Ubisoft lately introduced a last-minute cancellation of its Tokyo Recreation Present stream, whereas studies claimed shortly afterward that the corporate had additionally cancelled deliberate press hands-on previews for the upcoming Murderer’s Creed Shadows. Hypothesis mounted that the open world title was set to be delayed, and that has now been formally confirmed.
Ubisoft has introduced that it has delayed Murderer’s Creed Shadows by just a few months, with the sport now anticipated to launch on February 14 subsequent 12 months. The corporate says that it made the choice primarily based on “gamers’ suggestions, and as an illustration of our player-centric method”. Although Shadows is feature-complete, Ubisoft says that primarily based on its learnings from the reception for Star Wars Outlaws, it has determined to provide the sport further time within the oven.
“Whereas the sport is characteristic full, the learnings from the Star Wars Outlaws launch led us to offer further time to additional polish the title,” Ubisoft says. “This can allow the most important entry within the franchise to totally ship on its ambition, notably by fulfilling the promise of our twin protagonist journey, with Naoe and Yasuke bringing two very totally different gameplay types.”
Star Wars Outlaws was, after all, a significant launch for Ubisoft, although the open world title has didn’t carry out to expectations. On prime of combined essential reception, the sport has additionally underperformed when it comes to gross sales, with studies suggesting that it had offered lower than one million models by the tip of August. Its underperformance has additionally contributed to a constant decline in Ubisoft’s share costs.
Moreover, Ubisoft has additionally confirmed that Murderer’s Creed Shadows might be out there on Steam day 1 when it launches subsequent 12 months, and that the sport can even be dropping its Season Go mannequin. Learn extra on that by means of right here.
