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Monday20th May 2024
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Reveal Trailer Is Already the Most Disliked in Series History
Out of the shadows
The cinematic announcement trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows has been — and is being — utterly bombarded with dislikes on YouTube across basically every channel it's appeared on. The most viewed version of the video is on Ubisoft's official channel — breaking 7 million views in roughly four days — but it's fair to say...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Pre-Orders Already 'Looking Very Strong'
"No one in the know is disappointed"
Ubisoft's newly revealed Assassin's Creed Shadows has already struck a chord with the gaming audience, with pre-orders "looking very strong" despite the title only being officially unveiled last week. That's according to Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming, who made the positive pronouncement on
Thursday16th May 2024
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Can Be Played Entirely Offline, Once You've Installed It
Out of the shadows
Update: After catching a lot of heat about online requirements for its single player games, Ubisoft has released a statement regarding Assassin's Creed Shadows. In it, the publisher explains that, while you will need an online connection to complete the installation of the game, you can play the whole adventure offline: While...
News At Least Two Expansions Planned for Assassin's Creed Shadows
Could the Infinity hub bring more?
The Assassin's Creed series is essentially a single player live-service offering at this point, and with the introduction of a franchise hub in Assassin's Creed Infinity, those efforts at Ubisoft are only being furthered. You can still keep your DLC consumption to a traditional standard in the newly unveiled...
Wednesday15th May 2024
News Seasons in Assassin's Creed Shadows Change Gameplay, Setting
Map similar in size to AC Origins
Pushing through the Assassin's Creed Shadows campaign will be reflected in the changing of the seasons, mixing up gameplay and the overall Japanese setting, a new deep dive into the open world game reveals. Via IGN, it's confirmed the single player story will move from spring and summer and into autumn and winter as...
News Assassin's Creed Shadows Dated for 15th November in First Trailer
Play as Naoe and Yasuke in feudal Japan
Ubisoft has shared the full reveal of Assassin's Creed Shadows with a nearly four-minute cinematic trailer, announcing a PS5 version and the release date of 15th November 2024. You can catch the trailer above. The pitch is as follows: "Live the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin from Iga...
Monday13th May 2024
News Assassin's Creed Shadows the Actual Name of AC Red, Reveal This Week
Update: Out for PS5 on 15th November
Update: It's been noticed in one of the YouTube descriptions for the cinematic trailer that Assassin's Creed Shadows releases on 15th November 2024 for PS5. There's no PS4 version. <products id="26674,26675"> Original story: Ubisoft has today confirmed the next entry in the Assassin's Creed series, which...
Wednesday8th May 2024
Alongside Red and Hexe
Apparently, Ubisoft is betting big on Assassin's Creed over the next decade or so. According to a new article from Insider Gaming — who have a flawless track record when it comes to the French publisher — the company has seven Assassin's Creed projects in the potential pipeline, including Assassin's Creed Red (the...
Monday4th Mar 2024
Rumour Assassin's Creed Red Is Starting to Sound a Lot Like Valhalla
Build 'em up
Assassin's Creed Red, the next game in Ubisoft's popular series, is starting to sound like it's a lot closer to Assassin's Creed Valhalla — at least in terms of structure — than people might realise. This is according to an exclusive report from Insider Gaming, which suggests that the upcoming title is very much built upon the...
Friday9th Feb 2024
News Assassin's Creed Red Will Sneak onto PS5 by March 2025
Star Wars Outlaws also due before the end of this year
It looks like it’s going to a big year of build-up for Assassin’s Creed Red, as Ubisoft has confirmed its feudal Japan open world isn’t far away. Speaking overnight as part of its quarterly sales report, the French publisher announced that the anticipated PS5 outing will arrive by the end...
Tuesday7th Nov 2023
Rumour One of Assassin's Creed Red's Protagonists Is Based on African Samurai Yasuke
With an altered story
It's been rumoured for quite some time, but Insider Gaming is now reporting that one of the two playable protagonists in Assassin's Creed Red is based on a historical figure known as Yasuke. In case you don't know, the currently in-development Red takes place in feudal Japan, and will supposedly have you playing as both a...
Monday23rd Oct 2023
Rumour This Might Be Assassin's Creed Red's Main Character
Out of the shadows
It's an admittedly tiny picture, but it's likely that this is our first proper look at the main character of Assassin's Creed Red. Taken from the LinkedIn profile of a Ubisoft writer — who's currently working on Red — the art shows a seemingly female character wearing a very Assassin-style cowl, and wielding a Japanese-style...
Monday16th Oct 2023
Rumour Assassin's Creed Red Could Go Head to Head with Rise of the Ronin on PS5 in 2024
Seeing red
The next big Assassin's Creed game, tentatively titled Assassin's Creed Red, could be releasing sooner than some people think. According to a LinkedIn post by a business development and brand manager at Ubisoft (as spotted by PCGamesN), the Japan-based title is set to be the "biggest blockbuster for 2024". Hmmm. To be honest, though,...
Friday4th Nov 2022
News Early Assassin's Creed Red Hint May Have Dropped in New Valhalla DLC
The Yurei Bushido Pack
A new premium weapon and armour set has been released for Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and it has some fans wondering whether it's a very early nod towards the recently announced Assassin's Creed Red. Ubisoft doesn't usually doesn't make a point of parading these DLC packs on its social media account, but it posted about the...
Monday12th Sep 2022
News Assassin's Creed's Modern Day Storyline Will Be Relegated to Infinity, the New Series Hub
Thank god for that
The modern day storyline in Assassin's Creed has long been a topic of sometimes heated discussion amongst fans. Back in the early years of the franchise, when it was Desmond Miles and the gang, most people seemed interested in seeing where things would lead, but later instalments never really got the plot back on track after...
Saturday10th Sep 2022
News Assassin's Creed Is Dropping PS4 with Infinity's Red, Hexe, and Beyond
The new creed
Ubisoft has confirmed that it'll be dropping last-gen consoles when it comes to the future of its Assassin's Creed series. The next game, Assassin's Creed Mirage — scheduled for 2023 — will be the last cross-gen release. Beyond that, it's PS5 only for the likes of Assassin's Creed Red and Assassin's Creed Hexe. "We wanted to mark...
News Assassin's Creed Finally Goes to Japan as Ubisoft Takes on Ghost of Tsushima
And there's Hexe too
To conclude its Assassin's Creed Showcase, Ubisoft shared a look at what the future holds for the series with the reveal of two more upcoming games: Codename Red and Codename Hexe. The former finally takes the franchise to feudal Japan — a setting fans have been clamouring for for years now — and the latter appears to be...
