Steam users can currently get up to 85% off of old Assassin's Creed games, including Mirage and Valhalla, before AC Shadows arrives.

From our time sneaking through Assassin's Creed Shadows' fortresses, taking in the sweeping vistas of the open world of feudal era Japan, and pulling off slick combat finishers, we got to see just how Assassin's Creed has improved its balancing act of satisfying action,

We went hands-on with Assassin's Creed Shadows, spending nearly four hours in Japan. And Yasuke feels the most different the series has been in years.

Stealth is a huge part of Assassin’s Creed, and after trying out Shadows for eight hours, this is going to be the best stealth of the franchise.

Yasuke, one of the dual protagonists in Assassin's Creed Shadows, is bucking an important series tradition - he's not an assassin, Ubisoft doesn't want him to be an assassin, and he doesn't have the abilities that an assassin normally might.

The rating board for Japanese games, CERO, has forced Assassin's Creed Shadows to remove its dismemberment setting in the Japanese release.

Ubisoft is making changes to Assassin's Creed Shadows in Japan to comply with the local video game rating system. At the time of writing, the stealth 'em up is rated CERO Z, which means you have to be over the age of 18 to play it.

Ubisoft reveals that Assassin's Creed Shadows is being censored in Japan after CERO determined certain aspects of the game need to be adjusted.