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Ubisoft has officially revealed more information aboutAssassin’s Creed Shadows, namely the upcoming sequel’s two protagonists and release date. Fans had been hoping for anAssassin’s Creedgame set in Feudal Japan for some time before Ubisoft announced the formerly-namedAssassin’s Creed Redduring the 2022 Ubisoft Forward livestream. In the years since, rumors and speculation about the game ran rampant, giving eager gamers a possible glimpse at the next installment in the historical action franchise.
These rumors suggested thatAssassin’s Creed Redwould have two playable heroes, a then-unnamed female shinobi and Yasuke, an African samurai and real-life historical figure who served Oda Nobunaga during the Sengoku period between 1581 and 1582. Earlier this week, Ubisoft revealed thatAssassin’s Creed Redisofficially titledAssassin’s Creed Shadows, with a cinematic trailer to be posted a few days later. Even before said trailer was revealed, rumor had it thatAssassin’s Creed Shadowswould be slated to launch on November 15.
At least some of the information present in these rumors has been confirmed in theAssassin’s Creed Shadowscinematic trailer, which was shared by Ubisoft earlier today. It begins with an unnamed Japanese nobleman being chased through the woods by a pair of assailants before flashing back to the backstories of said duo. The first is Naoe, thepreviously mentioned female shinobiwhose family is killed by samurai. This sets her on a path of vengeance that eventually brings her into contact with Yasuke, who in this version was trained as a samurai to help in his master’s conquests before seemingly growing disillusioned during the attack on Naoe’s village.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Release Date
The two confirmedAssassin’s Creed Shadowsprotagonists then decided to join forces, seemingly becoming a team of killers-for-hire as the trailer goes on. They are then shown attacking a samurai temple at night, and while noAssassin’s Creed Shadowsgameplay footageis featured viewers can get a sense of how each character will play in combat. Naoe seems to be more of a traditionalAssassin’s Creedcharacter, taking out her enemies using stealth, while Yasuke is more direct, attacking with brute strength and a massive spiked club.
Finally, theAssassin’s Creed Shadowstrailer cuts back to the pair and their target from the beginning, who Naoe kills with a variant ofthe Assassin’s Hidden Bladeafter declaring that she and Yasuke are “shadows that serve the light,” a callback to one of the sayings of the Assassin Order. From there, the trailer cuts to theAssassin’s Creed Shadowstitle and confirms the previous rumors that the game will be released on November 15.
There is still much to be discovered aboutAssassin’s Creed Shadowsbefore it launches later this year, but what has been shown so far looks promising. There will be aUbisoft Forward livestream on June 10, and many believe that Ubisoft will show off gameplay footage forAssassin’s Creed Shadowsat the event.
