Assassin's Creed Shadows' follows 'Star Wars Outlaws' as the latest Ubisoft game plagued by anti-DEI rhetoric

The preview shows shinobi assassin Naoe, who is haunted by nightmares. "There is evil at work in our homeland," she says. "Greedy lords who bring war." Naoe is given a special wea

Ubisoft is at a crossroads with Assassin's Creed. While the franchise's recent RPG era has been financially successful, it has left a sour taste in the mouths of veteran fans. Assassin's Creed: Shadows aims to fix that by combining the best of both worlds to keep both new and old fans happy,

Shadows combines the openness of Odyssey and Valhalla with the urban density and verticality of classic Assassin's Creed. Here's a look at the game ahead of its March 20 release.

Things aren’t exactly going swimmingly at Ubisoft right now. The publisher had a rough 2024, with Star Wars Outlaws failing to meet sales expectations and word of XDefiant’s demise coming around six months after the tactical shooter debuted.

We played six hours of Assassin's Creed Shadows and got a much better idea of how its two heroes work.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

That has only raised the expectations for “Assassin’s Creed Shadows,” the franchise’s first main series entry into the Far East. With so much riding on this chapter, Ubisoft developers said they delayed it for more polish.