The realistic surfing simulator, True Surf, is making its Quest debut this December.
Developed by True Axis, True Surf is a VR port of the mobile game of the same name, allowing grommets and pros alike to carve waves and paddle through iconic locations while climbing the surfing ranks. An official game for the World Surf League, it's launching on Quest next month, and you can check out gameplay below:
In True Surf, you monitor a live swell map, which comes courtesy of data provided by real-world surf forecasting organization Surfline, before picking a spot to ride the waves. Then, if you'd like, you can control the weather to boost the swell's strength for a greater challenge. As you complete missions and rack up high scores, you'll generate 'Shaka,' which can be used to unlock more locations.
Included locations in True Surf span the globe, featuring famous spots like Waikiki in Hawaii, Bells Beach in Australia, and Puerto Escondido in Mexico, to name a few. Each location also includes wildlife to glide alongside, such as dolphins, fish, and turtles. Those looking to customize their character will also find branded gear options across various boards and apparel.
True Surf is launching on Quest this December.
Best Buy is offering a $75 gift card and 1 month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with Quest 3 purchases for Black Friday.
With this deal, you could, for example, use the Best Buy gift card to get a rigid headstrap and softer facial interface – upgrades which can make the headset feel more comfortable to wear.
During the 1 month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (normally $30) you can play flatscreen games like Call of Duty on a giant virtual screen.
As with all new Meta headset purchases, Quest 3 from Best Buy also comes with 3 months of Horizon+, Meta's VR games subscription which includes a Games Catalog with some of Quest's best VR games, and also lets subscribers redeem 2 monthly games pre-selected by Meta.
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We've seen a lot of deals for Quest 3S recently, Meta's cheaper budget headset, with Best Buy for example offering a $250 price with a $50 gift card, the month of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, and a top-rated VR game. But we still highly recommend choosing the proper Quest 3 if you have the funds.
While Quest 3S can run all the same content as Quest 3, and has the same fundamental capabilities (including the same XR2 Gen 2 chipset and 8GB RAM), it reuses the old fresnel lenses from Quest 2. Quest 3, on the other hand, features Meta's advanced pancake lenses which are clearer and sharper over a wider area, have a wider field of view, and are fully horizontally adjustable, suitable for essentially everyone's eyes. These pancake lenses also enable Quest 3 to be thinner, which makes the headset feel slightly less heavy.
At $500, there's a steep price premium for Quest 3 over Quest 3S, especially with the discounts, so Best Buy's Black Friday deal somewhat softens the financial blow.
It's Black Friday 2025, and we've sifted through the chaff in order to find the best gaming monitor deals currently available. High-refresh rate monitors are now dominated by OLED panels, which are superb in terms of image quality but have historically been quite expensive, so deep Black Friday discounts are very welcome. We didn't focus solely Chieftec has announced the immediate availability of its new Stealth Series power supplies, a high-end lineup designed for enthusiast systems that demand substantial power delivery. The new series launches with 1000W and 1200W models, both boasting 80 Plus Platinum certification and full compliance with the latest ATX 3.1 and PCIe Gen 5 standards.
The Stealth series is built around a new platform featuring an LLC Half-Bridge converter with DC-to-DC technology and high-quality Japanese capacitors. This internal design allows the units to achieve Platinum-level efficiency, minimising heat and energy waste under load. To keep thermals in check, Chieftec has equipped the units with a 135mm Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) fan, which is managed by Automatic Fan Speed Control (AFC) to balance airflow and noise.
Chieftec's Stealth series PSUs were designed to make it easier for builders to manage the cabling. The series is fully modular and uses ultra-soft embossed cables, which are designed to be more flexible than standard ribbon or braided cables, simplifying the routing process in tight chassis spaces.
Connectivity is robust across both models. Users get a native 16-pin 12V-2×6 connector for the latest Nvidia graphics cards, alongside three traditional 8-pin PCIe connectors. The CPU power delivery is handled by one 8-pin EPS and one 4+4-pin EPS connector. For storage and other devices, the units provide eight SATA connectors and four Molex connectors.
The Chieftec Stealth Series is now available, starting at €170 for the 1000W model at some retailers. The 1200W variant is priced slightly higher at €190. Both units are backed by a 5-year warranty.
KitGuru says: Considering their price and feature set, would you consider a Chieftec Stealth PSU to power your PC build?
