Ubisoft has formally delayed Murderer’s Creed Shadows to subsequent yr whereas eradicating its seasonal mannequin and making the primary growth free. Nevertheless, following the announcement of Ghost of Yōtei, one has to surprise if it will impression gross sales. In any case, they’re each action-adventure video games set in Feudal Japan.
CEO Yves Guillemot addressed this in a current convention name (transcription by VGC). “I want to say that there’s plenty of house for very high-quality video games, and people two video games can promote very nicely.”
Chief monetary officer Frederick Duguet additionally revealed that the staff is working to make sure a “implausible expertise.” “On the competitors associated to Murderer’s Creed Shadows, the main focus is basically to ensure that we ship a implausible expertise, with the sport’s twin protagonist method, with two completely different and complementary gameplays, with Yasuke and Naoe, in a setting going down in feudal Japan that must be actually engaging.
“So all the main focus and every thing that actually informs our choice [to delay the game] is to ensure that we polish the sport and supply this implausible promise.”
Sony has already confirmed no titles in its main franchises earlier than April 2025, so Shadows ought to have greater than sufficient time in the marketplace with out the competitors. Whether or not the additional improvement time ensures a stronger launch than Star Wars Outlaws stays to be seen.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows is out on February 14th for Xbox Sequence X/S, PS5, and PC. Amongst different modifications, it additionally marks the return of Ubisoft titles to Steam as day one releases. Keep tuned for extra updates within the coming months.
