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  1. A brand new Flash Evo is now live in FC 26 Ultimate Team in the form of the Speed Surge Evolution, and it allows you to boost the ratings of a card of your choice. The evolution is available for free, and you can include 85-rated cards for the first time in this cycle. Let's look at the best possible candidates for receiving the upgrades based on the requirements. Table of contentsFC 26 Speed Surge Evolution requirementsFC 26 Speed Surge Evolution upgradesBest players for Speed Surge Evolution in FC 26FC 26 Speed Surge Evolution requirements Here are the requirements for the Speed Surge Evolution in FC 26. Overall: Max 85Defending: Max 80Speed: Max 80PlayStyle: Max 10Not Rarity: World Tour Silver StarsFC 26 Speed Surge Evolution upgrades The Speed Surge Evolution has only one level of upgrades. To obtain the boosts, you’ll need to complete specific tasks. Level 1 upgrades Overall: +2Acceleration: +12|88Sprint Speed: +15|89PlayStyles: Quick Step|6 Level 1 upgrade requirements Play 3 matches in Squad Battles on min. Semi-Pro difficulty (or Rush/Rivals/Champions/Live Events) using your active EVO Player in game.Best players for Speed Surge Evolution in FC 26 You can include a wide variety of items in this evolution. I have considered those cards that will benefit the most from the upgrades, and don't require being combined with other evolutions. Unai Lopez **********Leon Goretzka FlashbackZielinski CaptainsJames McLean MOTMLucas Paqueta TOTWRomelu Lukaku Ultimate ScreamChoupo-Moting FC Pro LiveMateta Ratings ReloadYeremy Pino **********Grealish World Tour These are arguably some of the best options you can include in this evolution. None of them requires to be put into any older evolutions, and you can include them in future upgrade options to further enhance their stats. The post Best players for FC 26 Speed Surge Evolution appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
  2. I always love when I can skip large parts of the gameView the full article
  3. Each of the 3 featured games are also available separately. View the full article
  4. Spike Chunsoft has launched a new update and the Shuten Order Nintendo Switch 2 Edition with paid upgrade pack in the West. View the full article
  5. "And this is not the last Isu content there will be in Assassin's Creed Shadows"View the full article
  6. Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive has just confirmed that another Stranger Things DLC Chapter is heading to the asymmetrical multiplayer horror game soon. This announcement welcomes Stranger Things into a very exclusive club, with it being the only IP other than Resident Evil to collaborate with Dead by Daylight for a second time. View the full article
  7. Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation is a funky, offbeat shooter made in the Doom engine that I've been looking forward to since trying it's demo over two and a half years ago. Its launch has come with an added pleasant surprise as well: The full game, including a campaign and endless horde mode, is available on Steam for only $10... Read more.View the full article
  8. As we near Last Epoch's first major expansion, Orobyss, developer Eleventh Hour Games has shared a modest roadmap showcasing what's to come heading into 2026. Despite previous claims from the studio that the game would never have paid content tied to it, EHG last month admitted that it may have to shift its stance as it had failed to turn a profit. Now, despite confirming that the expansion itself will be free, the reveal that its new class will come in the form of paid DLC has had players rushing to their keyboards, and not in a good way. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Diablo creator David Brevik reveals the ARPG "that got away," and it's the one I've poured the most hours into in 2025 New Last Epoch patch makes the ARPG's powerful primordial uniques easier to get Last Epoch Season 3 is the best time to play one of my favorite ARPGs in years View the full article
  9. Dead by Daylight has blessed fans with some pretty awesome crossovers over the years - in truth, it's one of the main reasons why it's still one of the best horror games around. The Walking Dead, Resident Evil, Castlevania - it's a long, impressive list. High up on most DBD fans' rankings of the best collabs to date would be its Stranger Things chapter, which debuted all the way back in 2019. Behaviour Interactive knows how much you loved it, so it's going in for a second helping. That's right, Dead by Daylight Stranger Things Chapter 2 has been revealed, and it's only a matter of weeks away. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: You can now smooch your favorite Dead By Daylight killers for under a dollar, as dating sim spinoff hits its lowest price ever DBD codes November 2025 Dead by Daylight's 2v8 mode is back, and it's accompanied by two of my favorite killers View the full article