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Hytale will now release into early access on Steam on January 13th 2026. Recently, the developers have also revealed their plans for modding, noting that while it will be supported from launch, its tech isn't quite there yet so some issues and limitations are expected in the early days.
In the early access announcement, the Hytale team also warns that the game is still “very much unfinished and will be buggy for a while”. If you do really want to support the project in its early stages though, then pre-orders will begin in mid-December.
Hytale was a very different game under Riot, so all of that has been scrapped since going independent. The restored creative team is picking up a much older version of Hytale with plans to rebuild to its own vision. There is no word on how long that will take but we can hope for regular updates along the way.
KitGuru Says: After many years of waiting, fans will at the very least have a chance to play the game now. This is a move that's been a long time coming.
The post Hytale will launch into early access in January first appeared on KitGuru.EA has revealed some new stats gathered over the month since Battlefield 6 launched. So far, the new Javelin anti-cheat system has been highly effective.
So far, the anti-cheat team says it's had multiple detections for 190 cheat related programs, as well as various hardware and vendors. This has caused some of the providers to shut down their cheats. For the ones that remain up, their users are receiving detection notices and, in some cases, the cheats are not functioning as intended.
Insider Gaming notes that there have been as many as 2.4 million blocked cheating attempts.
Of course, cheats are always a cat and mouse game but so far the Javelin system has had a high success rate in blocking attempts. Different cheats will eventually pop up and the developers will have to react but so far, the track record is good, The developers continue to keep updating it too, with new features and tools to effectively ban cheaters.
KitGuru Says: Have you had any issues with cheaters in Battlefield 6? I played a lot around launch and didn't have any issues, but quite some time has passed since then.
The post Battlefield 6 devs give anti-cheat update first appeared on KitGuru.We had a surprise look at gameplay from The Witcher 4 earlier this year, but CD Projekt Red is warning fans ahead of The Game Awards this year that the game will not be making a second appearance.
The Witcher 4 had its cinematic reveal trailer at The Game Awards 2024 and then, our first look at gameplay was shown months later at an Unreal Engine 5-focused event hosted by Epic Games. However, we won't be seeing The Witcher 4 again this year, as confirmed by CDPR's co-CEO, Michał Nowakowski.
Nowakowski shared the following message on social media after seeing fans speculating about a potential new reveal at The Game Awards in early December: “I'm very happy to see The Witcher 4 nominated in the Most Anticipated Game category at The Game Awards. Thanks to everyone who has already voted – your support means a lot to us. We won't be bringing any new content to TGA this year, but we're, as always, excited to watch the show”.
While we did see more of The Witcher 4 at this stage than we expected, other CD Projekt Red executives have previously warned that the game is not close to release. At this point, the game is not expected to release until around 2028.
KitGuru Says: It would have been cool to see more Witcher to cap off the year but with the game still in the middle of production, I feel that it would be best for CDPR to let the game cook for a while longer before showing it again. Fans will quickly get impatient if we keep seeing chunks of the game each year. The next reveal should only take place when the game is much closer to coming out.
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ASUS is offering multiple price cuts across its line-ups, with some of the biggest discounts coming to AMD Radeon graphic cards.
Leading the charge is the PRIME Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB), which drops from £660 to £575, a reduction of £85. The standard PRIME RX 9070 16GB sees £100 off, while the TUF variant comes down by £50.
Pro-style gaming peripherals are attractive but often carry premium price tags. If you're in the market for a mouse, keyboard, headset etc – then it might be worth checking ASUS' reductions across several ROG peripherals.
The ROG Azoth NX Red keyboard sees one of the larger cuts, moving from £269.99 to £184.99 (£85 off). The ROG Strix Scope II 96 Wireless – NX Snow is discounted by £60, and the ROG Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition (White) comes down by £45. Additional savings appear on the ROG Raikiri Pro (£40 off), ROG Keris II Ace (£35 off) and ROG Gladius III Wireless Aimpoint (£35 off).
Most experienced users will agree that OLED monitors offer a step-up on quality from previous generations of display technology. ASUS has also applied sizeable reductions across its OLED models – a category that normally sees fairly stable pricing across the year.
The PG32UCDMR drops from £1,249 to £799, which is a substantial £450 reduction. Other 32-inch and 27-inch ROG Strix and ROG Swift models see cuts ranging from £150 to £225, including the XG32UCWMG (£225 off), PG32UCDMZ (£200 off), XG32UCDS (£190 off) and PG27AQDP (£150 off).
