After first unveiling the title and announcing that a full reveal was impending, Ubisoft has finally lifted the lid Assassin’s Creed Shadows, dropping a debut trailer along with the first crucial bits of information like the game’s premise, characters, release date and various editions.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is set to launch on November 15th for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Mac and PC (no last-gen release for this one), with a typical Ubisoft catalogue of different editions including some that grant three days earlier access to the game. And for the ultimate collectors there is, of course, a pricey (EB Games exclusive) Collector’s Edition with a statue featuring both main characters, Naoe and Yasuke.
WHERE TO GET ASSASSIN’S CREED SHADOWS IN AUSTRALIA
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available to pre-order at most of the usual local retailers as a physical standard edition. We fully expect Amazon’s price to drop in the near future so keep an eye out there and we’ll update as necessary.
THE BEST DEAL IS CURRENTLY AT MIGHTYAPE FOR $79
Amazon – $89 Standard Edition | $159.95 Gold Edition
Big W – $89 Standard Edition | $139 Gold Edition
JB Hi-Fi – $99 Limited Edition | $158 Gold Edition
EB Games – $109.95 Special Edition | $159.95 Gold Edition | $359.95 Collector’s Edition
MightyApe – $79 Standard Edition
Gamesmen – $99.95 Standard Edition | $159.95 Gold Edition
Harvey Norman – $98 Standard Edition
PlayStation Store – $109.95 Standard Edition | $159.95 Gold Edition | $189.90 Ultimate Edition
Xbox Store – $109.95 Standard Edition | $158.95 Gold Edition | $188.95 Ultimate Edition
Ubisoft Store – $99.95 Standard Edition | $159.95 Gold Edition | $189.95 Ultimate Edition
Epic Games Store – $99.95 Standard Edition | $159.95 Gold Edition | $189.90 Ultimate Edition
ARE THERE PRE-ORDER BONUSES?
Pre-orders of the any physical or digital edition of the game come with the Thrown to the Dogs DLC, which includes an exclusive quest.
WHAT’S IN EACH EDITION?
Assassin’s Creed Shadows comes as a Standard Edition, a Gold Edition, a digital Ultimate Edition, a Collector’s Edition and a few retailer-exclusive versions. Phew. Here’s what’s in each:
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Standard Edition
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows full game
- Pre-order bonus mission “Thrown to the Dogs”
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Limited Edition (JB Hi-Fi Exclusive)
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows full game
- Pre-order bonus mission “Thrown to the Dogs”
- Sekiryu Character Pack for Naoe
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Special Edition (EB Games Exclusive)
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows full game
- Pre-order bonus mission “Thrown to the Dogs”
- Sekiryu Character Pack for Yasuke
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Gold Edition
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows full game
- Pre-order bonus mission “Thrown to the Dogs”
- Season Pass
- 3 days early access
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Gold Edition (JB Hi-Fi Exclusive Version)
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows full game
- Pre-order bonus mission “Thrown to the Dogs”
- Season Pass
- 3 days early access
- Steelbook Case
- Two sumi-e lithographs
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Digital Ultimate Edition
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows full game
- Pre-order bonus mission “Thrown to the Dogs”
- Season Pass
- 3 days early access
- Ultimate Pack
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Collector’s Edition
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows full game
- Pre-order bonus mission “Thrown to the Dogs”
- Season Pass
- 3 days early access
- Ultimate Pack
- Naoe and Yasuke dual character statue
- SteelBook case
- Collector’s art book
- Naoe’s katana tsuba (life-sized)
- World map
- Creed wall scroll
- Two sumi-e lithographs
ARE THERE TRADE DEALS?
EB Games has a trade deal to get the Special Edition of the game for $39, or the Gold Edition for $89, when trading in 2 selected PS5, Switch or Xbox Series X games.
WHEN DOES IT UNLOCK?
Digital versions of Assassin’s Creed Shadows will start unlocking at 12AM local time on November 15th for the standard edition or 12AM local time November 12th for the Gold and Ultimate editions (depending on platform).
OUR REVIEW
We don’t yet have a review for this game but you can read our in-depth preview here as well as our interview with the game’s director Charles Benoit here.
WHERE ARE THE TRAILERS?
Take a look at the debut trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows below:
