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're making video games, but for Assassin's Creed we try to be credible'

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Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Ubisoft has revealed that it did extensive research for the development of Assassin's Creed Shadows and even took guided trips around Japan for inspiration.

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That's according to art director Thierry Dansereau, who discussed the process during an event held to celebrate the game's first anniversary. "For pretty much all of the Assassin's Creed games, there are trips organized, so I was one of the lucky ones [on the team] that had a chance to go there," Dansereau said. Article continues below You may like 'Yasuke became the obvious choice for us to put in the game' Assassin's Creed Shadows art director on the series' 'first historical protagonist' one year post launch 'People were telling me, this is massive' Assassin's Creed Shadows Yasuke actor reflects on his role in the blockbuster game Best Assassins Creed games: every series entry ranked

"We did the tour and visited most of the locations that the game has. It was
a quite intense tour, I have to be honest, we visited two to three sites per day, and we had experts with us, pretty much explaining everything we were asking for."

Alongside guided tours, the development team also visited museums, watched movies, read books about Japan and its culture, and looked at "thousands of pictures and videos" for even more research.

"Of course, we're making video games, but for Assassin's Creed we try to be credible as much as possible," he added, "and then it's a work of fiction as well, but we need to have a good understanding of the foundation of what
we're doing, so that's why we spend a lot of time researching.

"Actually, we researched throughout the whole project to be honest," he said. "But at first it's tough..." Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from
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During the same event, voice actor Tongayi Chirisa, who played Yasuke in Shadows , discussedhis performance and revealed he was completely new to gaming when he took the role.

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