There is bad news for all versions of Assassin’s Creed Shadows

As has been the case with other recent Ubisoft games like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, so will the upcoming game shadows of assassin’s creed, which was just announced, It will require an internet connection.

This information was noticed and many social media users were quick to point it out, expressing their concerns and disappointment. It should be noted that the warning is present in the game’s registration on PSN and in other digital stores, but also in the images of the retail copies of the game published by Ubisoft as pre-orders begin.

This means that “Always online” Valid for All versions Of the shades of Assassin’s Creed that would be Completely unplayable without internet.

According to PSN, Assassin’s Creed Shadows “requires online play” https://t.co/WssgAebpMk

– Wario64 (@wario64) May 15, 2024

Of course, this move was criticized by Ubisoft on social media, as it would make life more difficult for players with slow internet connection speeds or who have a contract that includes a cap on the available gigabytes (data limit). At the same time, there were also complaints about the environmental friendliness of such a decision, since the company has manufactured practically thousands of retail copies with little practical value that will force many users to wait longer with their system open to download the game.

Finally, this decision means that if the consoles’ online services stop working at some point, access to the game will automatically stop entirely, since their retail copies do not include all the game files. In a way, this makes Assassin’s Creed Shadows only a partial digital release, with all that means for historical preservation.