One of the year's biggest video games is pushed back as publisher Ubisoft looks to 'reshape' the company.
The long-running series is one of the French publisher's flagship franchises, with recent instalment, Valhalla, reportedly making more than $1bn.
Players complained that Ubisoft's major 2024 release, Star Wars Outlaws, was launched with bugs and glitches. Its other 2024 titles, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and pirate-themed online game Skull & Bones, were also reported to have fallen below the company's expectations.In a conference call held around the same time as the Assassin's Creed delay was made public, CEO Yves Guillemot told investors Ubisoft was "taking decisive steps" to reshape the company.BBC Newsbeat previously spoke to James Batchelor, former editor-in-chief of Gamesindustry.
While Ubisoft's 2024 had been "tough", James told Newsbeat that colleagues who'd played preview versions of Assassin's Creed Shadows were impressed with the game.
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