Ubisoft not too long ago introduced a last-minute cancellation of its Tokyo Sport Present stream, whereas stories claimed shortly afterward that the corporate had additionally cancelled deliberate press hands-on previews for the upcoming Murderer’s Creed Shadows. Hypothesis mounted that the open world title was set to be delayed, and that has now been formally confirmed.
Ubisoft has introduced that it has delayed Murderer’s Creed Shadows by a couple of months, with the sport now anticipated to launch on February 14 subsequent yr. The corporate says that it made the choice primarily based on “gamers’ suggestions, and as an illustration of our player-centric method”. Although Shadows is feature-complete, Ubisoft says that primarily based on its learnings from the reception for Star Wars Outlaws, it has determined to present the sport further time within the oven.
“Whereas the sport is characteristic full, the learnings from the Star Wars Outlaws launch led us to supply further time to additional polish the title,” Ubisoft says. “It will allow the most important entry within the franchise to completely ship on its ambition, notably by fulfilling the promise of our twin protagonist journey, with Naoe and Yasuke bringing two very completely different gameplay types.”
Star Wars Outlaws was, in fact, a serious launch for Ubisoft, although the open world title has didn’t carry out to expectations. On high of combined important reception, the sport has additionally underperformed by way of gross sales, with stories suggesting that it had offered lower than 1,000,000 items by the tip of August. Its underperformance has additionally contributed to a constant decline in Ubisoft’s share costs.
Moreover, Ubisoft has additionally confirmed that Murderer’s Creed Shadows might be obtainable on Steam day 1 when it launches subsequent yr, and that the sport will even be dropping its Season Go mannequin. Learn extra on that via right here.