  10. ARC Raiders has a noticeably small number of cheaters. In my few dozen hours of playing, I don't think I've come across any at all, and that's saying something for a modern shooter. However, it does have exploiters, and they're now being dealt with in the best way possible. Yes, you've read the title: they're being burned to death. People who didn't want to farm keys or rely on RNG to enter locked doors, which usually lead to rooms filled with exceptional loot, most notably weapons, blueprints, and rare components and parts, would resort to nefarious ways to "skip" unlocking them by merely glitching through. As of the latest patch, this will now result in severe punishment, though not one that most people would have expected. Cheaters won't fall through the floor, nor shall they be issued a ban. Somehow, the devs have programmed in a detection system that, once it figures out you're glitching through doors, engulfs you in hellfire until you're little more than a pile of ash crawling on the floor. If you're in solo play, this is your surefire (pun intended) way to go back to Speranza posthaste, with no loot to speak of. [Hidden Content] As you can see in the video above, shared on Reddit, there's a fiery awakening lying in wait for the cheaters who do not want to go through the same process as the rest of us. And I have to say it's inventive, much like most of ARC Raiders is inventive. It's a game that favors style in almost every case, and that's a rare thing in this day and age, and I cannot say that I'm not thrilled that they've extended that artistic drive to even punitive punishment of unsportsmanlike play. Once actual cheats start posing a problem (and they probably will, it's 2025 after all), I'm genuinely excited to see how Embark Studios will react. Are there going to be outright bans? Quips and funny jokes in the ban message? Other forms of trolling, like the one above? The possibilities are endless, and it'll hopefully set a precedent for other devs, because banning cheaters is one thing, but making fun of them is simply better. The post Instead of being banned, ARC Raiders exploiters are getting burned to a crisp—and it’s glorious appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article
  11. Eberron: Force of the Artificer seemingly gives an unneeded nerf to its titular D&D class' worse subclass, and I'm still struggling to understand why. Yes, it's still much, much better than it was in 5th edition, but it seems unnecessary to take the subclass down a peg from the playtest version. Were people saying the new Alchemist was too strong? Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: TikTok's finest D&D weapon masters, from Sellsword Arts to Jacques Ze Whipper, are starting their own campaign How to build D&D's new Oath of Noble Genies Paladin D&D's new turn based tactics PC game should be a delight - but without VR, I'm not finding the fun View the full article
  12. Over a decade later, players are still finding secrets in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim that they didn’t encounter during their first playthroughs. With a massive map and hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of gameplay, it’s easy to miss some details, especially some of the most hidden ones. There’s a dark secret in a useless Skyrim town, for example, which hints at the presence of Daedric activity in the area – which is unbeffiting of this town’s size and nature. View the full article
  13. Borderlands 4 has dramatically fallen to just $35 for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox in the ****** Friday sales. At 50% off, that's a huge deal on a game that only came out a few months ago, and one that I truly doubt is going to stay in stock for long. This is one of the best deals going in both the Xbox and PS5 ****** Friday sales, and absolutely worth picking up ASAP. Deals like this tend not to stick around, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's gone by the end of Thanksgiving, let alone ****** Friday weekend. Just look at Battlefield 6, one of the best deals of the day, and already out of stock at Amazon. You've just got to be speedy with deals of this calibre, I'm afraid. I'd also recommend picking up Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater for $30 right now as well, another deal so good it's almost guaranteed to disappear soon. But is Borderlands 4 worth it as well? Well, I certainly think so. It's a great game! While IGN's reviewer and loot shooter aficionado, Travis Northup, felt the open world wasn’t quite as open as it could be, he still gave the game a recommendable 8 out of 10. “Borderlands 4 gives the series the massive kick in the pants it has needed, with a fantastic open world and greatly improved combat, even if bugs and invisible walls can sometimes throw off that groove.” The game also recently got a big balance patch, which had very positive ramifications for my chosen Vault Hunter, Amon, and the PS5 version in this deal now has an FOV slider and improved performance. Expect Borderlands 4 to be around for a while, too. While the Switch 2 port has been delayed indefinitely, the game’s post-launch roadmap is stacked - and will include a new Vault Hunter, C4SH, who was revealed recently. Should You Wait for ****** Friday on Nov. 28? Wait? Not for a deal like this. ****** Friday proper might throw a few curveballs on November 28, but Borderlands 4 at $35 is already sitting firmly in ****** Friday-deal territory, and it’s absolutely worth grabbing before the stock gets lost to the shadow realm. Only Amazon and GameStop have it right now, so if the price gets nuked, that’s you staring down a fresh dose of ****** Friday FOMO. Hopefully Walmart and Best Buy wake up