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Nick FarrellMarch 21, 2025

Assassin's Creed Shadows: When Does The Game Take Place? Answered

Assassin's Creed Shadows will be the next installment in the iconic Ubisoft franchise, and while the game has seen some delays, it's now almost time to dive into feudal Japan. 

With Shadows being a major step for Ubisoft, we're going to run over when the game takes place according to the developers, and throw this reflects in the Assassin's Creed timeline. 

Assassin's Creed Shadows: When Does The Game Take Place? Answered 

Assassin's Creed Shadows is taking players to an era in time where a lot of fans have been asking Ubisoft to set an Assassin's Creed game for quite some time. 

Shadows will incorporate some of the features that players loved in Mirage, as the franchise commitment to going back to their roots has proved to succeed thus far. 

Ubisoft has confirmed that the game takes place during the year 1579, and will run the course of three years during the game until 1582. 

In the meantime however, be sure to get geared up for any future releases with our Turtle Beach Stealth 700 headset.