Ubisoft has delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows by three months.
The open-world journey recreation was due out November 12, 2024. It now launches February 14, 2025.
In a press release, Ubisoft stated it wants extra time “to polish and refine the expertise, pushing additional a few of our key options.”
In the meantime, Ubisoft confirmed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will launch on Steam day-one, not like the PC model of the corporate’s earlier main launch, Star Wars Outlaws. Preorders might be refunded, and Ubisoft is departing from the standard season go mannequin, with all future preorders granted the primary growth without spending a dime.
In a notice to the funding group, Ubisoft stated that whereas Assassin’s Creed Shadows was “characteristic full”, the “learnings” from the discharge of Star Wars Outlaws “led us to present further time to additional polish the title.” Star Wars Outlaws had a “softer than anticipated launch,” Ubisoft stated.
“It will allow the largest entry within the franchise to absolutely ship on its ambition, notably by fulfilling the promise of our twin protagonist journey, with Naoe and Yasuke bringing two very completely different gameplay
types,” Ubisoft contined.
The Assassin’s Creed Shadows delay comes amid a troubling time for Ubisoft that has seen its share value collapse following the discharge of Star Wars Outlaws. Earlier this month, a minority investor in Ubisoft issued a strongly worded open letter to Ubisoft’s board of administrators, together with its CEO Yves Guillemot, in addition to fellow investor Tencent, that expressed dissatisfaction with the efficiency of the corporate and its present share value.
IGN had a wealth of unique content material on Assassin’s Creed Shadows upon its reveal in Might 2024, and you’ll examine all of the gameplay adjustments, story beats, and open-world assassinating coming with Shadows in our intensive interview with the event group.
If that is not sufficient, examine our evaluation and rationalization of the place and when Shadows is about and 40 key particulars we have discovered concerning the recreation. You can even watch our full breakdown of the cinematic trailer to uncover all its hidden particulars, Easter eggs, and extra.
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