Assassin's Creed Shadows (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Assassin's Creed Shadows" in English language version.

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alineaanalytics.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Elliott, Rhys (March 24, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows' lukewarm early sales suggest it's not the silver bullet Ubisoft needs". alineaanalytics.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

apnews.com (Global: 129^th place; English: 89^th place)

Ramer, Holly (May 2, 2025). "Harassed by Assassin's Creed gamers, a professor fought back with kindness". Associated Press News. Retrieved May 2, 2025.

archive.today (Global: 14^th place; English: 14^th place)

Elliott, Rhys (March 24, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows' lukewarm early sales suggest it's not the silver bullet Ubisoft needs". alineaanalytics.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

bfmtv.com (Global: 590^th place; English: 2,418^th place)

""Assassin's Creed Shadows" annonce une improbable collaboration avec Lofi Girl". BFMTV (in French). March 27, 2025. Retrieved April 13, 2025.

citynews.ca (Global: 5,862^nd place; English: 3,326^th place)

ottawa.citynews.ca

"Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft Quebec takes lead on feudal Japan-set 'Assassin's Creed Shadows'". Ottawa City News Everywhere. May 15, 2024. Archived from the original on May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

cnet.com (Global: 272^nd place; English: 225^th place)

"Assassin's Creed Shadows Review". CNET. Archived from the original on April 9, 2025. Retrieved April 21, 2025.

denofgeek.com (Global: 410^th place; English: 262^nd place)

Crow, David (May 16, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows: The Real History Behind Yasuke and Nobunaga". Den of Geek. Archived from the original on March 19, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2025.

digitaltrends.com (Global: 1,702^nd place; English: 1,049^th place)

Colantonio, Giovanni (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows review: finding peace and quiet in a merciless world". Digital Trends. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

eurogamer.net (Global: 288^th place; English: 218^th place)

Orr, Jessica (March 19, 2025). "All Assassin's Creed Shadows tea bowl locations". Eurogamer. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
Phillips, Tom (January 9, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows delayed again as Ubisoft explores company sale options". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on January 9, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
"Assassin's Creed Shadows pre-orders "solid", in line with series' second-biggest launch". Eurogamer. February 13, 2025.
Phillips, Tom (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows review". Eurogamer. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

famitsu.com (Global: 479^th place; English: 919^th place)

"『アサシンクリードシャドウズ』混乱の安土桃山時代を生きる侍・弥助と忍・奈緒江のダブル主人公、リアルに再現された日本に迫る国内独占インタビューを公開！ | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com" ["Assassin's Creed Shadows" features an exclusive interview with the dual protagonists of the samurai Yasuke and the ninja Naoe, who live in the chaotic Azuchi-Momoyama period, approaching a realistically recreated Japan!]. ファミ通 (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 20, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.

forbes.com (Global: 54^th place; English: 48^th place)

Murray, Conor. "Upcoming 'Assassin's Creed' Game Attacked As 'Woke' Over Black Samurai Protagonist—But It's Based On A Real Black Warrior". Forbes. Archived from the original on June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2024.

gameinformer.com (Global: 499^th place; English: 347^th place)

LeBlanc, Wesley (March 24, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Review — Don't Stop Me Naoe (Because I'm Having A Good Time)". Game Informer. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

gamerant.com (Global: 1,655^th place; English: 1,004^th place)

Selway, Jake (May 6, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows' Changing Open-World and Spy System Explained". Game Rant. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
McLarney, Andrew (May 21, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows: Historical Figures Who Could Appear In The Game". Game Rant. Archived from the original on September 26, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
Mitchell Jewett, Katelyn (March 5, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Dev Details Approach to Oda Nobunaga and Hattori Hanzo". Game Rant. Archived from the original on March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
Bošnjak, Dominik (June 13, 2024). "Ubisoft Responds to Elon Musk's Assassin's Creed Shadows Criticism". gamerant.com. Game Rant. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

gamereactor.eu (Global: 9,394^th place; English: 5,648^th place)

Lyons, Ben (May 13, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Codename Red to officially go by Assassin's Creed Shadows". Gamereactor UK. Archived from the original on May 13, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.

gamesindustry.biz (Global: 1,124^th place; English: 697^th place)

Batchelor, James (September 13, 2022). "Infinity and beyond: The future of Assassin's Creed". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on October 28, 2022. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
Dring, Christopher (August 12, 2024). "Four years offers "the right balance" to make a new Assassin's Creed game". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on November 27, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
Blake, Vikki (September 25, 2024). "Ubisoft revises financial targets after "soft" sales of Star Wars Outlaws and Assassin's Creed Shadows delay". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
McEvoy, Sophie (April 17, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows debuts at No.2 on revenue charts for March 2025". GamesIndustry.biz. Archived from the original on May 6, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.

