Assassin's Creed Shadows, Ubisoft's upcoming Japan-set action-RPG, seems to have leaked. Some players have reportedly been playing the game early and leaked gameplay footage has surfaced online.
Physical copies of the game are claimed to have been sold nearly a month ahead of the game's scheduled launch. Assassin's Creed Shadows has had a troubled development period and has been delayed twice to its current launch date of March 20.
A Reddit post on r/GamingLeaksAndRumours (as spotted by Eurogamer) on Sunday claimed that PS5 physical copies of Assassin's Creed Shadows were already being sold ahead of launch.
The game is reportedly fully playable for users who have managed to procure a disc. According to the post, Animus Anomalies, a mission type from older Assassin's Creed games, is confirmed to be returning in Shadows.
However, the post said the game was an older build, with none of the improvements added to the it from the delays. Separately, an X user also claimed (via TheGamer) they had bought a copy of the game on Facebook Marketplace and posted images of the game's installation screen and photos and videos of gameplay online.