Assassin's Creed Shadows may be the game we've been wanting from Ubisoft for years, and I can't wait. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

It took me all of five minutes with Assassin’s Creed Shadows to get it: We’re so back, y’all. By “we,” I mean Assassin’s Creed fans, who’ve been pulled in all directions by a series that reinvents itself every few iterations.

Things aren’t exactly going swimmingly at Ubisoft right now. The publisher had a rough 2024, with Star Wars Outlaws failing to meet sales expectations and word of XDefiant’s demise coming around six months after the tactical shooter debuted.

Ubisoft is at a crossroads with Assassin's Creed. While the franchise's recent RPG era has been financially successful, it has left a sour taste in the mouths of veteran fans. Assassin's Creed: Shadows aims to fix that by combining the best of both worlds to keep both new and old fans happy,

Shadows combines the openness of Odyssey and Valhalla with the urban density and verticality of classic Assassin's Creed. Here's a look at the game ahead of its March 20 release.

We played six hours of Assassin's Creed Shadows and got a much better idea of how its two heroes work.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Watch the Story Trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows, the next installment in the third-person action-adventure series developed by Ubisoft Quebec. Players will experience the tale of both assassin and samurai as Naoe and Yasuke respectively on a new adventure through feudal Japan.

It's been a long time coming, but Assassin's Creed Shadows will finally launch in March 2025 — we got to play it, and it's shaping up to be the best entry in years