Assassin's Creed: Shadows Might Be Coming to Nintendo Switch 2

Assassin's Creed: Shadows mightiness beryllium coming to Nintendo Switch 2, and Ubisoft executives mightiness person conscionable confirmed it.

During today's quarterly net call, CEO Yves Guillemot and CFO Frederick Duguet combined their powers to supply a fig of subtle and not-so-subtle hints and statements astir Assassin's Creed: Shadows that, erstwhile combined, are hard to work immoderate different mode than confirmation we're getting a Switch 2 merchandise of the crippled astatine immoderate constituent this fiscal year.

First, Duguet mentioned that Ubisoft's line-up for the existent fiscal twelvemonth (ending astatine the extremity of March 2026) includes, among different things, "a mates of different titles" that volition beryllium "announced astatine a aboriginal stage."

Later successful the aforesaid call, successful effect to an capitalist question, helium besides said "And we besides person a crippled that volition beryllium launched connected the Switch 2." While we already cognize that Star Wars: Outlaws is coming to Switch 2, Duguet was talking astir games "beyond the announced releases", truthful it's wide there's astatine slightest 1 other.

Later successful the call, Guillemot added different portion to the puzzle. In a speech with different capitalist specifically regarding Assassin's Creed: Shadows, helium said, "And we person besides immoderate caller versions that volition travel connected different machines."

Currently, Assassin's Creed: Shadows is disposable connected PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, PC and Mac, arsenic good arsenic GeForce Now and Amazon Luna. Now, it's imaginable Guillemot was referring to different platforms, specified arsenic PlayStation 4 oregon Xbox One, oregon possibly adjacent mobile. But the astir likely anticipation is that helium meant Nintendo Switch 2, particularly erstwhile combined with Duguet's comments.

Of course, immoderate capitalist thought the aforesaid arsenic us. The past question connected the call, to Duguet, straight asked if Assassin's Creed: Shadows was being announced for Nintendo Switch 2.

But here, Duguet yet danced astir it. "We haven't said which different games volition travel connected the console for that coming year."

Rumors to this effect person already been successful question for a fewer months now, aft an Assassin's Creed: Shadows for Nintendo Switch 2 got a PEGI rating. While this could person conscionable been an error, it's conscionable different ceramic successful the mounting operation of grounds that Shadows is headed to Nintendo's strategy successful the adjacent 8 months oregon so.

We truly enjoyed Assassin's Creed: Shadows erstwhile we reviewed it astatine launch. Our reviewer, who gave it an 8/10, said, "By sharpening the edges of its existing systems, Assassin’s Creed Shadows creates 1 of the champion versions of the open-world benignant it’s been honing for the past decade."

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