W hen I stumbled upon a shrine early on in Assassin's Creed Shadows, my fate was sealed. Among the Torii gates and statues, a pack of black Akita puppies rollicked about on the gr

References in Assassin's Creed Shadows range from Ezio Auditore to Beatles' Ringo Starr - a mix of culture and pop culture. Easter eggs include Demon Slayer rock, a Dark Souls bonfire, and a Naruto run animation nod in the game.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows players will spend dozens of hours traversing the sprawling provinces of central Japan. Now they’ll be able to turn off their brain during those long treks through the rolling hills of the countryside, thanks to a feature introduced — or should we say, reintroduced to the franchise — in the first proper patch for the game.