Because of the release date, "Assassin's Creed: Shadows" may have a third delay

Ubisoft recently announced that it will postpone the release of "Assassin's Creed: Shadows" again, citing the need to further improve the quality of the game and optimize it based on player feedback. However, the new release date has sparked another wave of controversy. The game is scheduled to be launched on March 20, 2025, which happens to be the 30th anniversary of the Tokyo subway sarin gas incident in Japan.

This coincidence was discovered by some foreign netizens and sparked discussion on social platforms. Some players believe that this may be just an accident, but others believe that Ubisoft should choose the date more carefully to avoid triggering sensitive topics.

The Tokyo Subway Sarin gas incident was a major terrorist attack in 1995. Members of Aum Shinrikyo released nerve gas in the Tokyo subway, killing 13 people and injuring thousands. This tragedy is regarded as one of the worst domestic terrorist attacks in Japan's history. Therefore, Ubisoft chose to release its new game on this day, which was considered by some players to be "disrespectful" to Japanese culture.

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This is not the first time Ubisoft has been involved in controversy over "Assassin's Creed: Shadows." Previously, some players criticized Ubisoft for choosing to release this game featuring the African warrior "Yasuke" during Black History Month, believing it to be cultural appropriation. Now, coupled with the new release date issue, many players are dissatisfied, and some even joked that this game may become the first game to have negative sales.

Others believe that Ubisoft did not choose this day intentionally. After all, the company is currently in financial crisis and is at risk of bankruptcy. Offending Japanese players will not benefit its brand image. Whether it was accidental or deliberate, Ubisoft's reputation among players around the world may be hit again by this incident.

There is also Endymion, a podcaster with more than 300,000 fans on Youtube, who posted about this matter. It seems that Ubisoft has already planned to postpone. Endymion said that he communicated with a Ubisoft employee about two months ago and was told that "Assassin's Creed: Shadow" might be delayed until March. Now it seems that Ubisoft finally made a compromise. He believes that the situation of "Assassin's Creed: Shadow" is very bad. As Ubisoft's last hope, it cannot make Ubisoft win a turnaround.