Ubisoft releases Claws of Awaji expansion for Assassin's Creed Shadows

Ubisoft will release the first major postlaunch expansion for Assassin's Creed Shadows, Claws of Awaji, on September 16, taking protagonists Naoe and Yasuke to Awaji Island for roughly 10 hours of new story content. The company said the DLC will be free to players who preordered the game and will cost 25 euros for others, and that it will be available on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S.

Ahead of the expansion, Ubisoft began rolling out Title Update 1.1.1 this week, with platform rollouts reported between September 10 and 11. The patch raises the level cap from 80 to 100 and expands endgame progression by adding new hideout upgrade tiers, additional building upgrades and higher gear upgrade levels. The update also introduces a range of quality-of-life and gameplay changes, including the ability to skip time by meditating, improved scouts, advanced time-of-day controls and new gear quality tiers. PlayStation 5 users received a build weighing about 12.94 gigabytes, according to the patch notes.

Ubisoft said a free story quest called Go with the Bo will be deployed on September 16 alongside the paid expansion. The developer described the mission as joining Junjiro to meet...