The developers themselves put pressure on Ubisoft to delay the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Ubisoft He’s not having his best moment. Company scandals and low staff numbers Skull and bones Yes Star Wars Outlaws have put the French company in a critical situation. It is therefore not surprising that a few days ago the Assassin’s Creed Shadows postponed from November 15 to February 14 next year. In this way, according to Ubisoft, the development team would have three additional months to refine its development. This way they would avoid the initial technical problems of the Outlaws.
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Since the announcement, there has been much speculation as to why the French company made this decision. Now, according to a new report published by Insider gameswe know it Ubisoft’s own teams asked bosses for several months to postpone the game’s release.
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Based on the testimony of seven developers, the report published on the site specifies that “Although this announcement came as a public shock, internally it was expected and desperately needed.“. The Canadian company He had been putting pressure on his superiors for months to get a deadline that would give them the extra time they needed. This would help fix bugs and better incorporate recent “tweaks” to the game’s mechanics by performing mock testing and reviews. However, the rumors also talk about other topics that have caused a lot of controversy since the announcement of Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Yasuke and historical rigor.
Although Ubisoft takes the time to address historical and cultural concerns, No element affecting the story and characters can be modified anymore.. Regarding the character of Yasuke, according to the report, some developers involved in the game’s creation process acknowledge that the historical experts those at Ubisoft usually joined the creative process much later than usual. Especially given the scale of the project. It is therefore possible that there are historical inconsistencies.
In this way, Assassin’s Creed Shadows renounces the Christmas campaign to go on sale in February, much more carefully of course. But in competition with other great firsts like Declared, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii o Wild Monster Hunters This will not be an easy task. The game will be available on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC.
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