Ubisoft took trips to Japan with expert guides for Assassin’s Creed Shadows and spent ‘a lot of time’ researching on top of that – ‘We make video games, but for Assassin’s Creed we try to be believable’

• Assassin’s Creed Shadows art director Thierry Dansereau says the team went on guided tours around Japan as research for the game
• He says the team visited most locations in the game
• They also continued to conduct research “throughout the project”

Ubisoft has revealed that it did extensive research for the development of Assassin’s Creed Shadows and even went on guided tours around Japan for inspiration.

That’s according to art director Thierry Dansereau, who discussed the process during an event held to celebrate the game’s first anniversary.