upon the Tencent experiences however it did point out that it’s “exploring completely different choices,” including, “We won’t say extra.”
“Ubisoft introduced at the moment that it has appointed main advisors to assessment and pursue numerous transformational strategic and capitalistic choices to extract the perfect worth for stakeholders,” the corporate stated in its press launch.
2024 was additionally a tricky yr for Ubisoft, as Star Wars Outlaws launched to lower-than-expected gross sales. share costs sunk to their lowest ranges since 2015, and the corporate introduced that XDefiant will shut down in June 2025. The corporate was additionally within the highlight this week after an Indonesian assist studio engaged on Assassin’s Creed Shadows was accused of subjecting its staff to psychological and bodily abuse.
In the meantime, February continues to look stacked with high-profile releases even with the delay of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Massive releases subsequent month embrace Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Monster Hunter Wilds, and Avowed.