and match it soon. If it’s been sitting on your wishlist, this is the best price you’re going to see, and it wipes the floor with pretty much anything else in the mix. It also goes head to head with what I’d been calling the best PS5 game deal so far, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater at $30. And if you’ve been lurking around my bargain roundups, you’ve already seen the $20 or less list stuffed with heavy hitters, plus the under $30 guide where MGS was the star of the show. Like BF6, those are going to disappear fast. If you want something broader, I’ve already pulled together a full sweep of the best ****** Friday video game deals. Bottom line, grab the good stuff now and enjoy your Thanksgiving. Robert Anderson is Senior Commerce Editor and IGN's resident deals expert on games, collectibles, trading card games, and more. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter/X or Bluesky. View the full article
  14. A pristine copy of Fortnite has just been sold for $42,500 — which seems a lot for a free-to-play game. To be fair, this is a boxed version of Fortnite — something that also grants access to the game's original Save the World mode, which Epic Games still requires you pay a small amount to access. But there's no suggestion this sealed copy of the world's biggest battle royale will ever actually be played. Indeed, it has been sold encased in a box, and labelled with a 10 A++ rating from video game grading company Wata — its highest possible quality score. Sold by Heritage Auctions, this copy of Fortnite is an Xbox One version from the game's original 2017 print run. Only a limited number of physical copies were ever produced, and this edition dates back to when the game's now-ubiquitous battle royale mode was just a side-offering. As mentioned, it does include access to Save the World, which is worth... something. Epic Games has bundled the original Fortnite mode in numerous ways over the years, but currently sells access as part of a $18.49 add-on that includes 1,500 V-Bucks (which would separately cost $18) as well as an exclusive skin. Even with this in mind, though, you're still paying $42,482 over the odds. These days, Fortnite is a very different beast — a metaverse of battle royale modes, user-generated maps, plus LEGO and music offerings. Oh, and it's home to pretty much every media franchise that has ever licensed itself for a video game, as well as real-life popstars and now even Quentin Tarantino. Earlier today, Tarantino fans got a first glimpse at the director's new 'Lost Chapter' of Kill Bill, which stars an animated Uma Thurman and Fortnite's Peely the banana, and will debut first within the game. Tell that to someone back in 2017, and I doubt they'd believe you. Of course, video games attracting huge sums as collectible items is nothing new — and within the grand scheme of things, $42,500 pales in comparison to other auction prices. Back in 2021, a factory-sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. sold for a record-breaking $2 million, though there's debate over whether the ***** counted as an auction in the traditional sense. Officially, Guinness World Records recognizes a copy of Super Mario 64 sold for $1.56 million as the highest amount successfully bid for a video game to date. But who knows how much that copy of Fortnite will be worth in another 100 years? If you're hunting for the best offers this week, we're actively rounding up the strongest ****** Friday deals on video games, tech, and more. You can find all our top picks and price drops in our full ****** Friday hub, or check out our relevant pages for PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox deals. Image credit: Heritage Auctions/HA.com Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social View the full article
  15. Last checked for The Forge codes: November 27, 2025. [/url] The Forge is a fantasy RPG Roblox experience, where you'll play as one of the many races that inhabit the lands. Whether that's as a human, a goblin, or a dragonborn will all depend on reroll chances. Each race has its unique perks, influencing stats such as health, damage, attack power, and more. But if you don't like the character you get given, our list of The Forge codes will help you out with additional rerolls. It's no surprise that The Forge focuses heavily on mining. The core gameplay centers around mining for ores, in the hopes of finding rare ores to forge powerful weapons and armor. You'll then throw those ores into the forge, where the blend of resources you use allows you you make items with special traits and designs. Working The Forge Codes (November 2025) These are the currently active for The Forge: 15KLIKES - Free Rerolls x210KLIKES - Free Rerolls x2, Luck Totem x15KLIKES - Free Rerolls x2, Miner Totem x1BETARELEASE! - Free Rerolls x2POSTRELEASEQNA - Free Reroll x1 Expired The Forge Codes (November 2025) These codes have now expired and can no longer be used: RELEASE If a code is expired or you've entered it incorrectly, you'll see "This code does not exist" in the code bar. [/url]How to Use The Forge Codes Ready to redeem the codes above? Here's what you need to do: Load up The Forge on RobloxOpen the Settings menu in the top left corner of the screen.Scroll down to the bottom of Settings to find the Codes barCopy the code from this articleEnter