Half of the Assassin's Creed Shadows Team Never Built a Game Before

Assassin's Creed Shadows is the first game to create for about half of its development team, as one of the Ubisoft executives shares.

At External Development Summit 2024 (XDS24), Marc-Alexis Côté, VP and Executive Producer at Ubisoft, said: "One of the things that I've noticed since the pandemic is that we have a lot of juniors in our teams." "The seniority has lowered," he noted.

The executive continued, speaking specifically about the upcoming game: "Probably half the team that's building Assassin's Creed is building a game for the first time." The executive added: "You have to explain to them that even though they are playing the game right now and they think it's the worst thing they've ever seen, it's going to be good." 

Assassin's Creed Shadows is scheduled for February 14, 2025. Initially, it was set to release in November 2024 but was postponed. Reportedly, reasons for the delay included Star Wars Outlaws' sales numbers, the alleged necessity to address historical and cultural details for a longer time, and the need to fix and tweak some gameplay mechanics and elements. The game's PC version will feature Denuvo, a DRM software, and the mandatory account linking to the studio's Ubisoft Connect platform when buying the game on Steam. Also, Assassin's Creed Shadows will reportedly support a co-op mode.

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