Ubisoft gave Murderer’s Creed followers their first actual have a look at the following flagship sport within the long-running franchise with the debut trailer for Murderer’s Creed Shadows on Wednesday. Beforehand referred to as Murderer’s Creed: Codename Crimson, Shadows will ship the franchise to feudal Japan for the primary time this November, letting gamers reside out their shinobi fantasies because the ninja Naoe.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows may also let gamers tackle a second function, that of legendary Black samurai Yasuke. Whereas different Murderer’s Creed video games have featured twin protagonists, the 2 playable characters of Shadows look like extra distinct than these of any earlier sport. The sport’s feminine ninja character is proven wielding ninjato, wristblade, and kusarigama, her samurai counterpart is a closely armored fella with a hefty katana.
The debut trailer for Murderer’s Creed Shadows teased its cinematic ambitions and launched its characters. Followers might have to attend till Ubisoft Ahead in June for a have a look at precise gameplay.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows is being developed by Ubisoft Quebec, the studio behind 2018’s Murderer’s Creed Odyssey, beneath the artistic route of Jonathan Dumont. Shadows was initially introduced in 2022 beneath its codename, and promised to ship the Murderer’s Creed franchise to one in every of followers’ most-requested settings.
Shadows is the open-world RPG follow-up to final yr’s Murderer’s Creed Mirage, the scaled-back tackle the 17-year-old Murderer’s Creed system. The feudal period Japan-set sport is only one of a a number of introduced initiatives within the works for the Murderer’s Creed writer. Others embrace Murderer’s Creed Jade, a cellular sport set in China’s Qin dynasty, and the mysterious Murderer’s Creed Codename: Hexe, “a really totally different sort of Murderer’s Creed sport,” in response to Ubisoft govt producer Marc-Alexis Cote. Hexe is being overseen by artistic director Clint Hocking (Watch Canines Legion, Far Cry 2).
Elsewhere, there’s Murderer’s Creed Codename: Infinity, which is “not a sport per se,” Cote stated in 2022, however “a hub that may unite all our totally different experiences and gamers in significant methods.”
Murderer’s Creed Shadows is coming to Mac, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Collection X on Nov. 15.
