Ubisoft has confirmed Assassin’s Creed Shadows won’t get the traditional second major expansion, shifting Year Two support to smaller but “chunkier” updates instead.
Ubisoft has confirmed it won’t release a second major expansion for Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
In an interview with YouTuber JorRaptor, associate game director Simon Lemay-Comtois said the studio has no Year Two expansion “on the size of Awaji” in development.
Claws of Awaji – a roughly 10-hour campaign – launched in September as the game’s first expansion, and after Shadows’ delay from 2024 to 2025, Ubisoft scrapped the season pass and released Awaji for free to anyone who pre-ordered.
Fans expected a second DLC to eventually follow, as multi-expansion post-launch content had become the norm for the series through the likes of Assassin’s Creed Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla, and Mirage.
However, Shadows will not be receiving any extra major content going forward.
Lemay-Comtois stressed that Ubisoft will continue supporting Shadows into 2026, but players should expect “chunkier updates” rather than full-blown DLC.
He pointed to this week’s free update – which dropped a new story quest, an Attack on Titan crossover, and a substantial Isu Easter egg – as the minimum scale going forward.
Behind the scenes, Ubisoft Quebec’s technical overhaul appears to be a major factor.
Lemay-Comtois said Shadows required significant engine upgrades, delaying post-launch planning and forcing the team to prioritise “putting out fires” after release.
With the tech stabilised and urgent fixes handled, Ubisoft plans to shift its Year Two approach toward fewer, more impactful updates rather than long-form expansions.
Looking ahead, Ubisoft Quebec is already spinning up its next Assassin’s Creed project, while the wider franchise pipeline includes a supposed Black Flag remake, multiplayer experiments, and the mysterious occult-themed Assassin’s Creed Hexe.
Shadows, meanwhile, will continue to receive support – just not the traditional second expansion fans have come to expect.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows won’t receive second major expansion, Ubisoft announces
