Ahead of a stream on March 20, Ubisoft has confirmed Assassin’s Creed Shadows is moving “into its final phase of support”. The publisher’s focus will move to three previously announced Assassin’s Creed projects, including the “darker, narrative driven” Codename Hexe.
“We’re winding things down with smaller, less frequent updates… but still a few surprises!” Ubisoft confirmed today in an update. That surprise—or those surprises—will be shown during the March 20 stream commemorating Shadows’ 2025 launch date.
The series update is otherwise just a re-iteration of what we already know: the PvP multiplayer take on Assassin’s Creed, Codename Invictus, is still in development. Rumors that it’s a chaotic online party game in the style of Fall Guys, which didn’t seem very substantial to begin with, have been quietly shut down: “It’s a new approach to multiplayer in the franchise, but it isn’t quite what the rumors have suggested,” is the official line. The multiplayer project is progressing on a “test and learn” basis.
The most substantial part of the update is on co-op. “We’re also looking into bringing coop back to Assassin’s Creed—a detail we know didn’t go unnoticed,” the publisher said. “And while we recently chose to pivot away from an early project, the lessons from that work are already helping shape our approach going forward.”
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