the code into the "Type Here" barPress claimWhy Isn't My Code for The Forge Working? When a code doesn't work for The Forge, it's usually because of two reasons: The code for The Forge has expiredThere's a spelling mistake or an additional space in the code Codes for Roblox experiences are typically case-sensitive, so the best way to ensure you've got a working code is to directly copy it from this article. We check all codes before we upload them, so you can guarantee they're working. Just double-check that you haven't copied over an extra space! How to Get More Codes for The Forge We regularly check and test new codes for popular Roblox experiences, so the best way to get more codes for The Forge is to visit this article. But if you want to mine for codes yourself, then the Discord server for The Forge is the best place to go. When Is the Next Update for The Forge? The Forge has just released in beta and is currently celebrating its Release Event. This is due to run until Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025. No updates have been currently announced, but the creators of The Forge have said that new features, content, and mechanics will be added to the experience. As soon as new information is announced, we'll add the information here. Lauren Harper is an Associate Guides Editor. She loves a variety of games but is especially fond of puzzles, horrors, and point-and-click adventures. View the full article
  16. Arc Raiders developer Embark Studios released update 1.4.0 this week, and in the patch notes teased a “very hot fix for the locked room exploits.” It turns out they weren’t kidding. Following the release of the patch, players — as they often do — jumped into the hugely successful extraction shooter to give this fix a proper test. They’ve been able to cheat their way into locked rooms as before, but what they now find inside… well, Embark called it a “very hot fix” for a reason. As redditor Forward_Problem_7550 discovered, locked rooms now turn you into a fireball if you glitch inside. The clip below shows the trap in action. Locked rooms now turn you into a fireball if you glitch inside byu/Forward_Problem_7550 inArcRaiders .reddit-embed-wrapper iframe { margin-left: 0 !important; } Reaction to the change is positive, with most players getting a kick out of what Embark has done here. “Best part of this is the clowns doing the glitch lose all their stuff to someone who legitimately opens the door with a key. CLASSIC!” enthused A_Tortured_Crab. “It's genuinely a really good fix,” added vedomedo. “Hopefully this is the mindset they keep going forward. Punish the exploiters and reward legit players.” Now, some players are saying they’re more inclined to use their keys to enter locked rooms legitimately in the hope of finding “some dingus who hasn't read the patch notes.” Technically this isn’t a fix, as players can still use the exploit to enter locked rooms. But it is an eye-catching workaround, and will surely put off players from trying to cheat their way inside a room after they’ve been cooked once. “Would’ve been better if they just didn’t say anything and rolled this out,” suggested Maverixk_. “Imagine all the door glitches finding this out and losing all of their s**t before word of mouth spread. Would’ve been hilarious.” That’s not all the update did. It’s also patched the gun quick swap exploit. Full patch notes are below. Arc Raiders Patch Notes 1.4.0:Content and Bug FixesExploit mitigation mechanisms have been added for all locked rooms across all maps.Fixed the gun exploit that allowed you to shoot quicker than intended by swapping to a quick use item and back.The exterior access to Spaceport's Control Tower locked room has been blocked off.Fixed the issue that sometimes caused low resolution textures in the Main Menu.Fixed players being able to push each other by jumping on each other’s backs.Fixed lighting artifacts that would sometimes occur upon entering maps.Raider Voice now correctly respects the selected voice option after restarting the game. What if you exploit the doors now: [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] — Scrappy (@TheRooster) November 27, 2025 If you're hunting for the best offers this week, we're actively rounding up the strongest ****** Friday deals on video games, tech, and more. You can find all our top picks and price drops in our full ****** Friday hub, or check out our relevant pages for PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox deals. Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article
  17. Balatro transformed poker into one of the best roguelike games ever made, and in the wake of its huge success, we've seen so many other physical games and pastimes get similar treatment. Now, it's Scrabble's turn. Beyond Words brings the addictive multipliers and rule-bending modifiers of Balatro to the iconic board game, and as someone who often points to Scrabble first in the annual 'what will we play while recovering from a Christmas Day food coma' debate, this is music to my ears. However, the most surprising thing about this game is its creators. Read the rest of the story... View the full article
  18. Долгожданный вампирский ролевой экшен Vampire: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 от разработчиков из британской студии The ******** Room разочаровал не только игроков и критиков, но и издателя в лице шведской компании Paradox Interactive.View the full article
