Assassin's Creed Shadows
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Assassin's Creed Shadows Trailers
Assassin's Creed Shadows: World Trailer
Assassin's Creed Shadows: One Duo - Two Playstyles
Assassin's Creed Shadows Official Gameplay - Combat and Stealth Evolved | Ubisoft Forward
Critic Reviews for Assassin's Creed Shadows
Come for the neck stabs and stay for the surprisingly great combat, Assassin's Creed Shadows is a stealth action buffet with a story to forget.
By sharpening the edges of its existing systems, Assassin’s Creed Shadows creates one of the best versions of the open-world style it’s been honing for the last decade.
Expansive, detailed and polished, Assassin's Creed Shadows is a fantastic exploration and stealth game with beautiful Japanese aesthetics, somewhat diminished by a thin story, clumsy narrative, and immersion-breaking design choices. Despite this, it's a thoroughly enjoyable entry into the series for fans seeking to explore medieval Japan.
Majestic in scope, impressive in detail, Assassin's Creed Shadows honours the beauty of feudal Japan, even if its strongest moments are saved for the personal stories of two protagonists.
Assassin's Creed Shadows is a spectacular return to form for the franchise, delivering one of the series' more tightly focused historical adventures.
Despite some repetition and bloat that makes Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ final stretch drag more than the rest of the game excites, its brave approach to exploration in a gorgeous world, heartfelt personal stories, and satisfying tweaks to the formula still make it stand as one of my favourite entries yet. While no one can say if Shadows will be the all-timer hit that both Ubisoft and the series need right now, I can at least say that it’s more than worthy of your time.
Not every idea comes together neatly, and two phenomenal protagonists feel wasted on a lackluster story, but this is a titan in the same leagues as series staples Assassin's Creed 2 and Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag – and Ubisoft's best RPG to date.
As a day-one fan, every Assassin's Creed game has meant something to me. Ezio's trilogy is an all-consuming conspiracy through my favorite period of world history; Edward's journey is the best pirate game out there;
Industry Coverage
Mario Kart World, Oblivion Remastered, And Every Other Game Released In 2025 Has Been Outsold By Assassin's Creed Shadows
No game released so far this year has sold more copies than Assassin's Creed Shadows in Europe.
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Assassin's Creed Shadows May Not Have Had Social Stealth, But The Feature Isn't Being Removed From The Series
The iconic feature wasn't included in Shadows due to the game's focus on mobility.
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You'll Be Playing The Assassin's Creed Shadows DLC Sooner Than You Think
Ubisoft confirmed the release window for Claws of Awaji in its latest earnings report.
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Ubisoft CEO Comments on How Much Assassin’s Creed Shadows Cost to Make
Ubisoft's CEO reveals Assassin's Creed Shadows big budget numbers, but the game's impressive sales figures may justify the hefty costs.
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