Summary
Ubisoft has released the firstAssassin’s Creed Shadowshotfix update. The latest entry in theAssassin’s Creedseries launched across all major platforms late last week, earning glowing reviews and high player counts despite multiple pre-launch controversies.Assassin’s Creed Shadowsis set in feudal Japan, where an African-born samurai named Yasuke and a female Shinobi named Naoe join forces on a journey that ties into the age-old battle between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order.
So far,Assassin’s Creed Shadowshas been praised for its impressively rendered open-world and mixed gamplay, which lets players choose between the traditionalAssassin’s Creedstealth favored by Naoe or a more direct, strength-based approach while playing as Yasuke. Not every review has been positive, andAssassin’s Creed Shadows’ review scoreshave fallen short of some of the more beloved entries in the long-running historical action franchise.
Despite this,Assassin’s Creed Shadowsis being regarded as a solidnew addition to theAssassin’s Creedseries, and the developers at Ubisoft Quebec will likely continue to refine the game following its launch through downloadable updates. The first of these hotfixes was just released earlier today, though there isn’t much in the way of new changes. This patch is only 8.88GB, and the patch notes only list three major bullet points.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Update 1.01 Patch Notes
In addition to stabilizing some global issues, this Assassin’s Creed updatefixes a glitch in the Photo modeon PlayStation 5, where the game could crash while the player fetches photos to display on the world map. Another Photo mode issue is addressed on the PC version of the game, though this one caused crashes while simply trying to take a photo.
While this is the first post-launchAssassin’s Creed Shadowshotfix update patch, it isn’t the first update overall. Shortly before the game went live on March 20, Ubisoft quietly released an update thatremoved the player’s ability to damage shrines and templesin the game world after controversy over these acts reached all the way up to the Prime Minister of Japan. There will likely be even moreAssassin’s Creed Shadowsupdate patches released in the future, as it has become common practice for developers to iron out issues in big triple-A titles.