gamespot.com (Global: 125^th place; English: 104^th place)

Rodriguez, Jason (March 20, 2025). "Should You Play As Naoe Or Yasuke In Assassin's Creed Shadows?". GameSpot. Archived from the original on April 8, 2025. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
Garst, Aron (October 8, 2025). "Ubisoft Canceled Civil War-Based Assassin's Creed Over Controversy Concerns - Report". GameSpot. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
Ramée, Jordan (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Review - Shinobi Simulator". GameSpot. Archived from the original on March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
Pereira, Chris; Makuch, Eddie (July 23, 2025). "2025's Best-Selling Games So Far In The US". GameSpot. Retrieved July 31, 2025.

gamesradar.com (Global: 376^th place; English: 257^th place)

West, Josh; Gould-Wilson, Jasmine; Wald, Heather (November 7, 2022). "Assassin's Creed Red: Everything we know so far about Assassin's Creed Shadows". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
Serin, Kaan (July 20, 2025). "Ubisoft CEO says Assassin's Creed Shadows cost over $100 million to make, but that's not shocking if you sat through the game's 2-hour credits". GamesRadar+.
Harris, Iain (January 27, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows censored to comply with Japanese ratings, almost 1 year after an EA exec complained Stellar Blade got away with what the Dead Space remake didn't". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on January 30, 2025. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
West, Josh (March 20, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows: Everything we know about Ubisoft's new RPG". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on March 24, 2025. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
Brown, Andrew (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows review: "More confidence, texture, and purpose than we've seen since Assassin's Creed pivoted into RPG territory"". GamesRadar+. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
"UBISOFT REPORTS FULL-YEAR 2024-25 EARNINGS FIGURES" (PDF). Ubisoft. 2025. Cited in Wood, Austin (May 14, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows "has clearly outperformed Assassin's Creed Odyssey" in sales and player count, Ubisoft says". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.
West, Josh (October 4, 2024). "Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lead the shortlist for the Golden Joystick Awards 2024, nudging out Helldivers 2 and Balatro for the most nominations". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on November 16, 2024. Retrieved October 28, 2024. Jones, Ali (November 21, 2024). "Here are all the Golden Joystick Awards 2024 winners". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on December 23, 2024. Retrieved March 14, 2025.
Harris, Iain (October 3, 2025). "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the Golden Joystick Award 2025 charge for most nominations, nudging out Death Stranding 2, Ghost of Yotei, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2". GamesRadar+. Retrieved October 3, 2025.

gamingbolt.com (Global: 6,324^th place; English: 3,782^nd place)

"Assassin's Creed Shadows Crosses 3 Million Players". GamingBolt. Archived from the original on March 28, 2025. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
Sinha, Ravi (March 23, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Reaches 2 Million Players". GamingBolt. Archived from the original on March 23, 2025. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
Parijat, Shubhankar (March 25, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows is the UK's Biggest Physical Launch of 2025". GamingBolt. Retrieved May 23, 2025.

gematsu.com (Global: 779^th place; English: 489^th place)

Romano, Sal (April 2, 2025). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1893". Gematsu. Archived from the original on April 5, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.

hardcoregamer.com (Global: 2,764^th place; English: 1,644^th place)

Dunsmore, Kevin (March 18, 2025). "Review: Assassin's Creed Shadows". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

ign.com (Global: 53^rd place; English: 44^th place)

