Assassin's Creed Shadows has been delayed to February 14, 2025, departing from the Season Pass model, and will release on Steam Day 1

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Listening to players' feedback, and as an illustration of our player-centric approach, the following important decisions relative to Assassin's Creed Shadows have been taken:
- Assassin's Creed Shadows will now be released on 14 February 2025. While the game is feature complete, the learnings from the Star Wars Outlaws release led us to provide additional time to further polish the title. This will enable the biggest entry in the franchise to fully deliver on its ambition, notably by fulfilling the promise of our dual protagonist adventure, with Naoe and Yasuke bringing two very different gameplay styles.
- We are departing from the traditional Season Pass model. All players will be able to enjoy the game at the same time on February 14 and those who preorder the game will be granted the first expansion for free.
- The game will mark the return of our new releases on Steam Day 1.

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[Helix]

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[fracas]

daaaang

i wonder what went wrong. it's gotta take something HUGE to delay a game like that past the holiday window

 

[Helix]

and that's why there wasn't a show

 

[Theorry]

Fuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[Red Kong XIX]

NOOOOOOO

 

[dakun]

crazy, is that the first mainline AC game that misses a fall release date?

 

[penny toast]

lmfao what's uh what's goin there

 

[MarcosBrXD]

Fuuuuuuuuuck

 

[R0987]

Dang why tho?

 

[Strafer]

good, let it cook a bit more

 

[Enduin]

That's absolutely wild.

 

[Geode]

That sucks. I always enjoy playing an AC game over the holiday season.

 

[Super]

Jesusssssss

 

[Reyes]

Must have found something or were running up to close and needed more work.

 

[Papercuts]

Damn, writing was on the wall with the previews being cancelled but wonder what happened.

 

[MadJosh04]

Daaaamn. They must have found one or even a few huge bugs.

 

[mrmickfran]

Holy shit

 

[Solitude]

I hope Ubisoft aren't crunching the developers even harder.

 

[Aeroucn]

Just a 3 month delay, what happened

 

[NotLiquid]

Hrm, orbiting Monster Hunter a bit

 

[hydrophilic attack]

yikes

 

[Dreezy]

Holy crap if we get Shadows and Yotei on the same day

 

[Uzupedro]

Also: "We are departing from the traditional Season Pass model. All players will be able to enjoy the game at the same time on February 14 and those who preorder the game will be granted the first expansion for free.

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[Helix]

wait Steam Day One????

 

[Neoxon]

Just a 3 month delay, what happened

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Damn, writing was on the wall with the previews being cancelled but wonder what happened.

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Like I said before, they probably faced a game-breaking bug that they couldn't fix in time for the original launch date. Better to delay than to rush it out.

 

[YozoraXV]

There must have been some serious bugs to delay it past the holidays.

 

[Lord Fanny]

Jason does it again

 

[Ada]

Had to be serious to miss Christmas.

 

[NoobSauceG7]

Ouch but honestly good. Would rather not have it come in underbaked. Though next February is getting crowded already with Monster Hunter and Like a Dragon already...

 

[mangrilla]

View: https://x.com/jasonschreier/status/1838970914026738070

Interesting

 

[Theorry]

Steam release is great tho

 

[Snake2024]

Assassins Creed Shadows, Avowed, Civilization VII, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and Monster Hunter Wilds in the span of just two weeks. That is insane and will likely hurt the sales of some of these games.

 

[Horns]

After their I turn it makes sense. I am all for Ubi delaying and polishing their games further.

 

[MarcelloF]

Shit, I'm cool with a delay, but why does it have to be days before Lost Records? 😭

 

[Yildiray]

Oh, we didn't see that one.

 

[Helix]

Holy crap if we get Shadows and Yotei on the same day

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yeah no lol, Yotei is probably H2 2025

 

[nihilence]

Time to read up.

 

[Rosebud]

Steam day 1, nice!

 

[dakun]

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it looks like the performance of Avatar and Star Wars is seriously shaking up Ubisoft if they go this far

 

[Theiea]

Steam Day 1 is pretty neat.

 

[noodlesoup]

more time to immerse myself in dragon age then

assassin's creed not releasing in November feels weird

 

[Brat-Sampson]

Good, less crunch on devs (hopefully) a better less buggy release (hopefully), Steam release on PC and no Early Access bullshit.

 

[doemaaan]

Wow. Didn't see that coming. Must be polish.

 

[Mcbel]

Things must be seriously bad if they had to delay it last second, yeesh.

 

[Theorry]

View: https://x.com/jasonschreier/status/1838970914026738070

Interesting

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Hmm this reads more like it's delayed for money and stock reasons. Wich ubi is struggling with atm

 

[Wace]

I'm ok with that. There are a lot of games to play, no rush.

 

[dreamfall]

God damn, expected but sadness! Hope it's the best for the team and it turns out great!

 

[JigglesBunny]

Did the ghost of Christmas past visit Yves in his sleep or something?

 

[ClearMetal]

That's unfortunate. Also because now we'll get Civ 7, Shadows and Wilds all in the span of 3 weeks.

I guess that means more time to spend with Veilguard at least.