Leon Green

It has been five years since the release of the last complete Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Their next sequel, Assassin’s Creed Shadow, is about to be released. However, Assassin’s Creed Shadow, which Ubisoft has high hopes for, has been in turmoil since the first trailer released in 2024.

If Ubisoft had not suffered various setbacks internally, then perhaps players would have played Assassin’s Creed long ago. Ubisoft originally planned to release “Assassin’s Creed: Shadow” in November 2024, but then Ubisoft postponed its release date to February 14, 2025. After experiencing the public opinion storm about the black warrior, Assassin’s Creed: Shadow postponed its release date again to March 20.

With about a month left before the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadow, Ubisoft once again heard bad news from outside - the content of Assassin’s Creed: Shadow has been leaked. The leaker marked the names of multiple copies of Assassin’s Creed: Shadow on an auction website, each of which was priced at $100. The auction has now been taken down.

In addition, Assassin’s Creed Shadow was also live-streamed on Twitch, but all live-streaming was also stopped. Although Ubisoft has taken some remedial measures, it is inevitable that a large amount of game content has been leaked.

Ubisoft’s production team begged players not to watch the leaked content and said that they have prepared a huge surprise for players in the game. And claimed that the leaked content does not represent the final quality of the game, and the game is still being adjusted.

To be honest, Ubisoft’s statement did not play a big role. The game will be released on March 20. In the remaining time, Ubisoft will find it difficult to make too many adjustments to the game unless they announce another postponement. However, in this case, whether players can play Assassin’s Creed Shadow this year will still be a question mark.

This leak storm did not end simply. As the “party” of Assassin’s Creed Shadow, Japanese players naturally noticed this leak.

Recently, Japanese player ALIAS tweeted that Ubisoft’s many designs in “Assassin’s Creed: Shadow” are contrary to history, and even “cultural insults” and “historical blasphemy”.

ALIAS said that in “Assassin’s Creed: Shadow”, the character played by the player needs to plunder the Emperor Nintoku’s Mausoleum, the largest “DaisenKofun” in Japan, and rob the armor inside.

In addition, players can destroy shrines and kill clergy unscrupulously in the game. But they cannot harm European merchant NPCs.

It is worth mentioning that Emperor Nintoku is the 16th emperor of Japan and theoretically the direct ancestor of the current emperor. ALIAS believes that this setting of “Assassin’s Creed: Shadow” may anger the Japanese government.

Some people in the comment area said: “Ubisoft is malicious and disrespects us,” and others said: “Japan is doing the same thing, turning overseas celebrities into women, so don’t confuse the game story with reality.”

Assassin’s Creed series, which has always been known for “respecting history”, has experienced a huge Waterloo in Japanese history. Ubisoft wants to open up Japanese market with Assassin’s Creed: Shadow, but the ending of this story may be different from what they imagined. They may not be able to sit in the seat of the game conference, but Japan may be happy to give them a defendant’s seat.

Released in the summer of 2024, College Football 25 was a breath of fresh air for the sports game faithful and became one of the best-selling sports games of all time at the end of last year, partly because EA Sports put a lot of effort into making the game.

While there’s no guarantee that CFB 25’s success marks the beginning of a new era for sports games or is just a flash in the pan, it’s clear that there’s a perfect combination of elements in this game that made it so popular. If you’re also interested in the success of this game, you can follow this guide to find out the truth about College Football 25’s success and predict whether the next game in the series will continue its success.

It Combines Hype And Delivery Perfectly

College Football 25’s popularity is because of a combination of factors. First of all, it is the first college football game released by EA in many years, and many players want to see the strength of this first game. More importantly, its predecessor NCAA Football 14 also won the love of many fans, so there will also be some players who want to see if the ability of this series of games can catch up with the previous game after EA decided to part ways with NCAA.

The excitement has already generated a lot of hype for CFB 25 before its release, and EA has fueled the excitement with a series of behind-the-scenes videos that show how hard the developers have worked to recreate all the action and aspects of the college football game that fans love.

Of course, besides the hype, EA has also taken the same determination as when it split from the NCAA to change the world of college football. Its carefully recreated college stadiums and traditions make it more immersive than football games like Madden NFL 25: changing teams in Madden NFL 25 are like changing jerseys, without any sense of ceremony or immersion.

But in College Football 25, the numerous celebrations, the playbook that is almost the same as the real field, and those excellent game modes make this game very interesting in all aspects. And within six months of the game’s release, it has been executing all of these aspects well, and has been constantly updating and improving them in response to player requests. This will allow it to achieve ultimate success in 2024 and top the charts.

Will CFB 26 Continue This Success?

Given that the success of College Football 25 was largely dependent on the special public opinion environment at the time, it seems unlikely that the next series will achieve the same results. But if EA continues to work hard to capture the uniqueness of each school, such as the specific descriptions of the traditions and mascots of certain universities such as Florida and Oregon in the previous game, more fans will have the opportunity to experience their school’s unique celebrations in the game, which may help maintain the hype of the first game.

These are some of the important factors in the success of last year’s College Football 25 and some predictions and suggestions on whether CFB 26 can inherit this success. In any case, I hope you can have the best gaming experience and feel more fun in this football game that EA has poured so much effort into!