Ubisoft has outlined its plans for the primary yr of post-launch content material for Murderer’s Creed Shadows, together with guarantees so as to add options like new sport+, extra problem settings, extra story content material, and extra.
The Murderer’s Creed firm detailed all of its plans for 2025 in a four-and-a-half-minute roadmap replace video printed at present. It’s a quick however enlightening video with a particular schedule for Might and June because the crew behind the most recent stealth-action entry plots out the way it will hold followers coming again with free updates all year long.
The drops start quickly with The Works of Luis Frois, the primary of some free story add-ons, which is about to drop in early Might. It’ll be accompanied by a Codex replace and a couple of quality-of-life enhancements, with comparatively substantial parkour additions and a photograph mode replace additionally set to reach subsequent month. These changes and extra are a part of what Ubisoft says is a continued effort to take heed to its group and take their suggestions into consideration for future Murderer’s Creed Shadows updates.
“Your suggestions has been a core focus of the crew all through growth, and that’s not stopping now that Shadows is launched,” group developer Daniel St. Germain defined in at present’s video. “Common title updates are coming, every with impactful additions – and modifications – primarily based in your suggestions and requests, with some bug fixes to proceed refining the expertise throughout all platforms.”
The subsequent free Murderer’s Creed Shadows story drop will observe in June, as will tougher problem settings, gameplay immersion choices, an open-world alarm system, and an choice to hold headgear on or off throughout cutscenes. These are worthwhile modifications that gamers are already seeking to see included, however extra options, akin to new sport+ assist, extra story drops, particular collaborations, and extra, are anticipated to reach earlier than the yr is out.
The most important merchandise on the post-launch roadmap is the primary correct Murderer’s Creed Shadows DLC growth, Claws of Awaji, which drops at an unspecified level later within the yr. It’s stated to incorporate new content material, such because the Bo workers weapon and a brand new area for Naoe and Yasuke to discover, throughout its 10-hour journey. Pricing particulars have but to be revealed, although it’s going to at the very least be free for many who pre-ordered Murderer’s Creed Shadows earlier than its launch final month.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows arrived for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X and S on March 20 and lastly takes Ubisoft’s long-running stealth sequence to Feudal Japan. Its leap of religion managed to land it amongst our checklist of the perfect video games of 2025 to this point whereas additionally rising as the best-selling sport of final month.
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