If Assassin’s Creed Shadows had stayed on schedule, it could have been launched in just below a month. As an alternative, Shadows was pushed again to an early 2025 launch. Now, gamers who buy the Murderer’s Creed Shadows collector’s version will not be getting early entry to the sport.
As reported by Insider Gaming, Ubisoft confirmed the cancelation of Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ early entry throughout a Discord Q&A session. The corporate additionally reiterated it is not going to be transferring ahead with its plans of implementing season passes. Consequently, the value of Murderer’s Creed Shadows collector’s version can be dropping from $280 to $230. The collector’s version will nonetheless include a steelbook, an artbook, a statue, and extra. Nonetheless, there could also be extra modifications to these merchandise earlier than the ultimate launch.
The report signifies that these late modifications could “be impressed by the problems Ubisoft has had to date sustaining historic accuracy and cultural illustration.” That was one of many given causes for the sport’s delay in a earlier report, along with a request from Shadows’ developer Ubisoft Quebec to have extra time to shine the sport earlier than its launch.
Moreover, there’s been phrase that Ubisoft Quebec could also be including a co-op mode to Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Presumably it will enable two gamers to struggle side-by-side as the sport’s twin protagonists, Naoe and Yasuke. However given the delay of the sport, that function will not be prepared by launch.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows will hit PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X|S on February 14, 2025.