{"id":1774245,"date":"2026-02-16T16:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1774245"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T13:57:42","slug":"assassins-creed-shadows-winter-roadmap-includes-community-parkour-and-switch-2-claws-of-awaji-release-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1774245","title":{"rendered":"Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows winter roadmap includes community parkour and Switch 2 Claws of Awaji release date"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n             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\/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"1d4016a5-54f0-4110-9b06-c8782581b2e9\" data-name=\"Assassinu0027s Creed Shadows\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Shadows\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0026#39;s Creed Shadows\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Assassinu0027s Creed Shadows\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Assassinu0027s Creed Shadows\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Assassin's Creed Shadows\" title=\"Follow Assassin's Creed Shadows\"><br \/>\n  Follow Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Ubisoft has shared its Winter Roadmap for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-codename-red\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The roadmap includes a community parkour challenge, as well as full manual jump, a detailed stats page and critical hit visual improvements. These particular upcoming additions all arrive tomorrow, 17th February.<\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft has said Shadows&#8217; upcoming detailed stats page will be ideal for &#8220;all the min-maxers out there&#8221;. As for that manual jump being added to Parkour, players will need to enable Advanced Parkour Options in the gameplay settings to get this chap working.<\/p>\n<p>If you are curious about that aforementioned community parkour challenge, here is what <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/3159330\/view\/535499747044098727\">Ubisoft<\/a> has to say about it all:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>How to participate<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create your perfect one-shot run<\/li>\n<li>Think flow, style, momentum. Choose a unique location or craft the coolest combo you can imagine. Your clip must be: One unedited shot, 45 to 60 seconds long and set anywhere in the world of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/li>\n<li>Upload and share: Upload your run to YouTube before March 8th, then share it on X using #ACShadowsParkourChallenge.<\/li>\n<li>Get noticed: You might become one of the lucky few that&#8217;ll be showcased across Ubisoft social media or win cool prizes!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then looking ahead to next month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> players can expect the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-shadows-post-launch-roadmap-features-regular-new-story-missions-parkour-updates-new-game-plus\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows&#8217; Claws of Awaji expansion<\/a> on 10th March. This expansion introduces a new region, as well as a new weapon and abilities, new outfits and legendary gear, a new enemy faction and bosses, and a new chapter of Shadow&#8217;s story. Ahead of its release elsewhere, Ubisoft said this expansion would add over 10 hours of content to the game.<\/p>\n<p>Last up for this batch of winter events, all players can look forward to livestreams and giveaways to celebrate the game&#8217;s first anniversary on 20th March.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Assassin's Creed Shadows winter roadmap infographic\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Assassin's-Creed-Shadows-winter-roadmap-infographic.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Assassin's Creed Shadows winter roadmap infographic\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Assassin's-Creed-Shadows-winter-roadmap-infographic.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ubisoft<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows had a strong debut on its release last year, and in July Ubisoft celebrated five million players (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-shadows-coming-to-switch-2-ubisoft-hints\">which also made up 2bn stealth kills and 38 million animals petted<\/a>). That number will of course be higher now, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/want-to-know-how-assassins-creed-shadows-works-on-switch-2-ubisoft-details-console-specific-features-and-more\">Shadows&#8217; Switch 2 release in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It hasn&#8217;t all been good news for the Assassin&#8217;s Creed franchise and Ubisoft, though. In October, then-Assassin&#8217;s Creed leader Marc-Alexis C\u00f4t\u00e9 left the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-franchise-lead-leaves-ubisoft-following-formation-of-tencent-subsidiary\">following the formation of the new Tencent-backed subsidiary<\/a> Vantage Studios. It soon transpired that C\u00f4t\u00e9 &#8220;did not walk away&#8221; but was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-assassins-creed-boss-clarifies-he-did-not-walk-away-from-series-but-was-asked-to-step-aside-by-ubisoft\">asked to &#8220;step aside&#8221; by Ubisoft<\/a>. In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ex-assassins-creed-boss-marc-alexis-cote-sues-ubisoft\">it was reported C\u00f4t\u00e9 was suing Ubisoft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in franchise news, Netflix&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed adaptation is finally picking up some momentum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflix-announces-assassins-creed-live-action-series\">having been initially announced several years ago<\/a>. The show is set to star Toby Wallace, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflixs-assassins-creed-adaptation-lands-first-lead-cast-member-in-euphoria-and-eden-actor\">with the Eden actor said to play a co-lead in Netflix&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Ubisoft has shared its Winter Roadmap for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/assassins-creed-codename-red\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The roadmap includes a community parkour challenge, as well as full manual jump, a detailed stats page and critical hit visual improvements. These particular upcoming additions all arrive tomorrow, 17th February.