  19. Destiny 2's had a bad go of it in 2025. I've only been watching from the sidelines, but you only have to listen to PC Gamer's resident D2 enjoyer (well, not so much, recently) Phil Savage in his tear-down of the game's portal update to get a sense of what's gone wrong:.. Read more.View the full article
  20. A lot of controllers have launched this year, and that means there are now so many discounted gamepads to choose from, so I'm here to help find the right one.View the full article
  21. Handheld gaming PCs have made PC gaming more relevant than ever before. One of the greatest advantages of gaming on a PC as opposed to a console is the nearly inexhaustible library of games. Unlike consoles, which eventually lose backwards compatibility at some point in their life, even the oldest of PC games can be revisited. At this point, there are literally tens of thousands of PC games for you to choose from. The tradeoff, in the past, was mobility; either you had to settle for an immovable desktop computer, or lug around a gaming-worthy laptop. Not so anymore. With the advent of gaming PC handhelds, your entire library of PC games is at your fingertips. Now you can play Clair Obscur, Hades, Silksong, or Baldur's Gate on a device that's not much ******* than a Switch console. Some of these handhelds are pretty expensive, and the highest end models can cost upwards of $1,000. Fortunately, a couple of SteamOS models happen to have major discounts for ****** Friday, including one of our favorites. SteamOS is more intuitive to use on a handheld than Windows and anyone who wants an easy, bug-free plug and play experience that "just works" should stick with this over a Windows-based handheld. Lenovo Legion Go S Z1 Extreme SteamOS Edition Best Buy's ****** Friday ***** has officially kicked off with some great deals on gaming hardware. Possibly the very best deal I've found so far is on the Lenovo Legion Go S Z1 Extreme SteamOS handheld gaming PC, which has dropped to just $649.99 after a $250 instant discount. This is the more powerful model with the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme chip and it is easily one of the best Steam-based gaming handhelds currently available. It's essentially a souped up Steam Deck. Check out Jackie's Legion Go S review, in which she concludes that it is one of the "best handheld gaming PCs on the market, and a legitimate Steam Deck alternative." Lenovo Legion Go S Z2 Go SteamOS Edition Also on ***** is the Legion Go S Z2 Go Edition, which is currently $449.99 after a $200 discount. Despite the fact that the AMD Ryzen Z2 Go is a 2nd gen chip, it's less powerful than the Z1 Extreme, but more powerful than the Steam Deck's APU. Since this version also runs SteamOS, you'll get generally better performance out of it, especially if you knock the resolution down to 1280x800. There are other advantages over the Steam Deck, such as a ******* 8" display with smoother 120Hz refresh rate, storage capacity that matches the most expensive Steam Deck models, and a faster charging rate. Steam Deck 256GB LCD Edition For ****** Friday, Steam has discounted its base model with a 7" 1280x800 LCD display and 256GB of storage to $319.99, a 20% discount from its $400 list price. If you're pinching pennies, you won't find a less expensive gaming handheld PC. Every Steam Deck is equipped with the same processor, so the base model will still run games just as smoothly as the highest end $650 system. You can also upgrade the storage yourself with some technical know-how. How to Follow IGN Deals Recommendations The IGN Deals team has over 30 years of combined experience finding the best discounts and preorders available online. If you want the latest updates from our trusted team, here’s how to follow our coverage: Sign up for our IGN Deals NewsletterSet IGN as a preferred source in GoogleFollow us on social mediaIGN Deals on XIGN Deals on InstagramIGN Deals on FacebookIGN Deals on Tiktok[/url] Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn't hunting for deals for other people at work, he's hunting for deals for himself during his free time. View the full article
  22. Ubisoft has confirmed it no longer plans to launch a second major Assassin's Creed Shadows expansion, something that previously would have formed part of the game's now-abandoned season pass. Shadows' first — and now, it seems, only — major expansion launched in September. The 10-hour Claws of Awaji had previously been described as the "first expansion" included in Shadows' season pass, an offer that was formally scrapped a year ago when Ubisoft delayed the game's launch from November 2024 to February 2025. As an apology to fans for the game's delay, Ubisoft said it instead would gift Claws of Awaji for free to all pre-order customers. But fans still assumed a second expansion would follow at some point, as has become custom for every other major Assassin's Creed title over the past decade. "As of now, at this moment for Year Two, there is no expansion on the size of Awaji that is planned," associate game director Simon Lemay-Comtois said in an interview with JorRaptor. Lemay-Comtois caveated his answer by noting some exceptional examples in the past where Ubisoft had changed its plans to make more add-on content than it had originally envisioned (such as with the recent Saudi-funded DLC that arrived two years post-launch for Assassin's Creed Mirage). But, currently, it seems clear that no second expansion is on the cards, and there's no suggestion that Shadows' post-launch plans will extend into a Year Three. It's an extremely surprising decision by Ubisoft, which followed up the launch of 2017's Assassin's Creed Origins with two expansions (The Hidden Ones and The Curse of the Pharaohs), 2018's Assassin's Creed Odyssey with two expansions (Legacy of the First Blade and The Fate of Atlantis), and 2020's Assassin's Creed Odyssey with three expansions (Wrath of the Druids, The Siege of Paris, Dawn of Ragnarök) alongside numerous other smaller DLC drops. 