Ubisoft Confident In March 20th Release Of Assassin's Creed Shadows

Last year definitely wasn't easy for Ubisoft, with a series of setbacks and games that didn't resonate as hoped. As the company's latest financial report reflects the tough period it's going through, there are concerns that 2025 might bring additional studio closures and layoffs, and many see Assassin's Creed Shadows as its final opportunity for a comeback.

The game's development and repeated release delays have raised concerns, however, during Ubisoft’s Q3 2025 earnings call, CEO Yves Guillemot reassured that that pre-orders for Assassin's Creed Shadows are "tracking solidly, in line with those of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, the second most successful entry of the franchise." According to Tom Henderson's sources, the publisher is confident Assassin's Creed Shadows will launch on March 20, 2025, and developers working on the game have also expressed confidence in meeting the release date, with one source mentioning that the game is "pretty much done."

According to the sources, Shadows currently has around 300,000 pre-orders. In comparison, Assassin's Creed Odyssey had 400-450,000 players on day one, meaning there's a gap of 100,000 to 150,000 that must be closed in the next four weeks. In contrast, it's said that Star Wars Outlaws, a game that underperformed according to Ubisoft's expectations, had less than half the number of pre-orders Shadows had gathered at this stage before launch.

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