Purslow, Matthew (May 15, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows: 50 Details You Need To Know". IGN. Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
Dinsdale, Ryan (May 16, 2024). "Japan-Set Assassin's Creed Shadows Is Around the Same Size as Assassin's Creed Origins". IGN. Archived from the original on May 18, 2024. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
Purslow, Matthew (May 15, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows: Inside Ubisoft's Ambitious Open World Japan". IGN. Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
Purslow, Matthew (May 15, 2024). "When and Where Is Assassin's Creed Shadows Set?". IGN. Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
Purslow, Matt (May 17, 2024). "Who Is Yasuke? Assassin's Creed Shadows Black Samurai Explained". IGN. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
Lyles, Taylor (May 13, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Red Title Confirmed to be Assassin's Creed Shadows Ahead of Wednesday Trailer Release". IGN. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
Dinsdale, Ryan (May 15, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Trailer, Release Date, Dual Protagonists, and More Revealed by Ubisoft". IGN. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
Yin-Poole, Wesley (September 25, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Delayed to February 2025". IGN. Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
Colbert, Isaiah (August 26, 2024). "Will Ospreay's AEW All In Entrance Was Infused With Assassin's Creed Shadows And Narrated by Ezio". IGN. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
Phillips, Tom (July 25, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Expansion Claws of Awaji Release Date Revealed". IGN. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
Phillips, Tom (August 23, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Mirage Getting Free Saudi Arabia DLC Later This Year". IGN. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
Kim, Matt (May 17, 2024). "Let's Not Pretend We're Mad the New Assassin's Creed Shadows Samurai Isn't Asian". IGN. Archived from the original on May 18, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
Dinsdale, Ryan (October 16, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Figure Removed From Sale Over 'Insensitive' Design". IGN. Archived from the original on November 13, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
Green, Jarrett (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Review". IGN. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
Yin-Poole, Wesley (March 21, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Crosses 1 Million Players on Launch Day, Ubisoft Says". IGN. Archived from the original on March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
Yin-Poole, Wesley (March 27, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Now Up to 3 Million Players, but Still No Sales Figure From Ubisoft". IGN.
Phillips, Tom (July 22, 2025). "Ubisoft Suffers 'Mixed Results' as Assassin's Creed Shadows Hits 5 Million Players, While Rainbow Six Siege X Struggles". IGN. Retrieved July 31, 2025.
Valentine, Rebekah (April 23, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Was the Best-Selling Game in the U.S. for March". IGN. Retrieved April 25, 2025.

imore.com (Global: 8,666^th place; English: 5,380^th place)

"Assassin's Creed: Shadows is coming to your iPad and Mac". iMore. June 11, 2024. Archived from the original on June 10, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.

insider-gaming.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Henderson, Tom (May 15, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows has 15 Developer Support Studios". Insider Gaming. Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
Taylor-Hill, Grant (July 13, 2025). "AEW's Will Ospreay Partners With Assassin's Creed For Entrance at All In Texas". Insider Gaming. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
Sepiol, Sam (February 20, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Faces Action from Japanese Officials For Shrine Destruction". Insider Gaming. Archived from the original on February 21, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.

japantimes.co.jp (Global: 389^th place; English: 273^rd place)

Ziegler, Owen (May 25, 2024). "Gaming's latest culture war targets Yasuke, Japan's Black samurai". The Japan Times. Retrieved September 17, 2024.

kotaku.com (Global: 401^st place; English: 271^st place)

"Assassin's Creed Shadows Has Leaked A Month Before Launch". Kotaku. February 24, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.

metacritic.com (Global: 37^th place; English: 37^th place)

"Assassin's Creed Shadows for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
"Assassin's Creed Shadows for PlayStation 5 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
"Assassin's Creed Shadows for Xbox Series X Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

nme.com (Global: 128^th place; English: 91^st place)

Shutler, Ali (March 26, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows' epic soundtrack has been given a lo-fi makeover". NME. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
Shutler, Ali (March 20, 2025). "'Assassin's Creed Shadows' removes controversial feature". NME. Archived from the original on March 20, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
Apsey, Echo (March 18, 2025). "'Assassin's Creed Shadows' review: a bold new era for the historical action series". NME. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Small, Zachary (September 11, 2024). "The Fight Over a Black Samurai in Assassin's Creed Shadows". NY Times. Archived from the original on September 17, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
Small, Zachary (September 11, 2024). "The Fight Over a Black Samurai in Assassin's Creed Shadows". New York Times. Archived from the original on September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 17, 2024.

opencritic.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Assassin's Creed Shadows". OpenCritic. March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

pcgamer.com (Global: 428^th place; English: 286^th place)

Park, Morgan (June 10, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows has the best-looking AC combat in ages, and I love that you can crawl through grass". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
Chalk, Andy (September 25, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows is delayed into 2025, will launch on Steam on day one". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on September 25, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
"Assassin's Creed Shadows has Dead By Daylight content in it now for reasons fathomless to man". Yahoo Tech. May 27, 2025. Retrieved May 31, 2025.
Randall, Harvey (March 26, 2025). "Ubisoft scores a legendary ratio against Elon Musk on his own platform—which hopefully marks a final end to all the Assassin's Creed Shadows' culture war nonsense". pcgamer.com. PC Gamer.
Randall, Harvey (November 4, 2024). "It looks like Ubisoft's finally had it with the Assassin's Creed Shadows outrage mill: 'When we self-censor in the face of threats, we hand over our power'". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on November 9, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
Park, Morgan (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows review". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
Brown, Fraser (March 20, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows has convinced me that Ubisoft will never make a good RPG". PC Gamer.

pcgamesn.com (Global: 1,748^th place; English: 1,058^th place)

