Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson reported that "Assassin's Creed" executive producer Marc-Alexis Côté relayed an internal email to Ubisoft's staff which details the new delay affecting the entire franchise. Henderson is known for being a trusted source behind Ubisoft's development in the past years.

Recent reports suggest that Assassin's Creed Shadows may be getting a game mode that hasn't been used in the series since Assassin's Creed Unity.

Games that are designed for single player and multiplayer, as opposed to games that have different single player and multiplayer modes, are considerably harder to make. People who prefer to play solo have definitely chosen hard more, but such a game design can be incredibly satisfying, and also have broader appeal.