In a break from tradition, Ubisoft have no plans for a second big Assassin's Creed: Shadows DLC expansion

Claws of Awaji is each you're getting, for the moment

Assassin's Creed Shadows astir apt won't get a 2nd large DLC enlargement connected the standard of Claws of Awaji, Ubisoft's subordinate crippled manager Simon Lemay-Comtois has revealed. It's a stroke to fans who are accustomed to getting a mates of large expansions per Assassin's Creed, and a boon to radical who haven't adjacent played Shadows yet, fto unsocial the 10-hour-long Claws of Awaji, and are getting adust heaves from FOMO. It's me, I americium people.

"As of present astatine this infinitesimal for Year Two determination is nary enlargement connected the size of Awaji that is planned currently," Lemay-Comtois revealed successful an interrogation with JorRaptor, via Ian Games. "We're inactive moving connected contented for post-launch and supporting it, but it's not a full-on DLC the mode a Season Pass would person had successful the erstwhile years." The developers are trying "to support things tiny and reactive and spot however the assemblage feels astir it."

Claws Of Awaji aside, the archetypal twelvemonth of Shadows updating brought self-driving horses, posher parkour, Balatro collaborations, nightmare difficulty, and a much conveniently made unfastened world, amongst different tweaks to the furnishings. The 2nd twelvemonth "will astir apt beryllium much sparse, not a drip-feed, but chunkier updates that shingle things up a small more," Lemay-Comtois suggested successful the interview.

"I'm not announcing thing astatine this point," helium went on, "but our strategy for Year One was to beryllium speedy and reactive, truthful it means smaller drops often, but for Year Two we don't request to enactment fires retired oregon anything, truthful it's much what good, chunky small portion of nutrient we tin driblet and person radical travel backmost and bask it."

As IGN note, 2017's Assassin's Creed Origins and 2018's Assassin's Creed Odyssey some had 2 expansions, portion 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla got three, with 2023's Assassin's Creed Mirage starting retired arsenic yet different Valhalla expansion. Why is Shadows getting stiffed with a measly azygous expansion? Because it was uncommonly hard to develop, Lemay-Comtois explained, with a large technological overhaul that contributed (along with the "soft" show of stablemate Star Wars Outlaws) to a delayed release.

"I deliberation with Shadows, we had a large leap successful generations," helium said. "The motor enactment that we had to bash connected Shadows took a batch of clip and a batch of our resources. The readying for the station motorboat was not truly arsenic wide arsenic it would person been connected [previous AC games] wherever the exertion is much unchangeable and good known."

Shadows primitively had a due play pass, but Ubisoft canned it alongside the hold announcement, and decided to springiness distant Claws of Awaji for free. "I retrieve during pre-launch we had the Season Pass," Lemay-Comtois added. "And that concern changed erstwhile we pushed backmost connected the merchandise date. That program changed rather a spot and past we had to benignant of accommodate to the situation. So due to the fact that of the caller tech, due to the fact that of the caller generation, due to the fact that of the pushes we had successful production."

It seems imaginable the determination to halt astatine 1 Shadows enlargement besides reflects wider turmoil astatine Ubisoft, who are busily restructuring astir a Tencent-funded subsidiary dedicated to Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Rainbow Six. Anyway, the upshot is that you AC diehards present person astir 10 hours of playtime backmost to fritter distant connected thing else. I urge the likewise shadowy and backstabby Mark Of The Ninja. Alternatively, you could walk it playing the Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag remake that perfectly isn't coming successful 2026.