{"id":12569,"date":"2026-03-20T10:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/03\/20\/im-proud-that-we-shipped-the-game-assassins-creed-shadows-developer-reflects-on-its-legacy-a-year-on-from-launch\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T10:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:29:32","slug":"im-proud-that-we-shipped-the-game-assassins-creed-shadows-developer-reflects-on-its-legacy-a-year-on-from-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/03\/20\/im-proud-that-we-shipped-the-game-assassins-creed-shadows-developer-reflects-on-its-legacy-a-year-on-from-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;m Proud That We Shipped the Game!&#8217; \u2014 Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows Developer Reflects on Its Legacy, a Year on From Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"article-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-prd.ignimgs.com\/2025\/01\/24\/ac-shadows-stealth-feature-blogroll-1737729547310.jpg\" \/>\n<section data-transform=\"mobile-ad-break\"><\/section>\n<p>Ubisoft has reflected on the legacy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/assassins-creed-shadows\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/a>, a year on from the samurai blockbuster&#8217;s launch. <\/p>\n<p>Shadows arrived exactly a year ago today, following its high-profile delay and various pre-release controversies. The game was followed by a major expansion last fall, and a Switch 2 version right before Christmas. But, earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/assassins-creed-shadows-moving-into-its-final-phase-of-support-though-ubisoft-promises-a-final-few-surprises\">Ubisoft said it was moving on from the game<\/a>, prioritizing future Assassin&#8217;s Creed projects rather than providing substantial support for a second year.<\/p>\n<p>Now, at an event designed to celebrate the game&#8217;s first anniversary, Shadows art director Thierry Dansereau told IGN he was proud of the game&#8217;s release, and that its technological advancements would benefit future games in the franchise.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"ignvideo\" data-slug=\"assassins-creed-shadows-official-new-finisher-animations-video\" data-loop=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud that we shipped the game!&#8221; Dansereau told IGN. &#8220;I was at DICE not so long ago and shipping any game is a small miracle, according to all developers. It&#8217;s quite a challenge, and with Assassin&#8217;s Creed there&#8217;s a lot of people involved, so it&#8217;s a collective challenge. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The legacy, I think, is we&#8217;ve pushed quite a lot of things: we&#8217;ve improved parkour, stealth. Fighting we&#8217;ve pushed certain elements of it. In all the systems, we&#8217;ve guided a lot of technology in the game that I think will become legacy for future ACs.&#8221; Here, Dansereau specifically called out Shadows&#8217; addition of real-time ray traced global illumination to the franchise&#8217;s graphical engine, and the development of Atmos, Ubisoft&#8217;s weather system that dynamically changes lighting, cloud generation, rain and wind effects on a fly. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s quite a few things that will make their way through [to future games],&#8221; Danserau concluded. <\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"slideshow\" data-slug=\"the-complete-assassins-creed-timeline\" data-value=\"the-complete-assassins-creed-timeline\" data-type=\"slug\" data-caption=\"\"><\/section>\n<p>Which games might these be? Ubisoft has a pipeline of future Assassin&#8217;s Creed titles in production, including its long-awaited (and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/ubisoft-finally-confirms-assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-the-remake-we-all-knew-was-coming\">finally now confirmed<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed: Black Flag Resynced<\/a>, which fans expect to launch later this year. Beyond that, the series&#8217; next all-new blockbuster will be its witchcraft-y Assassin&#8217;s Creed Hexe, though that&#8217;s not likely to arrive until 2027 at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond these, Ubisoft is still planning to release its Ancient China-set smartphone game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/games\/assassins-creed-jade\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Jade<\/a> (which was announced years ago, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/assassins-creed-jade-reportedly-delayed-to-2025-amid-tencent-pivot\">nothing concrete has been heard of it in a long time<\/a>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/tv\/assassins-creed-the-series\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed live-action Netflix series<\/a>, which is now filming.<\/p>\n<section data-transform=\"divider\"><\/section>\n<p><em>Tom Phillips is IGN&#8217;s News Editor. 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