Ubisoft admits Assassin's Creed Shadows' story didn't land "as we hoped," so its final update is trying to fix it "I hope the community is satisfied with where we leave our two protagonists" GamesRadar · Jun 16
Assassin's Creed Shadows' Yasuke and Naoe could influence how future protagonists move: "All these things can and should affect a little bit of how their physicality translates" The contrast between them is of particular interest GamesRadar · Dec 29, 2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows backlash won't stop Ubisoft from going down the dual-protagonist route in the future "if we have a good reason to do it" Backlash toward Yasuke and Naoe hasn't scared Ubisoft too much GamesRadar · Dec 7, 2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows associate director has a hot tip for the next Ubisoft studio taking on the franchise: "Pay more attention to parkour as its own pillar" Simon Lemay-Comtois has some words of advice for future AC devs GamesRadar · Dec 6, 2025
"We are hard to beat": 9 months since Assassin's Creed Shadows, its associate director looks back on what makes this RPG the best in series history Year in Review 2025 | Ubisoft Quebec's Simon Lemay-Comtois on the intersection between Shadows, Syndicate, and the series' wide-open future GamesRadar · Dec 6, 2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows lead says microtransactions pay for free updates: "It allows us to do the Isu stuff, the quest stuff, the parkour updates" Including the Attack on Titan crossover the internet's been clowning on GamesRadar · Nov 28, 2025
New Assassin's Creed Shadows update includes a big Odyssey Easter egg and the devs have an entire Kassandra-focused story under wraps: "We might reveal it at some point" "And this is not the last Isu content there will be in Assassin's Creed Shadows" GamesRadar · Nov 27, 2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows has no plans for more expansions like Claws of Awaji, a first for the series in its modern form But expect "sparse" yet "chunky" updates to come. PC Gamer · Nov 27, 2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows director says the RPG won't get another expansion as big as Claws of Awaji, but Ubisoft is still working on "chunkier updates" for Year 2 "We're still working on content for post-launch and supporting it" GamesRadar · Nov 27, 2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows devs want you to know that Yasuke isn't an assassin, and that means he's not getting any of those classic assassin abilities Assassin's Creed Shadows devs want you to know that Yasuke isn't an assassin, and that means he's not getting any of those classic assassin abilities GamesRadar · Jan 26, 2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows director defends Yasuke's inclusion in the game from "noise online": "We know why Yasuke is in the game, we know how he fits" Players "can make their own minds up about what it is that Ubisoft Quebec set out to do" when they play it, he says GamesRadar · Jan 24, 2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows hands-on: Stealthier and bloodier than ever Big Preview | After almost seven hours with Assassin's Creed Shadows, it's an impressive and bold step forward for the open world series GamesRadar · Jan 23, 2025
Assassin’s Creed Shadows takes a run at improving parkour, as Ubisoft strives to make the system less 'like a gas pedal' New free-running abilities include ledge-flips, sprint-dodges, and grappling-hook wall-runs. PC Gamer · Jan 11, 2025
Ubisoft breaks down the fundamentals of parkour for Assassin's Creed Shadows The February launch date for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Shadows is fast approaching, and more details about gameplay are starting to emerge. Windows Central · Jan 8, 2025
Player One · Jan 8, 2025 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' Update: Ubisoft Shares New Details About Parkour System, Control Changes Ubisoft shared a new blog post detailing the parkour system found in "Assassin's Creed Shadows."
GamesRadar · Jan 7, 2025 Assassin's Creed Shadows has "unclimbable surfaces" that force you to find physical handholds because Ubisoft wants to be "more thoughtful" about parkour "We had to be more thoughtful about creating interesting parkour highways"
Inverse · Jun 12, 2024 'Assassin’s Creed Shadows' Is Scaling Back Its Ambitions In One Genius Way Bigger is not always better and Ubisoft Quebec is taking note.
GamesRadar · Jun 11, 2024 Assassin's Creed Shadows will let you play most of the RPG as one protagonist, as Ubisoft says "we're not really strong-arming anyone to switch back" You can switch between Naoe and Yasuke as often or as little as you like
GamesRadar · Jun 10, 2024 I watched the same mission play out in Assassin's Creed Shadows in two very different ways and now I can't stop thinking about the possibilities Preview | "We tried to go and change the formula as much as we could"