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Best Assassin's Creed Shadows armour - Naoe with her arm back about to attack with a katana.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows sneakily tones down the mess players can make across Japan’s religious sites in its day one patch

By Dominic Tarason published

news Temple and shrines get indestructible tables and racks, and reduced potential for ‘unintended blood spill’

news
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Grab this ridiculously overpowered Yasuke armor as soon as possible in Assassin's Creed Shadows

By Morgan Park published

ARMOR UP The Protector's Armor's unique perk is so good I kept it on for the majority of Shadows' 40-hour story.

ARMOR UP
Best Assassin's Creed Shadows skills - A close-up shot of Naoe wearing a blue floral outfit and headband.

Best skills in Assassin's Creed Shadows

By Rory Norris published

Master Unlock all the skills then make the perfect concoction for a build.

Master
Assassin's Creed Shadows knowledge rank - A close-up shot of Naoe with a determined facial expression.

Assassin's Creed Shadows unlock times for each region

By Harvey Randall published

Launch times Here's when Ubisoft's next big game steps out of the shadows.

Launch times
A screenshot of Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Shadows using the game's Photo Mode and maximum quality graphics settings

Assassin's Creed: Shadows PC performance analysis: Ray tracing, upscaling, and frame generation are all optional, but only two of them are worth using, though not the ones you might think

By Nick Evanson published

FPS in the shadows Assassin's Creed is back with epic vistas, pretty graphics, and so-so performance. Same old, same old.

FPS in the shadows
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Assassin's Creed Shadows review: A stealth action buffet with a story to forget.

By Morgan Park published

LATE BLOOMER Excellent stealth and combat prevail against Shadows' dull story and forgettable cast.

LATE BLOOMER
assassin's creed shadows yasuke riding a horse

Don't expect to unlock Yasuke for a while in Assassin's Creed Shadows

By Morgan Park published

SLOW START Rush through Shadows' long introduction to reach the good stuff.

SLOW START
Assassin's Creed Shadows Yasuke unlock - A close-up of Yasuke talking, wearing armour and with a rifle on his back.

How to unlock and play as Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows

By Rory Norris published

Samurai You've got a long journey ahead of you.

Samurai
Assassin's Creed Shadows Heiji location Way of the Blacksmith - An upper-body shot of Heiji looking slightly to his right.

Where to find Heiji in Assassin's Creed Shadows

By Rory Norris published

Smithy Finding Heiji in the busy port of Sakai is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Smithy
Assassin's Creed Shadows Imai Sokyu location - Imai Sokyu sitting down at a table with his head turned to his left.

Where to find Imai Sokyu in Assassin's Creed Shadows

By Rory Norris published

Connections Track down the wealthy tea merchant to complete the Searching Sakai quest for The Golden Teppo.

Connections
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