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Guess we will see if his insider source is real there.

EXCLUSIVE/UBISOFT EMPLOYEE: Assassin’s Creed Shadows Gets ANOTHER Delay "The team is a mess"

An insider at Ubisoft has reached out to share some insanely damning info regarding the troubled AC: Shadows

www.smashjt.com

“I am REDACTED with Ubisoft REDACTED as a REDACTED, working mainly on REDACTED, which has its problems with REDACTED.

I am contacting you regarding an upcoming and unannounced delay with Assassin’s Creed Shadows. This is mainly due to complaints from cultural officials around the destruction of shrines but also to patch numerous bugs.

The delay should be announced in about a week, and it will probably be until May.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

 

[LordCBH]

Noooo. I still wanna play it lol

 

[SatansReverence]

 

[Danjin44]

In May I already have my Samurai game.....

 

[ByWatterson]

No chance, right? They're running ads! Real ads!

 

[viveks86]

While we are discussing bad news, might as well point out that ray tracing is absent on the console versions.

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-gb/game/...EtIMWrA9xVDmZ/assassins-creed-shadows-tech-qa

It was either originally planned and downgraded, or never part of it. It may still just be present in the hideout

 

[SlimySnake]

destruction of shrines is such a stupid manufactured controversy.

 

[adamsapple]

Stop browsing shitjt's website, jaybe my man.

 

[semiconscious]

I May I already have my Samurai game.....

along with yotei, that'll be 3 samurai games coming out within months of each other. i'm thinking the ultimate winner may be a reduced-in-price rise of the ronin...

 

[Putonahappyface]

I hope not, as I want to see it played out until the end personally.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

The closer this game releases to ghost of yotei the worse off they’re going to be

 

[Danjin44]

along with yotei, that'll be 3 samurai games coming out within months of each other. i'm thinking the ultimate winner may be a reduced-in-price rise of the ronin...

I personally have no interest Yotei, when comes to Samurai games I more interested in Onimusha 2 and Onimusha: Way of the Sword (unfortunately that one coming on 2026).

I'm hoping FROM surprise me and announce Sekiro 2.

 

[Ellery]

Can't believe how much content I am getting out of Assassin's Creed Shadows without paying a single penny or playing the game at all.

 

[semiconscious]

I personally have no interest Yotei, when comes to Samurai games I more interested in Onimusha 2 and Onimusha: Way of the Sword (unfortunately that one coming on 2026)...

same...

 

[Sharius]

lmao, i think in their last messenger on X they literally said we can ignore george floyd because it's too late for them to remove him, and it has no impact on gameplay

 

[zokie]

just do not sell the game in japan as their targeted audience/customers is not the people from japan from all the sensitive mistakes like the one legged Torii gate

 

[rm082e]

Wow...the link claims they're changing the mission design to make Yasuke completely optional?

Wow if true.

 

[Draugoth]

The same website got info on Veilguard director leaving before Eurogamer and Grubb, so they are probably right.

 

[Kacho]

Smash JT gets the benefit of the doubt. Gonna be nuts if it gets delayed again. That means a Q1 title for Ubisoft? They’re punting Q4?

 

[Blank Space Invader]

destruction of shrines is such a stupid manufactured controversy.

Ubisoft is dead wrong on everything they did with AC Shadows across the board, and no amount of mental gymnastics is going to change that.

 

[adamsapple]

Smash JT gets the benefit of the doubt. Gonna be nuts if it gets delayed again. That means a Q1 title for Ubisoft? They’re punting Q4?

Putting it out of March will make it miss the dreaded Q4 earnings window. They would be either 1. crazy to do that or 2. have some completely game breaking things still left to be ironed out that would mandate this delay.

 

[StereoVsn]

Wow...the link claims they're changing the mission design to make Yasuke completely optional?

Wow if true.

That would be pretty hilarious. But what about the Legendary Samurai!?

