Assassins’ Creed began as a game about sneaking up behind people and stabbing them. Decades later it’s much, much more, and the latest game in the franchise, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, appears to be building on its ever more complex open-world RPG architecture with a new base-building minigame that looks straight out of a management sim.

A new leaked gameplay video of Assassin’s Creed Shadows reveals how the game will push the boundaries of open-world design with new mechanics.

Assassins’ Creed began as a game about sneaking up behind people and stabbing them. Decades later it’s much, much more, and the latest game in the franchise, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, appears to be building on its ever more complex open-world RPG architecture with a new base-building minigame that looks straight out of a management sim.

Assassin's Creed Shadows looks set to cater to people who have an appetite for inflicting blunt-force trauma and lethal stab wounds on digital enemies, but it looks like the Ubisoft-developed game will also appeal to budding architects.

We're under two months away from the launch of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the latest entry in the historical stealth series that has always impressed with its graphical detail and authentically designed worlds.

Ubisoft has collaborated with Lexip to create a line of Assassin's Creed Shadows-inspired gaming accessories you can pre-order now.

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