#Murderer’s Creed Shadows has been delayed to February – Destructoid

Ubisoft has introduced the choice to maneuver the discharge of Murderer’s Creed Shadows from November 15 to February 2025 on Twitter.

In a convention name caught by VGC, Ubisoft defined that whereas the sport is feature-complete, the staff is working to implement classes discovered from the unsuccessful launch of Star Wars Outlaws.

The corporate will even dispose of the normal season go mannequin, saying, “all gamers will be capable to benefit from the sport on the identical time on February 14, and people who preorder the sport might be granted the primary enlargement without cost.”

Is Murderer’s Creed Shadows being delayed for a unique cause?

Attempting to shine the sport to keep away from repeating the catastrophic launch of Murderer’s Creed Unity could be a legitimate cause to delay the sport. One other could be an try to course-correct Ubisoft’s current monetization efforts that seemingly didn’t work properly sufficient with Star Wars Outlaws. That, nonetheless, may not be all.

This delay is however the latest chapter within the unreleased sport’s already troubled historical past with gamers. The unique reveal, which struck most as a breath of recent air, nonetheless irked a really vocal nook of the web who can’t fathom the idea of a black Samurai.

Even when a Japanese historian who didn’t graduate from the College of the Web assured that Yasuke, one of many two primary characters, did certainly exist and was undoubtedly Samurai, individuals didn’t cease complaining.

Although most complaints have been unfounded, Ubisoft launched a press assertion apologizing to Japanese gamers for some inaccuracies of the portrayal of feudal Japan within the sport. Unusual, as they have been positively not the demographic behind a lot of the noise.

That disappointing caving in has led a couple of to theorize that Ubisoft could be attempting to overtake not simply the mechanics and monetization, however most of the authentic story beats and character particulars as properly.

The announcement comes a day after Sucker Punch revealed Ghost of Yotei, which appears superb. Right here’s hoping Ubisoft is simply delaying the sport to make it even higher within the face of such such daunting competitors.

Murderer’s Creed Shadows is now set for a February 14, 2025 launch.