Ubisoft has seemingly leaked the primary enlargement for Japan-set Assassin’s Creed Shadows following its announcement of one other delay.
As reported by Insider Gaming, the sport’s Steam web page was momentarily up to date to incorporate data on a 10-hour piece of downloadable content material known as Claws of Awaji, which is able to add an entire new map to the open-world recreation.
“Pre-purchase now to get a bonus mission and the upcoming Claws of Awaji enlargement,” the Steam web page learn. “Travel to a brand new area, recover from 10 hours of further content material, and unlock a brand new weapon kind, new expertise, gear, and talents.”
The phrasing is a bit of complicated, because it makes it sound as if Claws of Awaji will solely be accessible to those that pre-purchase the sport, just like the beforehand introduced “bonus mission” Thrown to the Dogs. This could be uncommon, nonetheless, as main expansions akin to this are often reserved for Season Passes.
That being mentioned, Ubisoft is ditching the Season Pass mannequin for Assassin’s Creed Shadows following main follow shake-ups within the wake of Star Wars Outlaws underperforming. Alongside scrapping the Season Pass, which might usually let gamers entry two bigger expansions for a further $30 or so, Ubisoft is cancelling plans to cost gamers extra to play on launch day. It is subsequently assumed DLC expansions akin to Claws of Awaji shall be made free for all gamers.
Though particulars are restricted to the transient paragraph revealed to Steam, the title Claws of Awaji does shed some mild on what gamers will discover within the DLC. Ubisoft quietly revealed Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ world map within the Collector’s Edition trailer, which confirmed 9 detailed areas plus one small island left clean.
This island is the Awaji the Claws of Awaji title presumably references, that means this presently clean space of the map ought to someday be crammed in by means of DLC. Awaji Island is probably most well-known for its prominence within the Japanese faith of Shinto, the place it’s mentioned to be the primary island created on this planet by means of the legend of Izanagi and Izanami.
As Assassin’s Creed has delved additional and additional into mythology and never simply historical past with current releases, particularly within the role-playing recreation sequence which Shadows belongs to, followers will maybe get to delve into Japanese legends with the addition of the Claws of Awaji.
It shall be longer than anticipated earlier than that is doable, in fact, as Ubisoft has delayed Assassin’s Creed Shadows as soon as once more, this time to March 20. It was first pushed to February 14 from its November 12 launch date.
Lots rests on the shoulders of Assassin’s Creed Shadows as not solely the long-awaited Japan-set entry and the primary full Assassin’s Creed since 2020, however a struggling Ubisoft wants it to carry out nicely following current flops and investor frustration.
It’s not loved a very constructive promotional interval to date, nonetheless, with the event workforce having to apologize on separate events for inaccuracies in Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ depictions of Japan and utilizing a historic recreation group’s flag with out permission.
Yet one other controversy got here as collectible determine maker PureArts eliminated an Assassin’s Creed Shadows statue from sale over its “insensitive” design, and mixed with the 2 delays, followers are rising more and more impatient because of this.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
