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Assassin’s Creed Shadows goes on sale to celebrate latest update

by: Rob - posted: 6/27/2025 9:50:00 AM
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Eighteen years on and not every entry in the Assassin’s Creed series has been a smash hit, but there have certainly been more hits than misses. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is apparently an excellent one as evidenced by Nathan's review. They've also laid out the roadmap for this year's planned content including a major expansion, Claws of Awaji, coming later in the year. However, for the first time since the March release, the game is going on sale. Save a few bucks on an excellent game with more to look forward to, what's not to like?

The sale is live now and running through next month until the 25th of July. It'll get you 25% either the Standard or Deluxe Editions of the game as we continue to see improvements and quality of life updates, like this latest patch 1.0.6 that released with the sale. This update adds:

  • A new Nightmare difficulty setting
  • A new ally to recruit - Rufino, a charismatic character brought to life by Critical Role’s Robbie Daymond. Critical Role is a troupe of voice actors who create content around playing D&D and other type things. They did a special collaboration with Ubisoft on the game and this character spawned from there.
  • You can now toggle whether headgear - like a hood, helmet, headband, or more will appear in cutscenes.
  • PC specs have been updated to support “Ultra Low Mode” for better framerates on weaker graphics cards
  • The Open World Alarm has been introduced, so repeatedly attacking civilians or military units outside of castles will send a group to hunt down the players across the open world.

More details about patch 1.0.6 can be found on the official site. Details on the sale for the game and links to the various marketplaces where you can take advantage of the sale can also be found there. I've embedded the feature on how the Rufino character came to life from the One Shot collaboration below, but if you'd actually like to see the One Shot itself, it's right here. It might be one shot, but it is nearly 4 hours long.