Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft’s upcoming Japan-set action-RPG, appears to have leaked. Some gamers have reportedly been enjoying the sport early and leaked gameplay footage has surfaced on-line. Physical copies of the sport are claimed to have been bought almost a month forward of the sport’s scheduled launch. Assassin’s Creed Shadows has had a troubled growth interval and has been delayed twice to its present launch date of March 20.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Leaks
A Reddit submit on r/GamingLeaksAndRumours (as noticed by Eurogamer) on Sunday claimed that PS5 bodily copies of Assassin’s Creed Shadows had been already being bought forward of launch. The sport is reportedly absolutely playable for customers who’ve managed to acquire a disc.
According to the submit, Animus Anomalies, a mission sort from older Assassin’s Creed video games, is confirmed to be returning in Shadows. However, the submit mentioned the sport was an older construct, with not one of the enhancements added to the it from the delays.
Separately, an X person additionally claimed (by way of TheGamer) that they had purchased a replica of the sport on Facebook Marketplace and posted photos of the sport’s set up display and images and movies of gameplay on-line. Their posts have since been eliminated. Leaked photos and movies, nonetheless, proceed to be reposted on X and elsewhere. One picture suggests Assassin’s Creed Shadows will take up 85GB of space for storing on the PS5.
Some customers reportedly additionally began streaming the sport on Twitch (by way of VGC); these, too, appear to have been since faraway from the streaming platform. Ubisoft has not commented on the leaks but.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows will launch on March 20 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. The sport was initially set for launch in November 2024, earlier than being delayed to February 14, 2025. Last month, Ubisoft pushed again the discharge date a second time to additional polish the title.
Earlier this month Ubisoft additionally confirmed that pre-order numbers for Assassin’s Creed Shadows had been encouraging. The firm mentioned at its third-quarter 2024-25 earnings name that pre-orders for the sport had been in step with 2018’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, the second most profitable title within the franchise.
