Murderer’s Creed Shadows pre-order numbers have been encouraging, Ubisoft mentioned at its third-quarter 2024-25 earnings name on Thursday. The Japan-set action-RPG is ready for launch on March 20 and is the primary mainline Murderer’s Creed title since 2020’s Murderer’s Creed Valhalla. The writer didn’t disclose pre-order numbers for the sport, however mentioned they had been in keeping with 2018’s Murderer’s Creed Odyssey.
Murderer’s Creed Shadows Pre-Orders ‘Monitoring Solidly’
Approaching the again of main releases like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown and Star Wars Outlaws failing to fulfill the corporate’s gross sales expectations, Ubisoft wants Murderer’s Creed Shadows to be a business success. The French developer expects its greatest franchise to carry out effectively after a yr that noticed its share worth fall to a 10-year low following the underwhelming launch of Star Wars Outlaws in August 2024.
In its Q3 2025 earnings report, Ubisoft mentioned pre-orders for AC Shadows had been “monitoring solidly,” and had been “in keeping with these of Murderer’s Creed Odyssey, the second most profitable entry of the franchise.”
The writer additionally highlighted “constructive previews” for the sport. It is price noting that Murderer’s Creed Odyssey has offered over 10 million copies. Murderer’s Creed Valhalla stays probably the most profitable sport within the franchise and is alleged to have generated $1 billion in income.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot mentioned AC Shadows could be probably the most bold Murderer’s Creed sport but.
“We’re absolutely targeted on the upcoming launch of Murderer’s Creed Shadows on March 20. Early previews have been constructive, praising its narrative and immersive expertise, with each characters taking part in essential roles within the sport’s storyline, in addition to the standard and complementarity of the gameplay supplied by the twin protagonist method,” he mentioned within the earnings report.
“I need to commend the unimaginable expertise and dedication of your entire Murderer’s Creed’s workforce, who’s working tirelessly to make sure that Shadows delivers on the promise of what’s the franchise’s most bold entry but.”
Ubisoft additionally reported its third-quarter web bookings of EUR 301.eight million (roughly Rs. 2,745 crore) in keeping with its revised expectations. Guillemot mentioned the corporate’s value discount measures had been progressing effectively, with mounted value base discount to exceed EUR 200 million (roughly Rs. 1,819 crore) by finish of FY 2024-25 in comparison with FY 2022-23. The price reducing was achieved partially on account of closures of 4 studios and restructuring efforts at three different websites. Extra closures and restructuring efforts may comply with, as effectively. “We plan to pursue our efforts in FY26, going past the preliminary goal by a big margin,” Guillemot mentioned.
The twice-delayed Murderer’s Creed Shadows was initially set for launch in November 2024, earlier than being delayed to February 14, 2025. On the time of saying the delay, Ubisoft had mentioned it wanted the extra time to additional polish the sport. Final month, the sport was pushed again a second time to a March 20 launch throughout PC, PS5 and Xbox Sequence S/X.
