Like past Assassin’s Creed games, Shadows serves up a clear premise: saving Japan from malevolent actors, this time through two controllable characters, Yasuke and Naoe, an African-born samurai ...

With a frame story in which players relive the experiences of ancestors through a DNA-reading machine, different episodes of "Assassin's Creed" have since 2007 ranged from ancient Greece to the French ...

It’s the Assassin’s Creed game set in feudal Japan that a lot of players have always wanted, and against all odds, Ubisoft has pulled it off with style and aplomb.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. It felt good to see Assassin's Creed Shadows protagonist Naoe's face nearly healed after the 50-hour journey through 16th-century Japan.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows faces backlash in Japan over historical inaccuracies and the depiction of a Shinto shrine’s destruction. Critics argue that Ubisoft’s portrayal of Yasuke as a samurai ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Assassin's Creed Shadows thrives on boldness. Its dual protagonists improve on the series ...

The first Assassin’s Creed was released in 2007 and its 13 sequels and spin-offs have sold well over 200 million copies. The first game in the series set in Japan, the coming instalment takes ...