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00:00Greetings, Assassin. My name is Simon. I'm Associate Game Director on Assassin's Creed Shadows.
00:07And I'm Dan, Community Developer.
00:09Assassin's Creed Shadows launched about a month ago, and it's been thrilling to see millions of you enjoying the game.
00:17On behalf of everyone at Ubisoft Quebec, as well as all of our partners around the world who helped us on this journey,
00:23I want to extend a big heartfelt thank you to our players.
00:27But the launch of the game is only the beginning.
00:30Now we turn our eyes towards the future and review in this first video a little more about our post-launch plans.
00:36Between new free quests, specific features updates, codex update, special collaborations, and community-driven improvements,
00:44our journey together in feudal Japan has only just begun.
00:47First and foremost, we have our first expansion, Claws of Awaji, coming later this year,
00:52which is free for all of you who pre-ordered the game.
00:55This expansion opens up the island of Awaji, a brand new region for you to explore,
01:00which continues the story of Naoe and Yasuke after Shadow's epilogue ends.
01:05You can expect new abilities, new enemies, and a brand new weapon exclusive to Naoe, the Bo Staff.
01:12Claws of Awaji will be launching later this year, but the question is, what else can you expect until then?
01:18We are planning free story drops, which will include new abilities, new allies, new activities,
01:24as well as flesh out some of the backstories of your fan-favorite characters that perhaps need a little more screen time.
01:30The first story drop is titled, The Works of Louis Froyce.
01:33This will give you a deeper look at this historical Jesuit scholar who has done extensive work on literature and accounts of the period.
01:43Your feedback has been a core focus of the team throughout development, and that's not stopping now that Shadows is released.
01:52Regular title updates are coming, each with impactful additions and changes based on your feedback and requests,
01:58with some bug fixes to continue refining the experience across all platforms.
02:02For instance, one of the most requested feature from all of you parkour enthusiasts out there,
02:08we've been working on a first parkour update that will be coming later this May.
02:12I can 100% confirm that we're adding a height-gaining back eject, as well as a fully reanimated height-gaining side eject,
02:20and a new parkour interaction which is called the Vertical Ledge Jump to grab awnings and low overhangs when a wall run is not an option.
02:29Also in May, we'll be expanding the photo mode with new filters and features, new character poses and facial expressions,
02:37and a new way to add ambient music to give you more options when it comes to capturing the beauty of feudal Japan.
02:43We'll be releasing our second community feedback updates which will allow you to customize your immersion even further.
02:50This will allow you to turn off individual visual effects such as glints on weapons during combat,
02:56assassination filters, ability filters, as well as turn off the outlines around your characters during stealth sections.
03:03We're also expanding our alarm system which you've experienced in castles, but now we bring it into the open world for even more challenge.
03:12Future updates will add the ability to toggle your headgear on or off during cutscenes.
03:17We're also adding a pretty fleshed out New Game Plus mode which will significantly raise the level cap.
03:23And for all of you hardcore fiends out there, we're already hard at work on adding a new difficulty settings for both combat and stealth.
03:31Coming later in June, none of you will be unscathed.
03:36We'll be sure to share specific dates when we have them locked in, as well as tell you about what each update will contain.
03:42So sit tight and get ready to take your Shadows experience to a whole new level.
03:46Until then, don't forget to track down the Animus anomalies around Japan, complete projects, and visit the exchange for free gear and items for Assassin's Creed Shadows.
03:56You can expect more Animus content to come this summer.
04:00Well, that's all we can share for now.
04:02So be sure to follow and subscribe to our channels to keep up to date on all the newest info for Assassin's Creed Shadows.
04:07Be sure to join our official Discord server and tell us what you want, how you feel, and drop your wildest suggestions for things we should tackle in the near future.
04:15Happy hunting, Assassins!