Till late final month, Assassin’s Creed Shadows was slated to be launched in November of this 12 months. Ubisoft subsequently made the shock announcement that the sport has been delayed to early subsequent 12 months. However in keeping with a brand new report, this was removed from a shock to Ubisoft Quebec, the studio behind Shadows. The builders have reportedly been pushing for a delay for months.
Ubisoft’s announcement acknowledged that Shadows’ new launch date was applied to present the builders extra time to shine the gameplay, and since the corporate needed to use the teachings it realized from Star Wars Outlaws’ disappointing rollout–the sport has reportedly bought solely round 1 million copies to this point. Inside Gaming‘s report states that each of these causes are true, however provides additional context by stating that, “[Assassin’s Creed Shadow] is presently not on the stage it must be for launch.”
There are nonetheless changes to be made to repair the remaining bugs. Nonetheless, the bigger points apparently revolve across the need to shore up the traditionally correct features of the story. One of many acknowledged causes for these eleventh hour adjustments is that “historic specialists had been introduced onto the mission a lot later than typical for a mission of this magnitude.”
Not less than one silver lining from Ubisoft’s newest strikes was the choice to reverse the corporate’s stance about releasing new video games on consoles and Steam on day one. That was apparently a often requested change from a few of Ubisoft’s staff.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows will hit consoles and PC on February 14, 2025.