According to Simon Lemay-Comtois, associate game director at Ubisoft Quebec, the world of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is roughly the size of Egypt in Assassin’s Creed Origins.
In an interview with VGC, Lemay-Comtois discussed the title’s scope and what players can expect from the franchise’s new Japanese setting.
“It’s about roughly similar to Origins, so it’s smaller than Valhalla in terms of territory,” he said. “There is some body of water around Japan, but it’s not like [Odyssey’s] Greece was, half water. With Japan that’s not the case. We have the coastlines and Lake Biwa is a very big lake, but the map’s roughly the size of Origins.”
Created under the codename Assassin’s Creed Codename Red, the world premiere trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows was unveiled last month.
“It’s much more mountainous in Japan, small mountains and valleys, and what we discovered with the team who went scouting in Japan is that most of the interesting stuff is in the valleys,” Lemay-Comtois continued.
“The story that we focus on is mostly on central Japan, so we don’t expand all the way to the entirety of Japan, so therefore we knew we had a rough idea for the territory we wanted to cover.”
Since the start of the franchise in 2007, Assassin’s Creed games have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, making it Ubisoft’s best-selling franchise and one of the highest-selling video game franchises of all time. A live-action film based on the series starring Michael Fassbender and Jeremy Irons was released in 2016.
Players can expect Assassin’s Creed Shadows to be released on November 15, 2024. Preorders are now open.
