US EditionAssassin's Creed: Shadows Might Be Coming to Nintendo Switch 2
FRANCE, JUL 22 – Ubisoft plans to expand its Nintendo Switch 2 lineup with Assassin's Creed: Shadows among titles expected before March 2026, officials indicated in a recent call.
- Ubisoft released Assassin's Creed Shadows in March 2025 on PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Mac, receiving an 8/10 review and PEGI 18 rating.
- Ubisoft's CFO Frederick Duguet and CEO Yves Guillemot hinted during a recent earnings call that an unannounced game, likely Shadows, will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 this fiscal year.
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows is an action RPG set in feudal Japan featuring two protagonists, Naoe and Yasuke, with a forthcoming 10-hour expansion called Claws of Awaji before October.
- The game surpassed five million players and earned praise for refining open-world gameplay, described as “one of the best versions” Ubisoft has developed in a decade.
- These developments suggest Ubisoft plans to expand Shadows onto Switch 2 soon, supporting continued franchise growth through new versions and paid content within the current fiscal year.
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It Sure Sounds Like Assassin's Creed Shadows Is Coming To Switch 2 This Year
The Switch 2 seemingly has the capacity to be a perfect port machine for recent blockbusters. Will Assassin’s Creed Shadows be one of them? Reading between the lines of a recent Ubisoft earnings call, it certainly sounds like that’s what the French publisher has planned.Read more...
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Switch 2 release all but imminent as Ubisoft seemingly confirms as much
Back in April before the Switch 2 set sales records a few months later, we reported on an Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Switch 2 PEGI rating. While that rating was taken down thereafter, recent hints from the Ubisoft boss suggests the latest ninja-meets-samurai adventure’s release on the next-generation Nintendo hardware is all but imminent now. Even before…
Assassin's Creed Shadows delighted over five million players, according to Ubisoft's own statements. The title was launched "as part of the publisher's expectations". Now there are initial indications that there may also be a port for a new platform. Especially here is the view of the new console of Nintendo, the Switch 2. Read more
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