A smaller, but still useful set of reductions, has been applied to ASUS networking hardware with the ROG Rapture GT-BE19000 (WiFi-7) router down by £57. The BD4 2-pack mesh kit drops £45, while the RT-BE86U, TUF-BE3600 and TUF-BE6500 see reductions between £10 and £28.
You can check out all of the ASUS Black Friday Deals on their special discounts page until 1st December.
KitGuru Says: With several component categories trending upward in Q4, these temporary reductions may suit anyone planning an upgrade or new system. Whether you’re looking at networking gear, gaming peripherals, OLED displays or a new GPU, it’s worth checking these ASUS deals while the pricing remains in place.
The post ASUS Black Friday deals are live, including £85 off a 9070 XT first appeared on KitGuru.The era of the “Made in Germany” Cherry MX switch has officially come to a close. Facing severe financial pressure, Cherry has confirmed it is ceasing all production at its headquarters in Auerbach, Germany, while simultaneously looking to sell off one of its core business divisions.
According to a report from German outlet Heise, the decision follows a net loss of over €20 million (about £17.5 million) in the first nine months of 2025 alone. To stem the bleeding, switch manufacturing will now be handled entirely by partners in China and Slovakia. The Auerbach facility will remain open, but its role will be reduced to development, logistics, and administration rather than manufacturing.
The restructuring efforts go beyond just factory locations. The board has initiated a process to sell one of its two remaining business units: either the Peripherals division (covering gaming and office devices) or the Digital Health & Solutions sector. The company intends to use the proceeds from this sale to provide the liquidity needed to focus on and stabilise the remaining division.
Considering Cherry was the company that effectively birthed the modern mechanical keyboard market, this news is quite surprising. However, since its original MX patent expired in 2014, Cherry has faced relentless competition from Asian manufacturers like Gateron and Kailh.
KitGuru says: It would be a shame to see Cherry-made peripherals go away, though its real strength always seemed to be as an OEM.
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Developed by Reakktor Studios and published by Senatis, G-Rebels is a spiritual successor to 1997's PS1 combat flight sim G-Police by Psygnosis. Originally announced last year as a flatscreen game, the studio exclusively revealed to UploadVR that it's receiving official PC VR support straight away with its upcoming early access launch.
Set in the year 2684, this dystopian open-world combat game takes place across floating megacities covering 12,000 square kilometers, as these cities compete for natural resources. You play as an elite unit in the most powerful city-state, helping to ensure law and order before a secret mission leaves you questioning your loyalties.
In early access, G-Rebels promises 10 main missions that range between collecting bounties, police chases, handling new contractors, and races, also featuring combat missions, outpost battles, mining, and more. Multiple regions will be available to explore and you can customize your ship, while Reakktor Studios also promises dynamic weather and a day-night cycle.
VR mode has a full cockpit view and first-person flight controls, and PC VR support will get further optimizations across early access. A content disclosure also confirms “some of the intercom dialogs are using AI generated/modified voice overs.” The studio also mentions “experimental support” for HOTAS (hands-on throttle-and-stick) and HOSAS (hands-on stick and stick) controllers.
G-Rebels is coming to Steam Early Access in early 2026.
Black Friday is here, and we've been working overtime to make sure you get the best gaming CPU deals this week. Whether you're building a new PC or upgrading an existing one, these are some of the best processor deals for a modern gaming PC.
Before getting too deep into the weeds though, we do want to take a moment to clarify how these 
It's Black Friday 2025 and not a moment too soon with the ongoing DRAM and storage supply crisis (especially for DRAM!), but there are still some great SSD deals available for buyers today. Below, we'll list the best options we were able to find across all categories, maximizing price-per-gig without compromising on speed or reliability. Each Pinball FX VR is adding six new tables next week for Godzilla vs. Kong, Peanuts, and more.
Continuing its stream of post-launch expansions, Zen Studios has revealed that Pinball FX VR is getting six new DLC tables on December 4. Most prominent is the Godzilla vs. Kong pinball pack, adding three tables that bring Kong, Godzilla, and Mechagodzilla into the room. There's also a festive-themed “A Charlie Brown Christmas” table coming, based on the famous comic strip Peanuts.
Elsewhere, Zen Studios is bringing over two Williams and Bally tables into this VR release with the Universal Monsters Pack. First up is the Monster Bash pinball table with familiar names like Frankenstein, the Mummy, and Dracula. That's completed by the Creature from the Black Lagoon table, based on Universal's 1954 monster horror movie.