2023's smaller-scale Assassin's Creed Mirage was itself originally planned as yet another Valhalla expansion, before it was ultimately released as a standalone game. "We're still working on content for post-launch and supporting it, but it's not a full-on DLC the way a season pass would have had in the previous years," Lemay-Comtois said, confirming at least that Ubisoft still had plans for smaller additions to Shadows within 2026. "We're trying to re-adjust for Year Two a little bit," he continued. "There's learning from Year One we can apply to Year Two. Any content we want to do in Year Two will probably be more sparse, not a drip-feed... but chunkier updates that shake things up a little more. I'm not announcing anything at this point but our strategy for Year One was to be quick and reactive, so it means smaller drops often, but for Year Two we don't need to put fires out or anything, so it's more what good, chunky little piece of meat... we can drop and have people come back and enjoy it." Digging into Lemay-Comtois' comment, the suggestion here is that Ubisoft's decision to change course on Shadows following its pre-release reception impacted the company's plans for post-launch support, with priority placed on fighting immediate "fires." And indeed, Shadows has enjoyed a series of recent patches that have added numerous fan-requested features, in a clear bid to turn sentiment around. Going into further detail, Lemay-Comtois also suggested Shadows had been a tougher game to develop technologically, further complicating plans to get post-launch content ready. "I think with Shadows, we had a big jump in generations," he continued. "The engine work that we had to do on Shadows took a lot of time and a lot of our resources. So the planning for the post launch was not really clear as soon as it would have been on another [game] where the technology was more stable and well known. "We started fairly late on Shadows... because I remember during pre-launch we had the Season Pass," he admitted. "And the situation changed when we pushed back on the release date. That plan changed quite a bit and then we had to kind of adapt to the situation. So because of the new tech, because of the new generation, because of the pushes we had in production, we chose an approach that was way more, let's put our ear to the ground when the game launches... and react." For 2026, Lemay-Comtois suggested Shadows would receive updates "not to the size of a DLC or expansion, but like yesterday's update plus," referencing the free update that arrived this week that added a new story quest, the game's Attack on Titan crossover, as well as a significant Isu Easter egg. "At minimum this size," he emphasized, without stating whether these updates would continue to be provided for free or not. "And whether or not this is the right way to go, or a good learning, I think it's more of an experience we're trying with Shadows, to keep things small and reactive and see how the community feels about it and reacts to it," he concluded. "And the learnings that come out of that will be applied to whatever other projects we do next." Of course, it's to be expected that Shadows' lead developer Ubisoft Quebec is already planning its next major Assassin's Creed project (and indeed, it was previously reported that the studio had begun early pre-production work last year on a now-scrapped entry set in the post-U.S. Civil War *******). But the mention here of those projects is interesting, alongside confirmation of what sounds like smaller plans for Shadows in 2026 than fans have seen this year. And then there's what else fans expect is coming: a remake of Assassin's Creed: ****** Flag reportedly waiting in the wings, as well as numerous other Assassin's Creed projects that Ubisoft has already confirmed, including a multiplayer spin-off and the witchcraft-themed Assassin's Creed: Hexe. Amongst all that, and coupled with Shadows' delay drama, Ubisoft seems to have simply decided a second Shadows expansion isn't necessary. If you're hunting for the best offers this week, we're actively rounding up the strongest ****** Friday deals on video games, tech, and more. You can find all our top picks and price drops in our full ****** Friday hub, or check out our relevant pages for PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox deals. Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You can reach Tom at [email protected] or find him on Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social View the full article

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