Assassin's Creed Shadows may be an effort to move the franchise forward but it sounds like it could also return to the past to spotlight a beloved character's return. Despite all the controversy surrounding the game, Ubisoft is going all in on Shadows after several recent releases like Star Wars Outlaws and Skull and Bones proved to be less successful than the company would have liked. How this plays out remains to be seen, but reuniting the community with one of the series' most popular heroes could go a long way.
Speaking to Game Rant, Ubisoft Quebec creative director Jonathan Dumont responded to a question regarding Kassandra's whereabouts by acknowledging that the Spartan mercenary is still active:
"Kassandra is very much alive during these times. She is somewhere around the globe, lurking in the shadows."
While it's not explicit confirmation that Kassandra will appear in Assassin's Creed Shadows, Dumont's choice of phrasing is certainly interesting. Since Assassin's Creed Odyssey, in which Kassandra starred, is set approximately 2,000 years before Shadows, it might be odd to see her return but it's happened before.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey fans who finished the massive game know that by the end of the story, Kassandra's...