Ubisoft shares ‘Year 1’ roadmap for Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Assassin’s Creed Shadows was one of the most important games for Ubisoft in quite some time, as its success could determine the future of the publisher in a ton of ways. Fortunately, Shadows has so far been a pretty big success. Wanting to keep the momentum going, Ubisoft has now revealed the full Year 1 roadmap for AC: Shadows.

Releasing a dev-log onto YouTube, the team at Ubisoft Quebec said “The launch of Assassin’s Creed Shadows marks just the beginning of an evolving journey. Our post-launch plan is shaped by ongoing community feedback and a commitment to keeping the world alive with new free quests, feature updates, Codex expansions, special collaborations, and community-driven improvements. This roadmap is built to grow alongside our players — and we can’t wait to show you what’s next.”

With that, the first planned expansion is called Claws of Awaji. Coming later this year, this DLC will be free for all those who pre-ordered the game and introduces a brand new island region ‘Awaji‘ to explore, alongside the addition of new abilities, enemies and a weapon in the form of a bo staff.

Beyond this, Shadows is also getting a ton of fully-free updates, said to feature other new abilities; allies; activities and backstories – the first of which is called ‘The Works of Luis Frois’ coming in Early May.

The game is also planned to receive regular title updates with “impactful additions and changes”, the first of which is arriving in late may and is focusing on bringing a bunch of improvements to the game’s parkour (one of the biggest complaints held towards Shadows currently).

The second free title update is planned for June and will add new difficulty settings; additional immersion options and an expansion to the alarm system.

Last but not least, other future updates and enhancements will include a NewGame+ mode, increased stealth and combat difficulty options – also arriving in June.

While you could argue that many of these upcoming additions could and should have been available from day-one it is welcome nonetheless to see Ubisoft Quebec committed to improving almost all aspects of AC Shadows.

By the time it reaches its end-of-life, Assassin’s Creed Shadows could very well be one of the best entries in the series. We will have to wait and see.

KitGuru says: What do you think of the roadmap? Should these have all been available at launch? Which update are you most excited for? Let us know down below.

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