Assassin’s Creed Shadows is already being leaked and streamed online a month before release
Physical copies of the game are already finding their way into some players’ hands
Copies of Assassin’s Creed Shadows are already being streamed and leaked online, a month before the game’s even out.
Physical copies of Ubisoft‘s game appear to be out in the wild in the US, despite its official release date not being until March 20.
As as result, players planning to buy the game are advised to be vigilant while online over the next month to ensure they don’t have any aspects of the game spoiled for them.
It’s not immediately clear how the copies were acquired so early or how many are currently available, but X user @DannyStevens__, who claimed to have bought the game on Facebook Marketplace, posted photos of its box and installation screen, followed by photos and videos of the game playing. These have since been removed, but not before they were saved and reposted online.
TheGamer also spotted a now-removed listing on US auction site Mercari which showed the seller holding multiple copies of the game in their hands. Each copy sold for $100.
Some of those acquiring copies of the game have started sharing its contents online. VGC has already seen two Twitch streams showing the game, one of which is still available as an archive recording at the time of writing.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has faced numerous setbacks and issues over the course of its development, including content leaks. Originally planned for release last November, Assassin’s Creed Shadows was delayed until February 14, then delayed again to March 20.
Details of the game were leaked earlier this month, when scans of an upcoming Assassins’s Creed Shadows art book were uploaded to a hentai website.
Information about the first Assassin’s Creed Shadows expansion also leaked recently via an update to the game’s Steam product page. Titled Claws of Awaji, the DLC will reportedly introduce a new explorable area, a new weapon type and over 10 hours of additional content.
Following a hands-on session with the game last month, VGC wrote: “If its narrative is smartly weaved through the larger package, Assassin’s Creed Shadows could prove to be a notable release for both fans of Valhalla and Odyssey’s country-sized sandbox, and those craving a more cinematic Samurai story.”
