Ubisoft has confirmed that Assassin's Creed Shadows, the installment set in feudal Japan, will not receive any more major narrative expansions after Claws of Awaji.
The information was confirmed by associate director Simon Lemay-Comtois, who explained that the company will leave behind the usual structure of two major DLCs per game, in place since 2017.
The announcement represents a key change in the franchise's content model, which has been accustomed to expanding its universes with additional stories, new areas, and post-launch challenges.
Why Claws of Awaji will be the only expansion
Since Assassin's Creed Origins, players have adopted as a norm a sequence of two major expansions per installment.
Claws of Awaji —available since September— added around 10 additional hours of narrative and was originally intended as the first part of a Season Pass that was ultimately canceled.
Ubisoft clarified that this change is not due to low sales. On the contrary, the series continues to perform very well commercially.
The main reason is technical: Assassin's Creed Shadows incorporates a significant leap in its graphics engine, which complicated the planning and acceleration of post-launch content.
The complexity of the new system made it clear that producing traditional DLCs under the usual timelines was not feasible.
