Ubisoft has formally unveiled Murderer’s Creed Shadows, the newest recreation within the long-running Murderer’s Creed sequence, and it is received a launch date already as properly.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows will launch on November fifteenth and can comply with the tales of shinobi Murderer Naoe and African samurai Yasuke, the latter of whom is Murderer’s Creed‘s first real-life protagonist.
The sport will happen within the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japanese historical past (that is the late sixteenth to very early seventeenth century) and can dovetail the tales of the 2 characters as they “usher in a brand new period for Japan”, based on Ubisoft.
In contrast to in Murderer’s Creed Odyssey, wherein you selected between two playable characters, and Murderer’s Creed Valhalla‘s gender change, it does not sound such as you’ll be selecting between Naoe and Yasuke in Shadows.
Fairly, it feels like each of their tales will probably be important to the narrative, so you may be taking part in as each of them in flip, not dissimilarly to Murderer’s Creed Syndicate‘s playable twins.
You’ll be able to take a look at the cinematic announcement trailer for Murderer’s Creed Shadows proper right here. It units up Naoe and Yasuke’s tales and provides a touch as to how they’re going to work together over the course of the story.
Together with the cinematic premiere, Ubisoft has additionally launched a deep dive video into the characters of Naoe and Yasuke.
It options interviews with recreation director Charles Benoit, who’s beforehand labored as a designer on video games like Murderer’s Creed Odyssey and Immortals Fenyx Rising, and affiliate narrative director Brooke Davies.
You’ll be able to test that video out right here if you wish to know extra about what Ubisoft has in retailer for Murderer’s Creed Shadows.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows is the newest recreation within the Murderer’s Creed sequence. It is anticipated to return to the open-world RPG stylings of Odyssey and Valhalla after the back-to-basics experiment of Mirage.
The sport will launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X|S on November fifteenth. Keep tuned for extra.