We've seen no end of DLC collaborations since Pinball FX VR launched, usually adapting existing tables from the flatscreen game. Halloween added two new tables based on horror icon Elvira, alongside various official Williams tables. Other previous crossovers include Tomb Raider, Indiana Jones, Twilight Zone, The Addams Family, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Pinball FX VR is out now on the Meta Quest platform, and the six new DLC tables will launch on December 4. DLC prices are currently unconfirmed.
It's a tough time to be a PC gaming or computer enthusiast with price hikes coming in fast and furious. As demand from AI ravages the landscape, prices on memory and storage are shooting up. And as multiple manufacturers have warned, now is the time to buy before costs and lead times go up further. Don't despair, though, because Black Friday 
More often than not, game consoles only ship with with a single controller, leaving it up to you whether or not to buy a second one for local co-op play. The problem is, controllers are not cheap accessories these days. However, Black Friday deals take some of the sting out of buying adding another controller or replacing a broken one to the It is no secret that Destiny 2 has been having a bad year. The Edge of Fate expansion didn't land well with long-time players and did very little to bring new players on board. Now, Destiny 2's director has admitted that the expansion failed to deliver.
In a recent interview with IGN, current Destiny 2 director, Tyson Green, admitted that The Edge of Fate failed to meet expectations, both internally and amongst players. Interestingly, he also addressed how the business side of Bungie had different expectations for the game after The Final Shape.
“The Final Shape brought things to a crescendo, where it’s like a fantastic ending that tied off a lot of the threads”, Green said, before acknowledging that a “big” drop in population came immediately after, as players left after being satisfied with the ‘end' of the story in that expansion. However, he then adds that this “wasn't the plan from the business perspective”. Bungie still “want to keep making Destiny” and still has “many stories to tell in this universe”.
Those stories began with The Edge of Fate, kicking off a new ‘saga' for Destiny focused around The Nine, ethereal, godlike beings in the Destiny universe who essentially pull the strings of time and reality. Unfortunately the transition to this new era of Destiny “was not gracefully managed”.
“I think we’ve been taught a bunch of hard lessons about what our players want, and there are really two kinds of live games – those that listen to the players and respond, and those that don’t. And we don’t want to be a dead live game, we want to keep building Destiny.”
We will start to see Bungie adapting to the player base next week with the launch of the game's next major expansion, Renegades. Initially, players may be put off by the idea of Star Wars in Destiny, but based on what we've seen so far, Bungie's writers have interwoven the two series quite well, using the powers of The Nine as the conduit for this mash-up campaign that will see Guardians donning lightsabers and attempting to stop a superweapon.
KitGuru Says: Destiny 2: Renegades launches on December 2nd but don't expect all the most important changes to come all at once. Bungie has shown in the past that it can be painfully slow to implement certain features. For instance, an in-game Group Finder was announced prior to Lightfall in 2022, but didn't end up in the game until early 2024, just ahead of The Final Shape expansion.
The post Destiny director admits Edge of Fate expansion missed the mark first appeared on KitGuru.Remedy has been making steady progress on the sequel to its 2019 hit action game, Control. We still don't have a release date or an official title for the sequel yet, but a new leak suggests that a reveal will be happening very soon.
MP1st has spotted a new trademark filed for something called “Control Resonant”. The trademark is linked to Remedy despite their name not appearing on the filing, as the legal firm used is the same one used by Remedy for all of its previous trademark filings.
Remedy has been working on the sequel to Control for a few years already and is now considered to be in ‘full production'. The trademark filing suggests that a reveal for the game will be happening very soon. Considering that The Game Awards take place in early December, it is likely that the announcement happens there.
While the Control sequel may be announced at The Game Awards, we aren't expecting a 2026 release date/ After all, Alan Wake 2 only came out two years ago and the Control sequel has only been in ‘full production' since earlier this year. We would anticipate a 2027-2028 launch window for this one.
KitGuru Says: As much as I would love to see Control 2 coming out next year, I don't see it happening. Still, it will be exciting to get a teaser for what to expect.
The post Remedy appears to be gearing up to reveal Control 2 first appeared on KitGuru.We are pleased to announce that the KitGuru Advent Calendar is returning for 2025! We have yet another full month of daily giveaways lined up, starting on Monday, December 1st at 11AM GMT.
