Assassin's Creed Shadows is leaking like a freshly-stabbed Samurai, as main character art sneaks online ahead of imminent reveal

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Shuriken look if you want.

Assassin's Creed Shadows promo still from Assassin's Creed Red teaser: A ninja leaping through the air, ninja-style, in front of a large setting sun
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Assassin's Creed Shadows' formal reveal is just a few hours away, but information about the feudal Japan-set sequel is still leaking through the gaps in its Yoroi armour. Two days ago, the game's official YouTube channel accidentally leaked a release date—November 15 this year, while yesterday saw prices for the game and DLC slip onto the Internet.

Now, another leak has revealed what appears to be the game's box art, which also shows what is presumably the game's main characters.

The second character appears to be a female shinobi, wielding a hooked weapon on a rope with a metal ball at the far end. A separate leak suggests that this character's name is Naoe, and that her backstory will be more directly tied into the series' existing Assassin/Templar fiction.

The first trailer for Assassin's Creed Shadows will drop at 5pm UK time tonight, so we won't have long to wait to see if this latest leak is accurate. Either way, I'm keen to see what Ubisoft have in store for this latest Assassin's Creed. Shadows is the first full-fat Assassin's Creed game since 2019's Valhalla, and feudal Japan has long been a dream setting for series fans. That isn't to throw shade on last year's Mirage, of course, which was a perfectly enjoyable throwback to the earlier years of the series.

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