Ubisoft has said it is confident of coming to the currently delayed free-gen of Murderer’s Creed Shadows.
Ending the week, the company will delay the scheduled Murderer’s Creed Shadows from this November until February 14, 2025.
At the same time, it announced that it was moving away from its traditional style of season passes, canceling early access to the title and giving players who pre-ordered the game their first expansion in isolation.
During Ubisoft’s second-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, the company was asked if there’s a chance Murderer’s Creed Shadows could be delayed further.
“As we mentioned a month ago, AC Shadows was fully featured, so it was about to be launched,” said the company’s CFO, Frédérick Duguet. “We wanted to make sure the experience was seamless from day one, so that was the purpose of the decision.
“So we have good visibility for the game to be delivered with a great experience in mid-February and with great quality.”
Asked once again if there is a probability of another extension, Duguet reiterated: “We have good visibility so that the match arrives on time and with a lot of quality.”
Closer to the name, Duguet said that Ubisoft’s decision to extend the game was influenced by the poor reception of Celebrity Wars Outlaws, which was not as stylish as it should be and underperformed commercially.
“Based on what we saw with Star Wars Outlaws, we need to ensure we deliver a seamless player experience from day one. Of course, there are always some bugs, but we have and will continue to focus on making sure the day one experience is well optimized.”
Ubisoft has stated that the Murderer’s Creed Shadows extension will incur excessive construction costs of €20 million ($21.7 million).
Following the game’s extension, Ubisoft has sought to downplay concerns that Sony’s recently revealed Ghost of Yōtei, a seemingly similar historical action-adventure game also set in Japan, could impact sales of Murderer’s Creed Shadows now that both titles They are being acquitted. 2025.
“I would like to say that there is a lot of room for very high-quality games, and those two games can sell very well,” said CEO Yves Guillemot at the end of the week.