This year we have some of our biggest prizes yet, including graphics cards, gaming monitors, peripheral bundles, SSDs and for the very first time in our advent calendar, a full gaming PC. Each day throughout December we will offer a different prize, so keep checking back at 11AM each day to see what we've got.
To enter the competition each day, you will need to visit our Facebook page. Each giveaway will have its own announcement post, asking you to answer a simple question related to the giveaway. A winner will be picked randomly the very next day and the next giveaway will be revealed. As each prize will be shipped directly by the company involved, shipping restrictions will vary each day and are out of our control. Each competition will clearly state which regions are eligible for entry, so be sure to read each competition announcement carefully.
Don’t worry about missing out, each competition will be announced here on the main website, as well as on our other social channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and even our YouTube Community page. All of our public pages are verified, so if you don't see a verification tick, then there is a chance that someone is trying to trick you. We will only ever contact competition winners through our verified Facebook page, we do not use any secondary accounts, send friend requests, or request that winners click on specific links to claim a prize. If you see an imposter account, please block and report it.
We’ll be back on Monday with the first competition!
KitGuru Says: Good luck to all who participate – mark your calendars for December 1st!
The post The KitGuru Advent Calendar is back for 2025! first appeared on KitGuru.Back in 2022, the team at 1047 Games announced that they would be shutting down their popular Halo-like arena shooter SplitGate in order to focus work on a dedicated sequel. After years of waiting, SplitGate 2 was finally unveiled and released earlier this year in June – to a mixed reception. This ultimately led the team to taking down the game in order to focus on improvements, with plans to return in 2026. Though slightly earlier than expected, the team have now confirmed that SplitGate 2 is officially coming back before the end of the year.
Taking to their blog to discuss SplitGate 2’s final playtest, the team at 1047 Games confirmed that the arena shooter is set to make an official return next month, writing: “Since launching the beta in May, this game has majorly transformed. We started with factions and abilities, and we've rebuilt the entire foundation around what makes Splitgate special: portals, movement, and pure gunplay.”
Discussing the changes made in greater detail, the team continued, “We removed factions entirely and reimagined abilities as power-ups. We brought back classic roundless modes like King of the Hill, Domination, and Team Deathmatch. We added Classic Arena, an even-starts mode that captures the spirit of original Splitgate. We've introduced new maps, new weapons, reworked the menus, and refined systems constantly based on your feedback.”
That’s not all however, with 1047 noting: “we've also added portal overloading and EMPs, fundamentally changing how map control works. We've streamlined equipment to improve combat clarity. We've tuned our controller feel. We've fixed critical bugs and made countless optimizations.”
While SplitGate 1 succeeded thanks to its relatively basic yet solid mechanics, the sequel suffered from 1047 Games trying to do too much, from the aforementioned faction abilities to general pacing – and of course the addition of an unwanted Battle Royale mode (alongside ridiculously overpriced cosmetics).
Much of the franchise’s goodwill was burned with the launch of SplitGate 2, and so it will be interesting to see whether this relaunch will come with much fanfare. We won’t have to wait long to find out.
KitGuru says: What did you think of SplitGate 2? How did it compare to the original? Why do you think the sequel failed? Let us know down below.
The post SplitGate 2 is returning next month after being ‘unlaunched’ last July first appeared on KitGuru.When we think of Sapphire products, we’re almost certainly thinking of good quality AMD-based graphics cards. Sure, we’ve seen some of the company's Embedded and Edge+ solutions at Computex over the years, but we've never looked too closely. The new Edge AI series could change that however, offering a tiny barebones mini PC that packs in AMD's Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with integrated Radeon 890M graphics, on sale for just £650 here in the UK. Let’s take a closer look…
00:00 Intro
00:57 Pricing and spec details
02:17 Design + first impressions
03:01 Connectivity options
03:46 Sapphire’s party trick for accessing internals
04:38 Key spec refresh + BIOS
05:20 CPU behaviour / power modes
06:08 Noise levels in the different modes
06:46 General system performance
07:03 WiFi speed investigation
08:06 AI performance, iGPU VRAM testing
09:51 Gaming test setup
10:05 Counter Strike 2
10:33 Cyberpunk 2077
10:49 COD: Black Ops 6
11:07 F1 25
11:26 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
11:44 Marvel Rivals
12:02 Thermals, thermal imaging camera
12:45 Closing thoughts
Specification:
370, SAPPHIRE EDGE AI 350, SAPPHIRE EDGE AI 340 AI 9 HX 370We don't yet have a confirmed retail links, but Sapphire told us stock will be landing at OCUK in the next few weeks. Pricing for the different models is as follows:
EDGE AI 340 – £439
EDGE AI 350 – £539
EDGE AI 370 – £649
Pros
Cons
KitGuru says: If you're in the market for a new barebones mini PC, Sapphire's Edge AI series is well worth a look.