Smith, Ed (September 10, 2022). "Assassin's Creed new game Codename: Red finally delivers fans' dreams". PCGamesN. Archived from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
Bergin, Lauren (March 17, 2025). "Ubisoft outlines anti-harassment plans to protect Assassin's Creed Shadows devs". PCGamesN. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
McCarter, Reid (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows review - new ideas drowned in repetition and flat drama". PCGamesN. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
Hore, Jamie (March 24, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows is not the mega hit "Ubisoft desperately needs" despite strong sales". PCGamesN. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

polygon.com (Global: 180^th place; English: 133^rd place)

Kawanishi, Paulo (May 20, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows walkthrough and main missions list". Polygon.com. Retrieved March 20, 2025.

pushsquare.com (Global: 2,416^th place; English: 1,384^th place)

Ramsey, Robert (September 16, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows' Claws of Awaji Expansion Has Arrived on PS5". Push Square. Retrieved September 20, 2025.
Ramsey, Robert (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows Review (PS5)". Push Square. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

rockpapershotgun.com (Global: 1,438^th place; English: 877^th place)

Kuhnke, Oisin (May 27, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadow's latest update adds in collabs with Dead by Daylight and Balatro, of all things". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved May 31, 2025.

scmp.com (Global: 362^nd place; English: 245^th place)

"New Assassin's Creed game sparks backlash in Japan over historical inaccuracies". South China Morning Post. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.

shacknews.com (Global: 1,951^st place; English: 1,183^rd place)

O'Brien, Aidan (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows review: Move like water, strike like lightning". Shacknews. Archived from the original on March 18, 2025. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

techradar.com (Global: 1,521^st place; English: 944^th place)

Dwiar, Rob (June 10, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Shadows preview: a bold, beautiful, and brutal journey across Feudal Japan". TechRadar. Archived from the original on June 11, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.

thecanadianpressnews.ca (Global: low place; English: low place)

Ng, Curtis (May 15, 2024). "Ubisoft Quebec takes lead on feudal Japan-set 'Assassin's Creed Shadows'". The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on May 16, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

thegamer.com (Global: 2,166^th place; English: 1,317^th place)

Foster, George (March 20, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows - The Fool Assassination Guide". The Gamer. Archived from the original on March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
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theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

MacDonald, Keza (June 19, 2024). "The disturbing online misogyny of Gamergate has returned – if it ever went away". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved April 20, 2025.
Lucas, Danielle (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed: Shadows – a historic frolic through feudal Japan". The Guardian. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

time.com (Global: 61^st place; English: 54^th place)

Lee, Chantelle (May 16, 2024). "Assassin's Creed Fans Slam Decision to Include Black Samurai in Feudal Japan Story". Time. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.

ubisoft.com (Global: 6,112^th place; English: 4,900^th place)

staticctf.ubisoft.com

"Assassin's Creed Shadows: Character Reference Guide" (PDF). Ubisoft. pp. 14–15. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
"UBISOFT REPORTS FULL-YEAR 2024-25 EARNINGS FIGURES" (PDF). Ubisoft. 2025. Cited in Wood, Austin (May 14, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows "has clearly outperformed Assassin's Creed Odyssey" in sales and player count, Ubisoft says". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on May 16, 2025. Retrieved May 16, 2025.

ubisoft.com

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venturebeat.com (Global: 616^th place; English: 430^th place)

Kaser, Rachel (April 24, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows sneaks to top of March sales | Circana". VentureBeat. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
Kaser, Rachel (May 22, 2025). "Shadow-dropped Oblivion Remastered takes April's crown - Circana". VentureBeat. Retrieved May 23, 2025.

vg247.com (Global: 1,057^th place; English: 782^nd place)

Billcliffe, James (March 19, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows: The Iron Hand Guild locations". VG247. Archived from the original on March 19, 2025. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
Peppiatt, Dom (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows review: How Ubisoft learned to stop worrying and embrace imperfection". VG247. Retrieved March 18, 2025.

videogameschronicle.com (Global: 2,335^th place; English: 1,377^th place)

Robinson, Andy (July 22, 2025). "After Switch 2 listing, Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed Shadows for 'other machines'". videogameschronicle.com. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
Middler, Jordan (March 18, 2025). "Assassin's Creed Shadows review: The best Assassin's Creed game in 10 years". Video Games Chronicle. Retrieved March 18, 2025.
Scullion, Chris (August 18, 2025). "The best-selling game of 2025 in Europe so far is a game from 2024, beating Assassin's Creed Shadows". VGC. Retrieved August 18, 2025.
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