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Ubisoft is changing the way Assassin's Creed Shadows' stealth mechanics work for both new protagonists, the samurai Yasuke and the shinobi Naoe. Ubisoft detailed how it all works in a blog post that appears to have since been nuked; Nevertheless, Eurogamer got the details. It seems the...

Yesterday, Ubisoft announced that Assassin's Creed Syndicate would be getting a 60FPS update for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and that update is now available - you can jump into it right now on your current-gen console! But how is it looking so far? Well, thanks to The Xbox Tester on...

Update [Tue 19th Nov 2024, 7:15am]: As promised, Ubisoft has released the 60fps patch for Assassin's Creed Syndicate. It's available to download now on PS5 (and PS5 Pro, of course), doubling the PS4 title's frame rate for a much smoother experience. You can catch some sweet 60fps gameplay via...

Yes, it's finally happening! Ubisoft has announced today that Assassin's Creed Syndicate will be getting a boost to 60 frames per-second for free on Tuesday, November 19th, and it'll be available for both Xbox Series X and Series S. The update will be a whopping 31GB on Xbox (compared to less...

A significant – and potentially damaging – leak earlier today appeared to reveal the contents for several Assassin's Creed Shadows seasons, including Battle Passes and cosmetics. The goods, planned to be housed in a franchise wrapper named the Animus Hub (formerly known as Assassin's Creed...

Ubisoft has expressed confidence that Assassin's Creed Shadows will meet its new release date of February 14, 2025. The game was originally scheduled for November 15, 2024, but was delayed to ensure a polished player experience at launch. Frédérick Duguet, Ubisoft's chief corporate finance...

The Assassin's Creed Shadows Collector's Edition has been made cheaper by $50, now priced at $229.99, after Ubisoft cancelled the game's season pass and early access plans. Most of the originally announced physical and digital content will still be included, though some design elements may...

With a second exclusive report out of the embattled Ubisoft development team this week, outlet Insider Gaming is living up to its reputation. A cooperative game mode is reportedly in the works for Assassin's Creed Shadows, in development long before the game's recent, lengthy delay was...

The abrupt and lengthy delay of Assassin's Creed Shadows last week, from November to February, surprised fans. Ubisoft cited learnings from Star Wars Outlaws as a big part of the reason. Internally, however, the developers knew it was coming and necessary. Not wanting to release another big game...

Originally due out in two months, Ubisoft has decided to delay Assassin's Creed Shadows. Part of the reason for the delay is because of player feedback from Ubisoft's other recent release, Star Wars Outlaws, which garnered lots of negative reception for overly difficult stealth sections, which...

Bad news for anyone who's been looking forward to Assassin's Creed Shadows - it's just been delayed from its planned November 15th launch to February 14, 2025. The reason? It needs more polish and refinement. In a message posted on social media, the team advised that the delay was in the "best...

Ubisoft's anticipated Japanese sandbox Assassin's Creed Shadows has been delayed on PS5 until 14th February. The game was originally due out on 15th November, but was pulled out of the Tokyo Game Show at the very last minute earlier this week. In a statement, the French publisher said it had...

Assassin's Creed Shadows features two protagonists, Naoe and Yasuke. Yasuke has certainly gotten the lion's share of attention, but in a brief clip, Ubisoft has reminded us that Naoe has some cool tricks up her ninja sleeve, including parkour flips and a sick, physics-based grappling hook. On...

With Assassin's Creed Shadows set to spring out of the bushes on the unwary in November, Ubisoft says that dev cycles between titles must be longer to find the "right balance". At four years in the oven, Shadows has had the most development time of any title in the series to date, including...