Shifting from Feb. 14 to March 20, the delay “will allow the team to better incorporate the player feedback gathered over the past three months and help create the best conditions for launch by continuing to engage closely with the increasingly positive Assassin’s Creed community.”

France's largest video game maker Ubisoft has decided to postpone the release of the newest game in its blockbuster franchise Assassin’s Creed to March 20 from Feb. 14, the company said on Thursday.

Ubisoft has today revealed it has delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows a second time for all platforms, with a launch date now set for 20th March 2025. In a social media statement, it's said the reason for the delay is that "a few additional weeks" of development will ensure an "even more ambitious and engaging day-one experience".

Ubisoft has delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows yet again, this time by another month. Assassin's Creed Shadows was due out February 14, 2025, but will now launch on March 20 instead. This is the game's second delay, after an initial release date of November 12, 2024, was pushed back to this year.

The People Make Games channel on YouTube published a video outlining disturbing allegations of abuse within Indonesian studio Brandoville, which had most recently collaborated with Ubisoft on Assassin's Creed Shadows.

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows might turn out to be a great game when it launches next month, but its pre-release coverage is anything but good. Besides continuing to be targeted by folks who are convinced that Ubisoft is rewriting history with an African samurai,

Both Naoe and Yasuke will have additional options to get around the world of Assassin's Creed Shadows, which comes out Feb. 14.

As part of the renewed focus on gameplay quality and engaging Day-1 experiences, it has been decided to provide an additional month of development to Assassin’s Creed Shadows,” Ubisoft writes in a press release.