A message posted by the Assassin’s Creed Shadows development team has thanked fans of the franchise for “the sheer amount of love and positivity” received since the game’s long-awaited launch last week, which, the team said, had been “incredibly … Read More
I spent 20 hours playing Assassin’s Creed Shadows before I spent my first skill point. I was cleaning out castles like it was House Flipper: Sengoku Edition and I never once needed an extra 4% vulnerable damage, or even the … Read More
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has topped over two million players, “surpassing the launches of [Assassin’s Creed] Origins and Odyssey”. Assassin’s Creed Shadows launched on Thursday, 20th March, and had already notched up more than a million players by the afternoon. And … Read More
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is out in the world, and the long dread of its release has finally dissipated. But is the game any good? It’s gorgeous, but does it succeed in the narrative it’s trying to tell? And how does … Read More
Assassin’s Creed Shadows quickly clarifies that it’s not a history game. Like other Assassin’s Creed entries, a title card that appears right after booting up warns players that, while the events and characters depicted in the game might resemble real … Read More
Ubisoft has announced its first sales milestone for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which launched yesterday and had notched up more than a million players by the afternoon. It’s our first indication of how well the game is performing, … Read More
Assassin’s Creed Shadows sees the long-running stealth series cover perhaps its most requested setting: feudal Japan. While the previous game Mirage was a modest entry as far as Ubisoft open-worlds go, Shadows presents an adventure on the same vast scale … Read More
Make no mistake: Assassin’s Creed Shadows is an Assassin’s Creed game to its core. You probably have a general idea of what to expect. Sneaking past bad guys. Stabbing bad guys. Climbing tall structures and elegantly diving into hay bales … Read More
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the latest Assassin’s Creed game to take place in a vast, beautiful world — so large that it can be overwhelming. For grand open-world RPGs like this, making sure the map screen is legible and pleasant … Read More
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a pretty standalone entry in Ubisoft’s long-running series, with fewer ties to what’s gone before than any other game in recent memory. If it’s been a while since your last Assassin’s Creed game and … Read More