{"id":1156843,"date":"2026-02-09T10:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4UCtGVjXW9nofnYXpGEHcm"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:55:22","slug":"this-is-just-the-beginning-assassins-creed-shadows-dev-team-thanks-fans-for-their-support-and-promises-more-to-come-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-is-just-the-beginning-assassins-creed-shadows-dev-team-thanks-fans-for-their-support-and-promises-more-to-come-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"‘This is just the beginning’: Assassin’s Creed Shadows dev team thanks fans for their support and promises more to come in the future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We said at the end of 2024 that after years of struggles, Ubisoft “desperately needs a win<\/a>,” and it looks like Assassin’s Creed Shadows has delivered, with strong reviews, impressive player numbers, and maybe most important of all, no big catastrophes on the way out the door.<\/p>\n

In a message posted to the Assassin’s Creed subreddit<\/a>, the development team thanked its supporters for sticking with the game, and promised that “this is just the beginning for Shadows.”<\/p>\n

“This weekend, many of us on the Dev Team spent time reading your reactions across the Assassin\u2019s Creed subreddit\u2014and we just want to say thank you,” the development team wrote. “The sheer amount of love and positivity we’ve received has been incredibly heartwarming.<\/p>\n

“We came across this post in particular<\/a>\u2014and it really moved us. Seeing your excitement, your thoughtful reactions, and your joy has meant the world to us. After years of hard work, there\u2019s nothing more rewarding than watching the community connect with what we’ve created.”<\/p>\n

Developers don’t reply to individual posts directly, but are reading them, “and it’s been inspiring,” the message states. “And it helps us keep improving.”<\/p>\n

It’s a well-deserved moment for a development team that’s been under fire for years, primarily from toxic culture warriors angry about the presence of a Black man in a game set in feudal Japan. Ubisoft has stepped in it a few times itself, the fallout from which was amplified by the pre-existing outrage, and the last-minute delay out of 2024<\/a> (and subsequent second pushback<\/a>) gave off a powerful vibe of a game in trouble.<\/p>\n

“THANK YOU” – A Message from the Assassin’s Creed Shadows Development Team<\/a> from r\/assassinscreed<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n