Features
Enter Feudal Japan - Explore the captivating open world of Feudal Japan, from spectacular castle towns and bustling ports to peaceful shrines and war-ravaged landscapes. Adventure through unpredictable weather, changing seasons, and reactive environments.
Master Complementary Playstyles - Become Naoe, a shinobi assassin and Yasuke, a legendary samurai as you experience their riveting stories and master their complementary playstyles. As Naoe, use stealth to avoid detection and agility to confound your enemies. As Yasuke, strike your foes with lethal precision and power. Unlock new skills, gear, and progression independently for each character.
Make Information Your Weapon - Travel the world, and build your own network of spies to be your eyes and ears across locations to hunt down your next target. Along the way, recruit new allies with unique abilities to help accomplish your missions.
Build a Place to Call Home - Create a fully customizable hideout for your growing shinobi league as you train your crew, craft new gear, interact with key characters, and choose your base’s buildings layout, decorations, and accessories.
Product Description
Experience an epic action-adventure story set in Feudal Japan! Become a lethal shinobi assassin and powerful, legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos. Switch between these two unlikely allies as you discover their common destiny. Master complementary playstyles, create your shinobi league, customize your hideout, and usher in a new era for Japan.
Bonus
Assassin's Creed Shadows Pre Order Bonus
Pre-order now to get the upcoming expansion.
Also get access to the Thrown to the Dogs bonus quest, available at launch.*
Online Customers: Code will be packed with your game.
Store/In-Store Pickup Customers: Code will be packed with your game.
*Offer subject to change. Bonus mission available at launch and upcoming expansion granted for free as a limited time offer to players who preorder the game (expansion not available at launch, release date to be announced later). Content may also be available for purchase or as a separate giveaway at Ubisoft’s sole discretion. Please check system requirements and product details/restrictions before purchase and upon game release. Internet connection and Ubisoft Account required to redeem the digital content.
Assassin Creed Shadow Pre-Order Bonus
Who Are Naoe and Yasuke?
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is set in the Azuchi-Momoyama era of 16th century Japan. In this installment, players will have the opportunity to embody two unique characters: Naoe, a skilled Japanese shinobi, and Yasuke, a real-life historical samurai - a first in the series. Charles Benoit, the Game Director, and Brooke Davies, the Associate Narrative Director, provide an in-depth exploration of these characters. They shed light on the distinctions between them in terms of gameplay and narrative, while also explaining why they were the ideal choices for Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
Assassin's Creed Shadows Explained - Samurai, Shinobi, & Feudal Japan
In Assassin’s Creed Shadows, you will live the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin from Iga Province, and Yasuke, the powerful African samurai of historical legend. Against the backdrop of the turbulent late Sengoku period, this remarkable duo will discover their common destiny as they usher in a new era for Japan. From chaos to purpose, from darkness to light. A new Creed rises over Japan.
