Assassin's Creed was the first game Mackenyu played ever when he was in middle school. When he heard there was an Assassin's Creed game set in Japan, he thought he needed to be a part of this project.
The second game in the series to feature dual protagonists after AC Syndicate (2015)
The team behind AC Shadows is primarily composed of developers from Ubisoft Quebec, who previously worked on titles like AC Odyssey and AC Syndicate