Assassin's Creed Shadows simply calls a spade a spade. Syndicate isn't the only AC game that's tried to broaden our combat horizons. Ubisoft has been seeding the concept of a non-assassin Assassin's Creed hero for years now, permitting greater flexibility and choice with each new game.

First, we shared our picks for the games we most want to see make their way to the Nintendo Switch 2. We also shared our impressions of Assassin’s Creed Shadows after some recent hands-on time with the game,

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,

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.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows just can’t catch a break. Ubisoft’s big open-world samurai RPG isn’t the only one coming out in 2025, or even in March. In addition to Ghost of Tsushima’s sequel arriving later this year,

The Japanese version of the upcoming game Assassin's Creed Shadows will be censored, as announced by Ubisoft, in order to comply with the regulations of the rating agency. Assassin's Creed Shadows is scheduled for release on March 20.

The upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows could transform the series in a way that will resonate far beyond its release.