The Nintendo Switch 2 has been a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to 3rd party titles. While some ports have gone above and beyond, others are barely even matching the visual quality of generations-old hardware. One publisher which has shown strong support for the Switch 2 so far is Ubisoft – with the company now fully detailing all the optimisations made for the upcoming port of Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
The recent release of 2013’s Tomb Raider reboot on the Nintendo Switch 2 has been met with some controversy, with the tech analysts at Digital Foundry confirming that aside from a locked 60fps, the Switch 2 version of the decade-old game in some ways is inferior to the original release on PS3.
Whether it be as a direct result of this revelation, or simply good timing, Ubisoft have now published a blog post detailing all of the work which they have put in to make the upcoming Switch 2 version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows as close as possible to their PS5/Series X|S counter parts, writing:
“Behind the scenes, bringing such a large and detailed open world – originally developed for current-gen home consoles – to Switch 2 required one of Ubisoft's most ambitious technical undertakings to date. The result is a seamless, high-fidelity experience, whether you're playing in handheld or docked mode.”
Going into specifics, Ubisoft confirmed that the Switch 2 version of Shadows will retain many of the home console features, including “the same cloud and cloth simulation systems,” a slightly lower quality “solid baked Global Illumination” (similar to the Series S version) as well as DLSS – allowing for “a sharper image, with more accurate colors, improved textures, and fewer visual anomalies” while maintaining their target of 30fps.
Of course, there will be a bunch of various nips and tucks made in order to optimise the experience (such as slight adjustments to LODs, draw distance; texture resolution NPC counts and more), but overall it seems as though Ubisoft went through the game with a fine-toothed comb in order to ensure Assassin’s Creed Shadows feels like a comparable experience on Nintendo’s latest handheld. It will be interesting to get a more in-depth comparison when the game launches on Switch 2 in early December.
KitGuru says: What do you think of Ubisoft’s support for Switch 2 so far? Are they the best 3rd party dev in this regard? Let us know down below.
The post Ubisoft details the Switch 2 version of Assassin’s Creed Shadows first appeared on KitGuru.Ubisoft games typically offer a similar level of post-launch support across the board, with a majority of their titles including a Season Pass with a couple expansions alongside smaller content updates. While the team already shared their year one roadmap for Assassin’s Creed Shadows promising that there will be more to come, it appears as though plans for a year-two expansion have now been cancelled.
In an interview with the RPG-focused YouTuber JorRaptor (transcribed by IGN), Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ associate game director Simon Lemay-Comtois confirmed that September’s Claws of Awaji expansion will be the only one of its kind for AC: Shadows, stating: “As of now, at this moment for Year Two, there is no expansion on the size of Awaji that is planned.”
Explaining this decision, Comtois continued, “We're still working on content for post-launch and supporting it, but it's not a full-on DLC the way a season pass would have had in the previous years,” adding that “we're trying to re-adjust for Year Two a little bit. There's learning from Year One we can apply to Year Two. Any content we want to do in Year Two will probably be more sparse, not a drip-feed… but chunkier updates that shake things up a little more. I'm not announcing anything at this point but our strategy for Year One was to be quick and reactive, so it means smaller drops often, but for Year Two we don't need to put fires out or anything, so it's more what good, chunky little piece of meat… we can drop and have people come back and enjoy it.”
Additional comments on their post-launch mentality with AC: Shadows can be found HERE, including discussions surrounding the game’s engine, dev time and more.
The strategy taken with Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been rather different when compared to other AC entries. Be it due to low pre-orders, series fatigue or whatever other reason, Ubisoft made major alterations to their Season Pass plans, announcing prior to the game’s release that they would be making the aforementioned Claws of Awaji expansion free for all those who pre-ordered.
Whether this is the primary reason for their change in post-release plans is unknown, but it will be interesting to see what this means for year two of Assassin’s Creed Shadows – and whether breaking away from the formula will wind up working in their favour.
KitGuru says: What do you think of AC: Shadows’ post-launch so far? Do you enjoy the typical Season Pass model of prior Assassin’s Creed titles? Let us know down below.
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