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"The toughest thing is pacing": Assassin's Creed Shadows head weighs in on why the game ends like that, the "difficult" nature of its story, and what's next for the series
By Andrew Brown published
Interview On the Radar | Creative director Jonathan Dumont outlines the challenges of writing a story for a game as open-ended as Assassin's Creed Shadows

Assassin's Creed Shadows was originally envisioned without Yasuke, but Ubisoft wanted the full feudal fantasy: "We were sort of making a stealth tank, and it didn't quite work"
By Andrew Brown published
Interview On the Radar | Creative director Jonathan Dumont discusses the benefits of taking away players' strengths

Assassin's Creed Shadows boss is confident Ubisoft has a place in modern RPGs, even as the industry's goalposts shift: "When we were working on Odyssey, it was Breath of the Wild"
By Andrew Brown published
Interview On the Radar | Creative director Jonathan Dumont tells GamesRadar+ about Assassin's Creed Shadows' position in an ever-changing genre

Assassin's Creed Shadows "has a little bit of Tarantino flavor", but its real secret ingredient is intrigue: "It's almost like you're watching an episode of Shogun"
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Interview Interview | Quentin Tarantino, Ninja Scroll, Shogun and more all contribute towards Assassin's Creed Shadows' unique tone, says realization and cinematic director David Nibbelin

Assassin's Creed Shadows' dual heroes has been an "opportunity" to enhance immersion in the feudal Japan story: "You get a chance to compare their two perspectives on a situation"
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Interview Interview | David Nibbelin, Assassin's Creed Shadows' realization and cinematic director, about "emotional flow", balancing Yasuke and Naoe, and putting the series' unique spin on history

"We don't want to force one terabyte of data on the players": Assassin's Creed Shadows' tech director on the clever tricks Ubisoft uses to "go beyond" current-gen
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
Interview Interview | Assassin's Creed's Pierre Fortin talks about the huge technical leaps from Assassin's Creed Syndicate to the jaw-dropping Assassin's Creed Shadows

On The Radar: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 coverage hub
By Oscar Taylor-Kent published
On The Radar On The Radar | With our Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 verdict out, we continue to journey Bohemia as we examine all the details this historical RPG has to offer, and talk to the Warhorse Studios about how it all came together

On the Radar: Star Wars Outlaws
By Josh West last updated
Coverage Hub With our final verdict on Star Wars Outlaws out there in the wild, we are continuing the conversation on beyond review with exclusive insight from the team at Massive Entertainment

Spider-Man actor on taking Peter Parker to darker places: "It left me exhausted at the end of every working day"
By Joe Donnelly published
On the Radar On The Radar | Yuri Lowenthal: "Any actor will tell you, they'll play a villain in a heartbeat"

Marvel's Spider-Man 2's Mister Negative actor says working with Denzel Washington and Jennifer Garner helped bring his character to life
By Joe Donnelly published
On the Radar On The Radar | Actor, voice actor and stunt man, Stephen Oyoung on his Spider-Man return: "All I have, I owe Insomniac"
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