Earlier right this moment, Ubisoft formally unveiled Murderer’s Creed Shadows, the following huge, primary entry within the long-running stealth-action franchise that includes sneaky assassins and evil Templars working amok all through historical past. And for the primary time in a decade, Ubisoft’s well-liked collection is skipping the PS4 and Xbox One.
Let’s hop into our personal Animus and return to the yr 2012. That’s the yr Murderer’s Creed III was launched on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PC. That recreation didn’t launch on PS4 as a result of…there was no PS4. Subsequent yr, in 2013, Murderer’s Creed IV: Black Flag (aka the actually good pirate one) launched in 2013 on these beforehand talked about platforms, but in addition arrived on the then-new PS4 and Xbox One.
So it appears affordable to suppose that ACIII was the final time the franchise didn’t arrive on PS4 and Xbox One. However no, that’s incorrect! Weirdly, in 2014, we obtained two Murderer’s Creed video games: Unity and Rogue. Unity infamously launched with a ton of bugs on PS4 and Xbox One. However Rogue solely arrived on PS3 and Xbox 360, a type of closing farewell to these getting old platforms.
Since then, for the final decade now, each main Murderer’s Creed recreation has been launched on PS4 and Xbox One. Even final yr’s improbable Mirage launched on PS4 and Xbox One, consoles that at the moment are over 10 years previous.
Nonetheless, this streak ends this November with the launch of Murderer’s Creed Shadows, which is just being developed for PS5, Xbox Collection X, PC, and Mac. Whereas I’m pleased to see the franchise transfer on and develop past what was attainable on these older platforms, it’s a bit unhappy to see the top of an period.
The OG Murderer’s Creed and Shadows have this in widespread
And sure, earlier than you yell at me on-line, I do know that (virtually) all the principle Murderer’s Creed video games finally ended up on PS4 by way of remasters and re-releases. I do know! However oddly, that results in one final truth: Murderer’s Creed Shadows will quickly be simply certainly one of two primary entries within the franchise to not be playable on PS4.
The opposite one? The very first Murderer’s Creed recreation launched again in 2007.
The sport that began all of it has by no means been remastered, remade, and even ported to any platforms past PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. Technically, the 360 model is playable on Xbox One and Collection consoles. However to this present day, the one option to play it on a PlayStation console is to mud off your PS3, ignore the loud fan, and boot it up there.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows launches on November 15 for PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, PC, Mac, and Amazon’s Luna streaming service. (Don’t snicker, it’s a factor.)
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