The expansion is called Claws of Awaji, made by the developers behind Assassin's Creed Mirage. Here, protagonists Yasuke and Naoe travel to the island of Awaji beyond Osaka Bay. A new enemy called the Sanzoku Ippa will hunt down Yasuke and Naoe as they try to secure a lost treasure. Naoe also gets a new weapon type--the bo staff.

Hot on the heels of glowing preview coverage, we're experiencing some real whiplash today. Ubisoft has released a pretty convincing story trailer for the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows on PS5, and we cannot deny it inspires within what was admittedly some flagging hype.

Things aren’t exactly going swimmingly at Ubisoft right now. The publisher had a rough 2024, with Star Wars Outlaws failing to meet sales expectations and word of XDefiant’s demise coming around six months after the tactical shooter debuted.

UBISOFT’s Assassin’s Creed series has had its ups and downs over the years, having reinvented itself multiple times since it started in 2007.  Recent games have had a heavy focus on RPG

The preview shows shinobi assassin Naoe, who is haunted by nightmares. "There is evil at work in our homeland," she says. "Greedy lords who bring war." Naoe is given a special wea

Ubisoft showed off a story trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows, which is releasing on March 20 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC after being delayed twice, and has been streaming official gameplay from the upcoming title.

Watch the Story Trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows, the next installment in the third-person action-adventure series developed by Ubisoft Quebec. Players will experience the tale of both assassin and samurai as Naoe and Yasuke respectively on a new adventure through feudal Japan.

Ubisoft invited us to spend roughly four hours playing Assassin’s Creed: Shadows via the cloud. I got to play through the game’s opening and a level 25 mission. Jumping between the game’s dual protagonists,