This is thanks to Ubisoft Plus, which allows you to pick up a month's subscription to the service for £14.99 / $17.99 and receive the Assassin's Creed Shadows Deluxe Edition for 30 days when it launches on March 20th, along with all the other 60+ games in the Ubisoft Plus catalogue on Xbox.

If you're one of the early adopters of Assassin's Creed Shadows, you may have noticed that the game's first update has gone live on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S today, clocking in at 8.88GB on both platforms. That said, there's very little going on in this update - in fact, there are only three patch notes to mention:

On console, Shadows was Ubisoft's best ever day-one launch on the PlayStation Store. Ubisoft also noted that player engagement is at "record levels" and feedback across "moderated, verified platforms" remains very positive.

We've found that completing Temples and Shrines is the easiest and quickest way to get Knowledge Points in Assassin's Creed Shadows, as you only have to collect a few Lost Pages at Temples, and find all of the prayer spots inside Shrines, to complete them.

With the launch of Assassin's Creed Shadows, we've gathered everything you need to know about the long-awaited Feudal Japan Assassin's Creed in one place, from the review to our extensive Wiki guide to a look at where it performs best and much more.

Xbox Game Pass subscribers who are planning to play the newly released Assassin’s Creed Shadows will find that they have a new perk to take advantage of with the game. At this point, AC Shadows isn’t available to access via Game Pass,

Preload size for Assassin's Creed Shadows on PS5, Xbox, and PC, and how to download the newest AC before release.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is finally here and thousands of players are currently delving into Ubisoft’s latest open-world adventure.