Originally, Assassin's Creed Shadows was due to launch in November 2024. Citing issues with pacing and polish, Ubisoft pushed the game back to a February 2025 window. With its release imminent, Ubisoft has decided to delay the game yet again. This time, it appears that the company is undergoing major cost-cutting measures, after holiday sales were less than expected, in addition to poor reception on last year's Star Wars Outlaws. In an attempt to "deliver best-in-class player experiences, enhance operational efficiency and maximize value creation", Ubisoft will be delaying Assassin's Creed Shadows to March 20th.

Additionally, we are all behind our teams’ efforts to create the most ambitious Assassin’s Creed opus of the franchise and made the decision to provide an extra month of development to Shadows in order to better incorporate the player feedback gathered over the past three months that will enable us to fully deliver on the potential of the game and finish the year on a strong note.

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[tpax]

What, are they afraid the modern audience™ won't keep them afloat?

 

[SDA]

I told you Ubisoft is one shit of a company. And it will always stay that way.

 

[Joe88]

Only a month, not the biggest of delays, but dont worry they still had time to poop out yet another NFT game a few weeks ago:
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/pc/...-featuring-rayman-blood-dragon-192102438.html

 

[XenoFredo]

It doesn't matter how much they delay it, they will never have enough time to unwoke the game.

 

[SylverReZ]

Ubisoft is a woke company that despises its audience. Do not buy from them since you are the product.

 

[tpax]

It doesn't matter how much they delay it, they will never have enough time to unwoke the game.

Can't they just like, open Photoshop and press " invert colors"?

 

[Latiodile]

Can't they just like, open Photoshop and press " invert colors"?

they'd also need to rewrite the entire story

 

[Sir Tortoise]

Truly crazy how skin tones can lead to a game getting delayed. Like, can you believe that? Can you believe that? W-Why are you believing that?

It'll be more of the usual, entry in big triple A franchise rushed out and now they're realising they need time to try and get the game actually working in time to ship. At least to buy time for the release patch.

What would a months delay do otherwise?

 

[ZeroT21]

I can't wait to see what abomination they cook up this time, last time they chucked out a ''Nier Collab'' with a very ballsy 2B

 

[Windaga]

Oh that sucks; I was planning on bringing it with me on my next conference trip. Ah well :/ Still excited, but the timing is a bit unfortunate.

 

[Xzi]

They've got so much riding on this game, and yet there are a thousand other ninja and samurai games coming out in 2025. I think Ubisoft is cooked, they'll be closing up shop in the next two or three years.

 

[Ettino]

They're putting in another character, a Hispanic gay cowboy (Vaquero). Because everyone must be represent no matter what their circumstances. Also Ninja vs Samurai vs Cowboy sounds cool as hell and the game will sell like hot cakes.

 

[LexDG]

The sooner this company goes under the better gaming will be overall. Period. And this isn’t a dumbass “go woke go broke” rant. This is about that company being absolutely atrocious.

 

[Bladexdsl]

this franchise should have died years ago. it's got nothing left for it. every fucking time it's the same recycled shoveled shit with a bit of woke thrown in for flavor

 

[NinStar]

I don't give a fuck about the history accuracy in a video game, especially when it comes to an Assassin's Creed game of all things. If that were the case I'd make a game exposing all the war crimes Japan committed.

Now, if the delay means they're actually putting in the effort to polish the gameplay, then that's fine by me.

 

[lightwo]

How are the investors going to invest if the buyers aren't going to buy? 0/10 strategy here, too late to change core elements like the historically inaccurate protagonist and the rest of the mess. An additional month is probably not going to change any of that.

I recall that many employees jumped ship in the meantime, so it is probably going to be a buggy mess even if another year of delays were stacked on top.

 

[Aurelia]

funny how the people complaining about historical accuracy are the same people that complain about supposed suppression of artistic liberty and supposed censorship when it hits their costume cleavage options in discount nier automata

ubisoft quebec has always been "woke" and it has little to do with ubisoft itself, i'd recommend the intro to this essay (and the entire thing, actually)

 

[tpax]

I don't give a fuck about the history accuracy in a video game, especially when it comes to an Assassin's Creed game of all things. If that were the case I'd make a game exposing all the war crimes Japan committed.

There are things, where suspension of disbelief will work quite well. Things like Nathan Drake killing thousands of people while remaining a good guy or Lara Croft being more badass than hundreds of well trained army men, and so on. This kind of things will usually work well.
And then there's a black samurai, and not in a funny, parody way. It's an instant atmosphere killer. Add do that some Ubisoft PR idiot getting in front of the crowd and chirping some bullshit about history accuracy (which was quickly debunked by a Japanese history professor). Nah, fuck Ubisoft, they won't be missed.

Oh yeah, also a good idea, games about exposing all the war crimes the USA have committed. But that franchise would grow beyond Assassin's Creed very quickly.

 

[Aurelia]

And then there's a black samurai, and not in a funny, parody way. It's an instant atmosphere killer. Add do that some Ubisoft PR idiot getting in front of the crowd and chirping some bullshit about history accuracy (which was quickly debunked by a Japanese history professor). Nah, fuck Ubisoft, they won't be missed.

You can argue about his formal status all you want (and I think you're wrong, as does Wikipedia), but Yasuke did exist. His existence by itself is authentic. And he's also a pretty popular character is japanese media. Of course you'd rather max out your selection bias and believe the outrage merchants that tell you the japanese people (who are a monolith, famously) are outraged and Ubisoft has committed some kind of cardinal sin.

Oh yeah, also a good idea, games about exposing all the war crimes the USA have committed. But that franchise would grow beyond Assassin's Creed very quickly.

i know you're just ranting, but spec ops the line does exist.