Murderer’s Creed Shadows will in all probability not be getting a second DLC. Our creator Jesko is extraordinarily aggravated that Ubisoft not needs to benefit from the Japanese journey.
Murderer’s Creed has had new bosses for a number of days now. As a part of Ubisoft’s company-wide restructuring, Jean Guesdon has been appointed the brand new Head of Content material for the Murderer’s Creed sequence. He’s liable for the general artistic path of the model.
On March 4, the brand new artistic boss made his first private look with an replace on the standing of the model. Amongst different issues, the Black Flag remake, which your complete web had already identified about for months.
However as an alternative of pleasure, as an enormous Shadows fan, I’m upset by the bulletins made yesterday night. As a result of Guesdon’s selection of phrases relating to the Japanese journey couldn’t be extra damning:
“Shadows is now coming into its last assist part. We shall be phasing issues out with smaller, much less frequent updates.”
This seals the destiny of Murderer’s Creed Shadows. Followers who had hoped for a second main story DLC till the very finish shall be upset. Ubisoft is letting the sport fade away unspectacularly with none actual new content material.
My opinion: Shadows doesn’t deserve this destiny. The Japan AC was among the best installments within the sequence in a very long time and nonetheless had a lot untapped potential.
The setting everybody needed
The story of Shadows received off to a promising begin. With feudal Japan, Ubisoft lastly gave us the state of affairs that many gamers had all the time needed for the Murderer’s Creed sequence. Ever since Ubisoft began experimenting with totally different settings, a ninja AC was on the prime of followers’ want lists.
Nonetheless, a number of controversies then arose: each primary characters – a feminine shinobi and an African samurai – have been criticized, with accusations that Ubisoft was treating Japanese tradition disrespectfully.
After which Shadows needed to be postponed twice as a result of the builders weren’t happy with the standard of the sport and wanted extra time to shine it. Our tester Dimi additionally feared the worst till the launch.
Too good to be shelved
By way of gameplay, nevertheless, Shadows was rattling convincing. In comparison with the earlier installments, it noticeably expanded the stealth half and eventually struck a severe tone once more within the story. Every of our mission goals got here with a reputable motivation and wasn’t only a cookie-cutter villain. And with every subsequent replace, Shadows received even higher.
That’s precisely why it annoys me a lot that it’s supposed to finish right here. In any case, even worse Murderer’s Creed video games have obtained considerably extra content material in recent times – sure, I’m taking a look at you, Valhalla. The controversial Viking AC was equipped with updates and DLCs for over two years after its launch on the finish of 2020.
Positive, again then, the French writer nonetheless had cash to burn. That’s not the case after Ubisoft’s poor previous couple of monetary years and the basic restructuring with associate Tencent – most not too long ago, six tasks have been fully shelved.
However the truth that Murderer’s Creed Shadows is now being affected annoys me as an previous AC fan and lover of Japan past measure. Shadows is just too good to be dropped identical to that. And I’m not the one one who thinks so – in spite of everything, in keeping with a survey of GameStar readers, Shadows is one in every of your favourite Murderer’s Creeds.
The DLC that by no means was
As well as, considerably extra post-launch content material was apparently deliberate earlier than the launch of Shadows. In an interview in early 2025, Affiliate Sport Director Simon Lemay-Comtois revealed to me that new content material had been deliberate for about two years – similar to the earlier sequence installments Valhalla and Odyssey.
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Mie would have been such an attention-grabbing setting for a DLC. The world is house to the very best sanctuary of the Japanese Shinto religion. There, the goddess Amaterasu, the ancestress of the Japanese imperial household, is worshipped. A DLC set right here would have supplied nice potential for an tour into Japanese mythology or a connection to the Isu cosmos.
And another open story threads from Shadows would definitely have benefited from completion. Yasuke’s private journey specifically, or the connection between the Jesuit clergymen and the Templar Order, would have supplied a lot narrative scope for an enlargement.
And at last, Shadows in all probability deserved a DLC as a result of, strictly talking, the primary enlargement, Claws of Awaji, solely informed the top of the sport’s primary story.
However then all the things modified for Shadows. The deliberate Season Cross was canceled within the wake of the delays. Budgets that had been put aside for later updates have been presumably used up. And that will finally be the sticking level. As a result of Ubisoft is presently slicing prices wherever it may. In fiscal 12 months 2025, layoffs saved over 200 million euros, and one other 100 million are anticipated to be saved by 2027. Investing more cash in expansions for a sport that’s unlikely to interrupt the file gross sales of AC: Valhalla, merely doesn’t appear worthwhile to Ubisoft within the present scenario.
In the long run, it’s Japan followers like me who lose out. As a result of Shadows leaves many prospects of its ingenious setting untapped.
Admittedly, hope will not be but misplaced. In any case, Murderer’s Creed Mirage additionally obtained a serious story replace greater than two years after its launch.
Nonetheless, in keeping with French media experiences, Ubisoft had this paid for by the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund (PIF).
And who is aware of… possibly the Japanese authorities may also provide you with the concept of loosening the purse strings somewhat for a second Murderer’s enlargement. However till that occurs, additional assist for AC Shadows appears unlikely, sadly.
