Ubisoft has seemingly leaked the primary enlargement for Japan-set Assassin’s Creed Shadows following its announcement of one other delay.
As reported by Insider Gaming, the sport’s Steam web page was momentarily up to date to incorporate info on a 10-hour piece of downloadable content material known as Claws of Awaji, which is able to add a entire new map to the open-world recreation.
“Pre-purchase now to get a bonus mission and the upcoming Claws of Awaji enlargement,” the Steam web page learn. “Journey to a new area, recover from 10 hours of extra content material, and unlock a new weapon sort, new abilities, gear, and skills.”
The phrasing is a little complicated, because it makes it sound as if Claws of Awaji will solely be out there to those that pre-purchase the sport, much like the beforehand introduced “bonus mission” Thrown to the Canines. This could be uncommon, nevertheless, as main expansions similar to this are normally reserved for Season Passes.
That being stated, Ubisoft is ditching the Season Go mannequin for Assassin’s Creed Shadows following main apply shake-ups within the wake of Star Wars Outlaws underperforming. Alongside scrapping the Season Go, which might usually let gamers entry two bigger expansions for an extra $30 or so, Ubisoft is cancelling plans to cost gamers extra to play on launch day. It’s subsequently assumed DLC expansions similar to Claws of Awaji might be made free for all gamers.
Although particulars are restricted to the temporary paragraph printed to Steam, the title Claws of Awaji does shed some gentle on what gamers will discover within the DLC. Ubisoft quietly revealed Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ world map within the Collector’s Version trailer, which confirmed 9 detailed areas plus one small island left clean.
This island is the Awaji the Claws of Awaji title presumably references, that means this presently clean space of the map ought to someday be stuffed in by DLC. Awaji Island is probably most well-known for its prominence within the Japanese faith of Shinto, the place it’s stated to be the primary island created on this planet by the legend of Izanagi and Izanami.
As Assassin’s Creed has delved additional and additional into mythology and not simply historical past with current releases, particularly within the role-playing recreation sequence which Shadows belongs to, followers will maybe get to delve into Japanese legends with the addition of the Claws of Awaji.
It will likely be longer than anticipated earlier than that is doable, of course, as Ubisoft has delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows as soon as once more, this time to March 20. It was first pushed to February 14 from its November 12 launch date.
So much rests on the shoulders of Assassin’s Creed Shadows as not solely the long-awaited Japan-set entry and the primary full Assassin’s Creed since 2020, however a struggling Ubisoft wants it to carry out properly following current flops and investor frustration.
It isn’t loved a significantly constructive promotional interval to this point, nevertheless, with the event crew having to apologize on separate events for inaccuracies in Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ depictions of Japan and utilizing a historic recreation group’s flag with out permission.
One more controversy got here as collectible determine maker PureArts eliminated an Assassin’s Creed Shadows statue from sale over its “insensitive” design, and mixed with the 2 delays, followers are rising more and more impatient as a consequence.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.