Ubisoft announces the next installment in the Assassin’s Creed series, Assassin’s Creed Shadowswhich will be released worldwide in November.
The game, developed by Ubisoft Quebec, takes you back to 16th century Japan, when the country was moving toward unification, with new alliances and corrupt foreign influences trying to advance their agendas, and atrocities and unrest increasing.
The game tells the intertwined stories of Naoe, a ninja assassin from Iga country, and Yasuke, a legendary historical samurai. You’ll discover their personal stories, meet historical figures, and shape the duo’s destinies as they usher in a new era for Japan.
As Naoe and Yasuke, you can master two play styles, each with progression paths, skills, weapon options, and stats. Whether they employ Naoe’s stealth skills or Yasuke’s combat skills, you’ll have a variety of options when approaching your target. In Naoe, you’ll experience infiltration mechanics that use light, noise, shadows, and ever-changing environments to avoid detection. With Yasuke, you can fight more enemies.
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows features an open world where the landscape changes with the weather and seasons. You’ll travel through castle towns, bustling ports, tranquil shrines, and pastoral landscapes.
In games, information is key and central to exploration. You’ll build a network of spies to explore new territories and hunt down targets. Allies with highly specialized skills and abilities can also be recruited to carry out missions, and you can create custom hideouts to enhance your network and train your crew. This includes the base building as well as the layout of decorations and accessories.
Pre-ordering the game gets you bonus missions in any edition: Standard, Gold, Ultimate, or Collector’s Edition.
The Gold Edition will include the base game, a season pass with additional unlockable content, two upcoming expansions, and three days of early access.
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The Ultimate Edition will include the base game, the Season Pass, the Ultimate Pack, and three days of early access. The Ultimate Pack includes the Sekiryu Character Pack, which includes outfits, accessories, and mounts for Naoe and Yasuke. It also includes the Sekiryu Hideout Pack, five skill points, and red and black photo mode filters.
The Collector’s Edition will include the base game, Season Pass, Ultimate Pack, physical content, and three days of early access. Physical contents include a steel book, world map, statues of Naoe and Yasuke, life-size Naoe samurai sword, a wall creed scroll, an 84-page collector’s album, and 2 ink-painted lithographs.
The first gameplay trailer will be released in June.
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows will be available on November 15th on Ubisoft+, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Amazon Luna and Apple-powered Macs via the Mac App Store, and on Windows PC via the Ubisoft Store and Epic Games Store On sale.
Players who subscribe to Ubisoft+ or purchase the Ultimate Edition can get the game three days early on November 12th.
