After a rocky few months for Ubisoft, it was recently revealed thatAssassin’s Creed Shadowswould no longer be targeting its 15 November launch date.
Instead, the game will nowaim to release on 14 February 2025, granting developers the time to “polish and refine the experience”.
You see,Ubisoftdoesn’t want a repeat of what happened withStar WarsOutlaws.
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If you push the cacophony of noise to one side, I happen to think thatStar Wars Outlawsoffers a pretty fun adventure, but it did have its fair share of bugs and glitches upon release.
That affected sales, and that’s not a mistake that Ubisoft wants to replicate.
With that in mind,Shadows’ delay can only be a good thing. Temporary disappointment will fade away, and we’ll be left with a much stronger game.
But it might be too soon to say that theAssassin’s Creedfranchise’s fortunes are looking up, as fans are less than impressed with Ubisoft’s plans for the future.
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ICYMI: Take a look atAssassin’s Creed Shadows’ gameplay trailer below.
It’s important to note that not all of these will be AAA console games. For example, mobile gameAssassin’s Creed Jadeis targeting a Q2 2025 launch.
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Shadowsis likely to be included in this line-up, alongsidetheBlack Flagremake, codenamed witchyHexe, and multiplayer offeringInvictus.
Insider Gaming has previously spoken of the codenamedNebulatoo (set across India, the Aztec Empire, and the Mediterranean), a second multiplayer offering known asEchoes, a free-to-play co-op game codenamedRaid, as well as another unknown remake.
That brings us up to nine either known or rumoured projects in total across the next five years.
The problem is that fans believe thatShadows’current predicament proves that rushing out games is not the way to go, and I’m inclined to agree.
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It’s great to see that Ubisoft is full steam ahead on Assassin’s Creed as it’s a great franchise that has the constant ability to reinvent itself, and that seems abundantly clear given the breadth of the projects in the pipeline.
What we don’t want to see though are 10 half-baked efforts.
Let’s hope that betweenOutlaws’ sales andShadows’ delay, Ubisoft has discovered that taking its time is the way to go.
Topics:Assassin’s Creed Shadows,Assassins Creed,Ubisoft
