The newest instalment of the massively in style “Assassin’s Creed” online game collection has been delayed to February as a substitute of popping out in November as deliberate, its French writer Ubisoft mentioned.
The firm additionally warned that together with lower-than-expected gross sales for its “Star Wars Outlaws” launched in late August, it could fail to fulfill its monetary targets.
“Assassin’s Creed Shadows will now be released on February 14, 2025,” Ubisoft mentioned.
“While the game is feature complete, the learnings from the Star Wars Outlaws release led us to provide additional time to further polish the title,” requiring improvement groups to be “fully mobilized” on rolling out updates to the sport.
“Our second quarter performance fell short of our expectations, prompting us to address this swiftly and firmly, with an even greater focus on a player-centric, gameplay-first approach,” co-founder and CEO Yves Guillemot mentioned within the assertion.
The setbacks are the most recent problem for the French agency after slipping into the crimson in its 2022-2023 monetary 12 months earlier than returning to revenue final 12 months.
But it has already introduced dozens of layoffs this 12 months alone because it struggles with an industry-wide downturn.
Ubisoft mentioned it now anticipated web bookings, its most popular measure of gross sales excluding deferred revenues, of 350-370 million euros ($390-$410 million) in its second quarter, down from 500 million beforehand.
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