The Assassin’s Creed Shadows set in Japan has been postponed to the year 2025. Ubisoft could not meet the planned release date. Instead, the game will be released simultaneously on all platforms on February 14, 2025, including on Steam.
When was the release of Assassin’s Creed planned?
- The release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows was planned for November 15, 2024.
- The release is now postponed to February 14, 2025.
The developers say: Although the game is feature-complete, after learning from Star Wars Outlaws, they want to give the game additional time to be polished further. The launch of Star Wars Outlaws was so mixed that it had a strong negative impact on Ubisoft’s stock price.
This is what Ubisoft says: The current Assassin’s Creed will be the “most important release in the series,” they say.
Ubisoft states that the game will also be playable on Steam on launch day. This means moving away from the Epic Game Store.
Existing pre-orders will be canceled.
Postponement of the release became apparent
What is there to say about this? The postponement of the release became apparent in recent days. It was actually planned for journalists to start reviews now, but that was canceled at short notice (via insider-gaming).
An appearance at a gaming convention, the Tokyo Game Show in Japan, was also canceled for “various reasons.” The appearance there was actually scheduled for tomorrow, September 26.
Due to these two incidents, a postponement was already suspected, but this could not be confirmed until the official statement from Ubisoft.
The game is suspected of being too woke
Why is the game controversial? In recent days, Assassin’s Creed Shadow has come under fire from “anti-woke” people like Twitch streamer Asmongold and game developer Mark Kern.
They were extremely upset that a game set in ancient Japan features a Black main character. This was deemed disrespectful to Japanese culture.
They then found numerous other reasons to find Ubisoft terrible and foolish. Asmongold repeatedly complained about the supposedly poor quality of the animations and dialogues, stating that the game was significantly weaker than titles from the Assassin’s Creed series ten years ago: Asmongold believes Ubisoft is trying to distract with the new character in Assassin’s Creed from the horrendous price
