Insider Gaming sources have said that the publisher and the developers are now confident that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will launch on March 20, 2025.
Of course, never say never of another delay, but Ubisoft has made preparations to increase its marketing of Assassin’s Creed Shadows ahead of its March 20, 2025 launch, including finalising the embargo dates for the games review.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows reviews will be live on March 18, 2025.
Speaking with several developers working on the game, they said that they felt confident that it will be ready for its March release date, with one source stating that the game is now “pretty much done”.
As mentioned during Ubisoft’s latest earnings call, Shadows is currently on par with that of Assassins Creed Odyssey in terms of its pre-order numbers. “Early previews have been positive, praising its narrative and immersive experience, with both characters playing critical roles in the game’s storyline, as well as the quality and complementarity of the gameplay provided by the dual protagonist approach,” Guillemot said in the most recent earnings call.
At the time of writing, Shadows currently has around 300,000 pre-orders, said sources and Odyssey’s day one player numbers were between 400-450,000; a gap of around 100-150,000 that needs to be made up in the next four weeks.
In comparison, Star Wars Outlaws, a game that failed to meet Ubisoft’s expectations had less than half the pre-orders Shadows currently has in the same time period before launch, it was said.
Looking at the data, if Shadows continues the same trajectory as Odyssey throughout launch, it’s estimated that the game could sell approximately 3.5 million units in its first month. Valhalla, which was the series’ most successful Assassin’s Creed game had some eight million players in its first month, with more than 65% being attributed to past-generation consoles at the time.
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I’m confident I’m buying Bleach Rebirth Of Souls instead
Trash game
Definitely buying played every ac. valhalla disappointed me in the end. Shadows looks like a step in the right direction naoe looks fun to play.
Gonna get on day one, so excited about Naoe
Xenoblade x will overshadow this game by a mile. Playing as a mech over a black samurai is an ez choice. Rip asasins creed
This game is DOA. Releasing on the same day as the sarin gas attack anniversary of Japan is quite possibly the dumbest thing they could have done, not to mention the complete buffoonery surrounding their complete lack of Japanese history (broken tori gate in advertisement, yasuke can kill civilians without being de-syncd, you can trash temples, etc) as well as all the bs dei/politics sprinkled throughout the game, and you have a formula to fail. Just like Concord. Gamers will speak with their wallets.
so much hate against this game by people who don’t realize its just a game and not a realization of their “reality”, pre-ordered, will be playing Day 01, I hope KCD2 finishes by then,
I would think it shouldn’t. Isn’t it supposed to be going gold right now if its releasing in 4 weeks time lol??? How could it possibly be delayed then?