 

[Kacho]

Putting it out of March will make it miss the dreaded Q4 earnings window. They would be either 1. crazy to do that or 2. have some completely game breaking things still left to be ironed out that would mandate this delay.

We’ll see. Ubisoft is in complete disarray right now.

 

[Saber]

They probably gonna need more time and effort to sell their "black samurai" fantasy.

 

[krumble]

At this stage should they just cut their losses and cancel it outright, shelve everything and come back to it all in a couple of years and rework the story to be more faithful to the franchises roots…. considering the potential unrecoverable damage this will do to the franchise there are worse options..

No-one wants this piece of political DEi in their games. Gaming is a hobby we use to escape from reality during our leisure time, very few will want to invest time and money into something so compromised by the insistence of keeping the agenda, problematic ideologies and the source of the problem within the game.

Assassins Creed Japan should have been MAGNIFICENT, fans have been clamouring for it for decades at this point, yet Ubisoft decided to follow the political agenda and shove it down gamers throats…
I have all the other AC games and have been a fan since I bought the first one on ps3
Some of them I’ve picked up on discount
This will be the first one I refuse to buy, even if that helps contribute to the collapse of Ubisoft, they are on life support right now, putting this out as a AAAA title is like the relatives deciding it’s time to say goodbye and pulling the plug on that life support

 

[rabbity-thing]

"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is bad forever."

Just let'em cook.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

Oh no, now I have gone from not buying it in March to not buying it in May.

 

[Fake]

Just delete the game already.

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

After the pushback and subsequent delay, why Ubisoft didn’t simply swap Yasuke out for an authentic Japanese Samurai astounds me…

 

[Represent.]

wtf man

 

[bundylove]

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

Wow...the link claims they're changing the mission design to make Yasuke completely optional?

Wow if true.

That would be quite the capitulation. The fallout would be utterly hilarious.

 

[Topher]

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

There are two leaks currently coming from the Youtubers side:

1. Bioware being closed later this month
2. And now this one.


let's see whats up.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I hope they delay it so long that the release date runs right into Ghost of Yotei and GTA6 and gets fucking massacred

 

[StereoVsn]

There are two leaks currently coming from the Youtubers side:

1. Bioware being closed later this month
2. And now this one.


let's see whats up.

 

[lmimmfn]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Smash JT gets the benefit of the doubt. Gonna be nuts if it gets delayed again. That means a Q1 title for Ubisoft? They’re punting Q4?

Who is this Smash JT guy?

 

[Blank Space Invader]

Who is this Smash JT guy?

He has a YT channel and calls out all of the wokies and DEI crap, to the point where at least one of them has taken legal action against him.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[N30RYU]

Ubi... made this be the "Coyote Vs Acme" movie of the videogames... cancel it and call it a loss

 

[Kacho]

Who is this Smash JT guy?

Dorky rage tuber. Most of his content is junk, but he did break the news about the gendermancer leaving BioWare a few weeks ago.

Fake edit: looks like this is fake news. Credibility damaged.

 

[Blank Space Invader]

As it stands right now, I will wait for this to be used at GameStop for $20.

If they actually fix the disrespectful, tone deaf, clueless content and focus on Naoe, I will pony up the $70 spot on day one.

I will not shed a tear when Ubi goes under. It can't come soon enough.

 

[bender]

In May I already have my Samurai game.....

I'll wait until May 2026 when it is closer to $10.

 

[Topher]

Shocking

 

[Danjin44]

I'll wait until May 2026 when it is closer to $10.

Sure, I'm buying it day one...I have no reason to wait for price cut.

 

[bender]

Sure, I'm buying it day one...I have no reason to wait for price cut.

$29.99 is ridiculous.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

SmashJT is a super loud and annoying guy to listen to.

But overall, is his track record of info good?

 

[Danjin44]

$29.99 is ridiculous.

For remaster of game I want I'm more than willing to pay.

Heck bring Muramasa to modern systems and I will pay full price for it.