Assassin’s Creed: Shadows might be coming to Nintendo Switch 2, and Ubisoft executives might have just confirmed it.
During today’s quarterly earnings call, CEO Yves Guillemot and CFO Frederick Duguet combined their powers to provide a number of subtle and not-so-subtle hints and statements about Assassin’s Creed: Shadows that, when combined, are hard to read any other way than confirmation we’re getting a Switch 2 release of the game at some point this fiscal year.
First, Duguet mentioned that Ubisoft’s line-up for the current fiscal year (ending at the end of March 2026) includes, among other things, “a couple of other titles” that will be “announced at a later stage.”
Later in the same call, in response to an investor question, he also said “And we also have a game that will be launched on the Switch 2.” While we already know that Star Wars: Outlaws is coming to Switch 2, Duguet was talking about games “beyond the announced releases”, so it’s clear there’s at least one other.
Later in the call, Guillemot added another piece to the puzzle. In a conversation with another investor specifically regarding Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, he said, “And we have also some new versions that will come on other machines.”
Currently, Assassin’s Creed: Shadows is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, PC and Mac, as well as GeForce Now and Amazon Luna. Now, it’s possible Guillemot was referring to other platforms, such as PlayStation 4 or Xbox One, or maybe even mobile. But the most likely possibility is that he meant Nintendo Switch 2, especially when combined with Duguet’s comments.
Of course, some investor thought the same as us. The last question on the call, to Duguet, directly asked if Assassin’s Creed: Shadows was being announced for Nintendo Switch 2.
But here, Duguet finally danced around it. “We haven’t said which other games will come on the console for that coming year.”
Rumors to this effect have already been in motion for a few months now, after an Assassin’s Creed: Shadows for Nintendo Switch 2 got a PEGI rating. While this could have just been an error, it’s just another brick in the mounting tower of evidence that Shadows is headed to Nintendo’s system in the next eight months or so.
We really enjoyed Assassin’s Creed: Shadows when we reviewed it at launch. Our reviewer, who gave it an 8/10, said, “By sharpening the edges of its existing systems, Assassin’s Creed Shadows creates one of the best versions of the open-world style it’s been honing for the last decade.”
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