Assassin's Creed Shadows' marketing is filled with hidden puzzles, but fans may have already solved some of them
techradar.comAssassins Creed Shadows fans are trying to figure out a cryptic marketing puzzle hidden by Ubisoft.
Earlier this week (May 13), the publisher announced that Assassin's Creed Shadows — previously known as Assassin's Creed Red — will get its first cinematic trailer reveal this week.
The news arrived online alongside a video filmed in Osaka, Japan featuring a giant hourglass filled with red sand and eagle eyed fans were quick to spot a small clue that seemingly provides a hint of what's to come.
The clue in question, which can spotted on the bottom of the hourglass, is a code that reads S89N-029S. Fans quickly found that the numbers in the code correlate with the English alphabet, so it didn't take long to decipher the word as «Shinobis» — or Ninja, in Japanese.
But that's not all. Fans were also able to spot even more codes spread across Ubisoft websites and social media.
According to user Busy-Jicama-3474 on Reddit (thanks, IGN), an image on the Assassin's Creed Shadows page on Ubisoft's website contains a hidden code with 24 two-digit numbers, while another found in an email advertisement features 11, 21, and 33 repeated multiple times.
We have cracked… part of the Hourglass Puzzle that has recently unfolded after the announcement of
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