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Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed to March 2025

Ubisoft had previously delayed the next Assassin's Creed game to February.

January 9, 2025 9:41 AM

After delaying Assassin’s Creed Shadows out of last fall and into this February, Ubisoft is giving it another push. The next installment in the Assassin’s Creed franchise is now set to release on March 20, 2025.

Ubisoft released a statement on X to announce the latest delay for Assassin’s Creed Shadows. In it, producer Marc-Alexis Côté says the studio has received plenty of audience feedback in recent months. “While we’ve already made remarkable strides, we believe a few additional weeks are needed to implement that feedback and ensure an even more ambitious and engaging day-one experience.”

Ubisoft's statement announcing the delay of Assassin's Creed Shadows. — Source: Ubisoft

Assassin’s Creed Shadows was originally scheduled to be released in November of 2024, but Ubisoft announced in September that it had been delayed to February 2025.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has now been delayed for a second time and will arrive in March. Be sure to bookmark our 2025 video game release dates calendar to keep up with the most anticipated releases of the year.

Donovan Erskine

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January 9, 2025 9:41 AM

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- MatthewPhillips
  
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  January 9, 2025 11:54 AM
  
  This is the only main Assassin's Creed title to NOT be released in November (like most of them) or October (like 3 of them).
  
  Those 3 might as well have been November releases (Oct 23 for Syndicate; Oct 29 for Black Flag; Oct 30 for AC III).
  
  It's like the SAW franchise, you could almost set your watch on their release dates haha.
  
  Incidentally...pretty sure GTA VI will launch in Sept/Oct/November, right?
  - Pharaoh721
    
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    January 9, 2025 12:19 PM
    
    Yeah, which is why it was pretty surprising to me when they moved out of that fall 2024 date, felt like they were really hitting the emergency button on this one. I'm still confident it'll be a decent game, but I'd be surprised if Ubisoft wasn't owned by someone else a year from now.
    - MatthewPhillips
      
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      January 9, 2025 2:08 PM
      
      I am crossing my fingers it’s as great as Odyssey or Origins! I can’t see them making another MONSTER game like Valhalla but you never know.
      
      I feel like the anticipation for this title is unlike most, since they chose the “warring” Japan era that fans have been asking for since like the 2nd game haha!
  - x-Rumpo-x
    
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    January 9, 2025 1:41 PM
    
    Lot of folks don't think GTA 6 will release this year. I'm choosing to believe that it will.