Assassin's Creed Shadows early access officially canceled as Ubisoft drops Collector's Edition price by $50 amid delays and scrapped Season Pass plans

Oct. 22, 2024

Ubisoft’s rocky period continues

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The Assassin’s Creed Shadows Collector’s Edition will no longer offer early access to the game, with the edition’s price dropping $50 as a result.

In a post on Discord (viaIGN),Ubisoftconfirmed that several factors, including theAssassin’s Creed Shadows delay, the cancellation of its planned Season Pass component, and the removal of the three days of early access planned as part of its original November 15 release date, caused the $280 price tag to drop to $230.

While “the content will mostly remain as initially advertised […] some design elements may change,” Ubisoft confirms. Buyers of the Collector’s Edition are still set to receive the game itself, alongside multiple art pieces, collector’s items, and a statue of the game’s protagonists.

It’s been a rocky few weeks for Ubisoft. Assassin’s Creed Shadows' delay was fueled in no small part by the mediocre response toStar Wars Outlaws, a failure that the company says it’s learning from in its decision here. These recent fumbles, however, have sent share prices tumbling, prompting anofficial response to rumors that CEO Yves Guillemot was looking for buyout options. In the meantime, Ubisoft says that the delay is part of a desire to"make sure execution is flawless" on Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which it’s described as “the most ambitious entry in the franchise.”

With Assassin’s Creed Shadows pushed back to an already-full February, expect a bloodbath that might decide the future of RPGs.

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