Assassin's Creed Shadows Delayed Again To March 20

Ubisoft has delayed Assassin's Creed Shadows once again, moving the game from its planned February 14 launch date to March 20. Ubisoft says that it made the decision to provide an additional month of development to Assassin's Creed Shadows as part of its "renewed focus" on gameplay quality.

"This additional time will allow the team to better incorporate the player feedback gathered over the past three months and help create the best conditions for launch by continuing to engage closely with the increasingly positive Assassin’s Creed community," Ubisoft explained in a press release.

Interestingly, this new date pushes Assassin's Creed Shadows almost out of Ubisoft's current financial year, which ends on March 31. With the company reportedly in talks with Tencent and other financial partners to potentially fund a "management-led buyout," poor sales of the game could potentially hurt the value of its share prices. In a financial call following news of the delay, Ubisoft declined to comment on the Tencent reports but it did mention that it is "exploring different options," adding, "We can't say more."

"Ubisoft announced today that it has appointed leading advisors to review and pursue various transformational strategic and capitalistic options to extract the best value for stakeholders," the company said in its press release.

2024 was also a tough year for Ubisoft, as Star Wars Outlaws released to lower-than-expected sales. share prices sunk to their lowest levels since 2015, and the company announced that XDefiant will shut down in June 2025. The company was also in the spotlight this week after an Indonesian support studio working on Assassin's Creed Shadows was accused of subjecting its employees to mental and physical abuse.

Meanwhile, February continues to look stacked with high-profile releases even with the delay of Assassin's Creed Shadows. Big releases next month include Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Monster Hunter Wilds, and Avowed.