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Assassin's Creed Shadows overhauls the series' stealth mechanics. The new stealth system is immediately recognisable to anyone that played Splinter Cell.

Years on from updating the likes of Assassin’s Creed Origins and Odyssey, AC: Syndicate has finally gotten a current-gen 60fps patch.

Following rumours, Ubisoft confirmed their upcoming Assassin’s Creed Infinity hub (Animus Hub) will be a completely free service when it launches next year.

Following the surprise last-minute delay of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft has now explained their reasons for the game’s push-back.

Ubisoft says Assassin's Creed: Shadows is feature complete and could have released in November, but says February launch gives it more visibility.

With Assassin’s Creed Shadows being delayed to 2025 (alongside some other content changes) the game’s Collector’s Edition has now seen a significant price drop.

Starting today, ten new games are joining the cloud library, including the newly released Steam version of Assassin's Creed Mirage. 

After years of releasing all its titles first on the Epic Games Store as well as its own launcher, Ubisoft have finally confirmed that they will begin to publish their games day-and-date on Steam starting with next year’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows. As part of this, the publisher has been furthering the integration of its games with Steam – finally bringing Achievements to Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

There have been many Assassin's Creed games over the years but longtime fans often cite Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag as one of the best in the franchise. Now, a remake of the game may be just around the corner.  Earlier this year, sources told Kotaku that Ubisoft had greenlit a …

Exactly a year on from the initial launch of Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Ubisoft have announced that the game is finally coming to Steam later this October.

Following the announcement that Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been delayed to 2025, a new report claims the game will bring back the series’ dormant co-op mode.

The board of directors at Ubisoft is launching a full investigation and a review of development practices in an effort to save the company.

Earlier this week, Ubisoft announced that it was pulling its planned Assassin's Creed Shadows showcase at TGS. Additionally, the company cancelled press previews of the game, which were due to go live in early October ahead of the game's launch in November. Now, we know why - Ubisoft is delaying the game...

With Assassin's Creed Shadows being set in Japan, Ubisoft had big plans for its appearance at the Tokyo Game Show this month, hoping to win over Japanese gamers. However, just days before the event, the publisher has abruptly pulled out. Ubisoft will no longer be showcasing its games at the …

The Assassin’s Creed series has suffered from an identity crisis over its past many entries, with the stealth franchise slowly but surely turning into an open world action-adventure RPG. Part of the series’ evolution has seen the release of AC titles with overwhelmingly, unnecessarily large maps. Fortunately, Ubisoft seems to …

Since the release of the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S back in late 2020, we have seen Ubisoft update many of its Assassin’s Creed titles to support 60fps of the now-current-gen consoles. Oddly, one of the primary titles to not get updated was Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – though this appears to be changing soon.

Much like major sports games, or the annual Call of Duty cycle, Assassin's Creed also used to be a yearly franchise. That changed with Assassin's Creed Origins, with Ubisoft taking more time to create even bigger open worlds with more RPG mechanics. Now, ahead of the launch of Assassin's Creed …

While it is true that Yasuke is a Japanese legend, there is debate over whether or not he was actually a samurai. As a result, there has been a petition doing the rounds, calling out Assassin's Creed: Shadows for basing the new game on the character. Now, Ubisoft has officially …

Over the past year, there have been rumours that Ubisoft is working on an Assassin's Creed IV remake. This entry in the series is unique thanks to its pirate-centric story and it was also the birthplace for Ubisoft's modern ship sailing and battle mechanics. Now, Ubisoft has confirmed that it …

Ubisoft has made it well known that it plans to go all out on Assassin’s Creed over the coming years, with almost a dozen games in the works and a hub to play them all in. It therefore comes as little surprise that at least a couple of those games are set to be remakes...

Apple took a big swing with their iPhone 15 series of phones, introducing a renewed focus on gaming with the announcement of iOS ports for a number of major AAA titles. Despite heavy hitters such as Resident Evil 4 Remake, Death Stranding and more being added to iOS, the initiative …

Last month, Ubisoft officially lifted the curtains on Assassin’s Creed Shadows with a flashy cinematic teaser, giving us our first look at the world – but no gameplay. While a full deep-dive is expected at Ubisoft’s upcoming showcase, a hint of the game’s new mechanics were shared during Xbox’s Game …

Summer Game Fest is just a couple of weeks away. With E3 now officially cancelled for good, Summer Game Fest has cemented its position as the new go-to summer event for game announcements. This year's show will see over 55 partners being involved, ranging from smaller indie companies and gaming-adjacent software makers, to the biggest publishers in the industry. 

Just as promised, today Ubisoft officially revealed Assassin's Creed Shadows with a lengthy cinematic trailer. As expected, the game is indeed set in Feudal Japan, and players will have a choice between two protagonist characters, one of which is Yasuke, the legendary African samurai. At the very end of the …

Assassin's Creed Red has now been officially unveiled. The game's official title is Assassin's Creed Shadows and just as rumoured, it will be set in Feudal-era Japan. Assassin's Creed Shadows is getting its very first cinematic trailer tomorrow, the 15th of May. Then, during Ubisoft Forward in June, there should …

Apple has been working to get AAA game studios to support iOS with ports of major titles. So far, we've seen games like Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Death Stranding and No Man's Sky releasing for iPhones and iPads. Now, Ubisoft is bringing Assassin's Creed Mirage to Apple's …

It has been a couple of years since we first heard about Assassin's Creed Infinity, Ubisoft's platform for future Assassin's Creed campaigns. One of the planned campaigns for Infinity currently in development is codenamed Hexe, and recent reports have shed some early details on what fans can expect and more …

We are expecting big things from Ubisoft this year. Not only are we getting the release of Star Wars Outlaws, but Ubisoft is also expected to usher in a new age for Assassin's Creed for the first campaign for Assassin's Creed Infinity. We should get our first official look at …

Ubisoft has been working with Tencent on Assassin's Creed Jade for a while now, a mobile Assassin's Creed game with console-like graphics and an open world. While the game was expected to be arriving fairly soon, new reports indicate that the game has been delayed more than a full year. …

Last week, we reported on a bunch of new details surrounding Ubisoft’s previously-announced Assassin’s Creed Infinity platform. More has since been revealed, with insiders claiming these titles will utilise an evolved version of its ‘Anvil’ engine. As reported by Insider-Gaming, the next phase of Assassin’s Creed titles will all be …