Following underwhelming sales for Star Wars Outlaws, the developer's next blockbuster has been delayed, though other factors may be at play.
Creative director Julian Gerighty says a team of "very seasoned Massive people" will continue to work on updates and improvements for the sci-fi open world title.
Title Update 3 arrives October 24th with QoL improvements, while November 21st marks the launch of Wild Card and the Steam version.
Ubisoft's Yves Guillemot addresses whether Sucker Punch's sequel launching in the same year could affect sales of Shadows.
The Massive Entertainment-developed open world action-adventure title is also set to launch for Steam on November 21, Ubisoft has said.
The game's first post-launch expansion will also be available for free to everyone who pre-orders the base experience, it's been confirmed.
"While the game is feature complete, the learnings from the Star Wars Outlaws release led us to provide additional time to further polish the title," Ubisoft says.
Shortly after Ubisoft announcing the cancellation of its TGS plans, it's now being claimed that the game's planned press previews have also been cancelled.
Ubisoft Japan will not participate in the TGS 2024 broadcast on September 26th, though it's still an exhibitor for the trade fair.
The most significant impact of changing seasons in the open-world title will apparently be slightly different animations.
The title launched on August 30th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC to a middling reception, causing Ubisoft's stock prices to drop.
Venture into the Mind Palace of the assassin Radjen, exploring four new biomes, tackling three bosses, and facing other threats.
The live action Watch Dog adaptation, which stars Sophie Wilde and Tom Blyth and has been directed by Mathieu Turi, started filming in July.
Ubisoft offers another look at Assassin's Creed Shadows' 16th century Japan setting ahead of the open world title's November release.
The patch also brings various graphical fixes, ultrawide support in all cinematics, optimizations and performance improvements on PC, and more.
However, the sci-fi open world game's launch sales are 52 percent higher than Massive Entertainment's previous release, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
At the time of writing, Ubisoft's share prices have fallen to €13.67, having fallen by over 50 percent over the course of the last year.
Creative director Julian Gerighty admits the sections in question are "incredibly punishing", calling them "a mistake" that "crept in in the last week or so" of the game's development.
The open world action-adventure title received relatively mixed reviews from critics, with its aggregate Metacritic score currently standing at 76.
The paid story DLC is set to launch in September, though a specific release date has not yet been officially announced.
