Ubisoft just lately introduced a last-minute cancellation of its Tokyo Recreation Present stream, whereas stories 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 a couple of 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 offer 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 largest entry within the franchise to completely ship on its ambition, notably by fulfilling the promise of our twin protagonist journey, with Naoe and Yasuke bringing two very completely 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 vital reception, the sport has additionally underperformed by way of gross sales, with stories suggesting that it had offered lower than one million models by the top 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 will probably be out there on Steam day 1 when it launches subsequent 12 months, and that the sport may even be dropping its Season Go mannequin. Learn extra on that via right here.
