Assassin’s Creed Shadows, a new mainline installment of the action RPG series from Ubisoft that was supposed to transport players to 16th century Japan a few months ago—in November 2024—remains on track for release on Thursday, March 20 and will see no further delays, according to a new report.
“Ubisoft has made preparations to increase its marketing of Assassin’s Creed Shadows ahead of its March 20, 2025 launch, including finalizing the embargo dates for the games review,” the report reads before going on to suggest that the review embargo for Shadows will be lifted on March 18, 2025, just two days before the game’s release on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Windows PCs, and Apple platforms (i.e., macOS, iPadOS).
“Speaking with several developers working on the game, they said that they felt confident that it will be ready for its March release date, with one source stating that the game is now ‘pretty much done,'” the report continues, going on to echo a recent quote from Ubisoft chairman and CEO Yves Guillemot, who spoke about how Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been well received by the press ahead of its launch:
Early previews have been positive, praising its narrative and immersive experience, with both characters playing critical roles in the game’s storyline, as well as the quality and complementarity of the gameplay provided by the dual protagonist approach.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is reportedly sitting at around 300,000 pre-orders thus far, a number that comes shy of the 400,000 to 450,000 peak player count that Assassin’s Creed Odyssey—Ubisoft Quebec’s previous Assassin’s Creed project—reportedly saw when it launched in October 2018.
“Live the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin from Iga Province, and Yasuke, the powerful African samurai of historical legend.,” a description that Ubisoft wrote for Assassin’s Creed Shadows reads. “Against the backdrop of the turbulent late Sengoku period, this remarkable duo will discover their common destiny as they usher in a new era for Japan.”