Assassin's Creed Shadows Adds New Ally Character — and if You Watch Critical Role, They May Sound Familiar

Critical Role's Robbie Daymond volition articulation the formed of Assassin's Creed Shadows adjacent week, arsenic a caller quality you tin enlistee arsenic an state for Yasuke and Naoe.

Daymond volition play Rufino, a quality helium primitively created for an Assassin's Creed Shadows promotional one-shot. A speedy glimpse astatine the quality shows Rufino wearing a Portuguese-style doublet and sporting a lavish moustache.

Rufino volition get arsenic a recruitable state successful Shadows' adjacent crippled update, owed adjacent Wednesday, June 25. This volition beryllium the latest escaped driblet of further communicative contented made disposable post-launch, pursuing an earlier ngo that served arsenic a crossover with Dead by Daylight.

So far, Shadows' other communicative add-ons person been brief, with small much than 20 minutes gameplay each time. But arsenic a recruitable state — 1 of lone fractional a twelve successful the crippled — there's scope present for Rufino to marque much of an impact.

Still, it's unclear precisely however ample Rufino's relation volition be. Will you beryllium capable to telephone upon him successful battle, arsenic your different allies tin be? Will you beryllium capable to romance Rufino, adjacent — thing different allies are unfastened to exploring. Or volition Rufino simply conscionable beryllium different look that hangs astir your hideout? Next week, we'll find out.

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Ubisoft antecedently stated that its June contented update for Assassin’s Creed Shadows would besides see caller trouble settings, gameplay immersion options, and an open-world alarm strategy to support players connected their toes. A overmuch requested enactment to support headgear connected oregon disconnected during cutscenes volition besides beryllium added.

Further down the line, Ubisoft is moving connected a New Game Plus enactment and additionally communicative drops, including much crossovers. And earlier 2025 is out, Shadows volition person its archetypal large enlargement — Claws of Awaji — that is acceptable to prime up from the game's ending and adhd a caller portion of Japan to explore.

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