I've seen enough: Assassin's Creed Shadows will beat Black Flag as my favorite AC game as Ubisoft says it lets you "Naruto run" as the "fastest Assassin" it's ever made

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"We do have a run on top of buildings that has a little bit of a wink-wink to it"

Assassin's Creed Shadows screenshot showing female protagonist Naoe
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Why is Ubisoft just now telling us that Assassin's Creed Shadows lets you "Naruto run" around the map? That should've been in the reveal trailer! Ubisoft stock would be through the roof, Assassin's Creed Shadows would be pre-emptively named GOTY 2025, and all of the big games releasing in February 2025 would be delayed to escape Assassin's Creed Shadows' all-dominating, uh, shadow.

OK, that might be an exaggeration, but Naruto-running around feudal Japan does sound pretty frikkin' cool. Assassin's Creed Shadows creative director Jonathan Dumont revealed this sweet little detail in a new interview with EW.

Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.