<\/p>\n<p>Ubisoft has said Shadows&#8217; upcoming detailed stats page will be ideal for &#8220;all the min-maxers out there&#8221;. As for that manual jump being added to Parkour, players will need to enable Advanced Parkour Options in the gameplay settings to get this chap working.<\/p>\n<p>If you are curious about that aforementioned community parkour challenge, here is what <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/3159330\/view\/535499747044098727\">Ubisoft<\/a> has to say about it all:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>How to participate<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create your perfect one-shot run<\/li>\n<li>Think flow, style, momentum. Choose a unique location or craft the coolest combo you can imagine. Your clip must be: One unedited shot, 45 to 60 seconds long and set anywhere in the world of Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows<\/li>\n<li>Upload and share: Upload your run to YouTube before March 8th, then share it on X using #ACShadowsParkourChallenge.<\/li>\n<li>Get noticed: You might become one of the lucky few that&#8217;ll be showcased across Ubisoft social media or win cool prizes!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then looking ahead to next month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> players can expect the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-shadows-post-launch-roadmap-features-regular-new-story-missions-parkour-updates-new-game-plus\">Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows&#8217; Claws of Awaji expansion<\/a> on 10th March. This expansion introduces a new region, as well as a new weapon and abilities, new outfits and legendary gear, a new enemy faction and bosses, and a new chapter of Shadow&#8217;s story. Ahead of its release elsewhere, Ubisoft said this expansion would add over 10 hours of content to the game.<\/p>\n<p>Last up for this batch of winter events, all players can look forward to livestreams and giveaways to celebrate the game&#8217;s first anniversary on 20th March.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Assassin's Creed Shadows winter roadmap infographic\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Assassin's-Creed-Shadows-winter-roadmap-infographic.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Assassin's Creed Shadows winter roadmap infographic\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Assassin's-Creed-Shadows-winter-roadmap-infographic.jpg\" height=\"1080\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1920\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Ubisoft<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows had a strong debut on its release last year, and in July Ubisoft celebrated five million players (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-shadows-coming-to-switch-2-ubisoft-hints\">which also made up 2bn stealth kills and 38 million animals petted<\/a>). That number will of course be higher now, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/want-to-know-how-assassins-creed-shadows-works-on-switch-2-ubisoft-details-console-specific-features-and-more\">Shadows&#8217; Switch 2 release in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It hasn&#8217;t all been good news for the Assassin&#8217;s Creed franchise and Ubisoft, though. In October, then-Assassin&#8217;s Creed leader Marc-Alexis C\u00f4t\u00e9 left the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/assassins-creed-franchise-lead-leaves-ubisoft-following-formation-of-tencent-subsidiary\">following the formation of the new Tencent-backed subsidiary<\/a> Vantage Studios. It soon transpired that C\u00f4t\u00e9 &#8220;did not walk away&#8221; but was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-assassins-creed-boss-clarifies-he-did-not-walk-away-from-series-but-was-asked-to-step-aside-by-ubisoft\">asked to &#8220;step aside&#8221; by Ubisoft<\/a>. In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/ex-assassins-creed-boss-marc-alexis-cote-sues-ubisoft\">it was reported C\u00f4t\u00e9 was suing Ubisoft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in franchise news, Netflix&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed adaptation is finally picking up some momentum, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflix-announces-assassins-creed-live-action-series\">having been initially announced several years ago<\/a>. The show is set to star Toby Wallace, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/netflixs-assassins-creed-adaptation-lands-first-lead-cast-member-in-euphoria-and-eden-actor\">with the Eden actor said to play a co-lead in Netflix&#8217;s Assassin&#8217;s Creed series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows winter roadmap includes community parkour and Switch 2 Claws of Awaji release date Flip stick. Image credit: Ubisoft News by Victoria Phillips Kennedy News Reporter Published on Feb. 16, 2026 1 comment Follow Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows Ubisoft has shared its Winter Roadmap for Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows. 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