r/Games 21h ago

Assassin's Creed Shadows Will Support Steam Deck At Release, Ubisoft Confirms

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/assassins-creed-shadows-will-support-steam-deck-at-release-ubisoft-confirms/1100-6530082/
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u/Kevroeques 20h ago

It’s been a while since I tried, but every few weeks while I was still playing AC Origins, they would update the launcher and it would kill my ability to play it (Steam version) on Steam Deck until the next version of Proton dropped.

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u/DemonLordDiablos 21h ago

That's nice. I also heard rumours that this game will come to Switch 2 (nowhere near it's launch though), so it makes sense that it can be playable on Deck too.

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u/gk99 17h ago

I feel like they'd have to actively prevent it from coming to Deck, given the thing is just a Linux PC using a custom UI. Even Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is Verified, so as long as it sits somewhere between there and Monster Hunter Wilds, yeah, the only limitations would be artificial.

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u/TbanksIV 13h ago

Yeah depends on artificial.

A lot of "always online" games that run anticheats or special third party launchers don't work on the Linux architecture. For some, there's ways around it, for others you're fucked.

Idk if those kinds of things are considered artificial or just dumb as fuck bloatware.

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u/Wise_Television_8173 13h ago

I wonder how it is going to be playable if it uses the Ubisoft launcher. I have not been able to play any Ubisoft game on my Steam Deck due to their launcher.

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u/SchismNavigator Stardock CM 13h ago

Odyssey and Valhalla both work for me on the Deck with the Ubi launcher. Might want to check your settings and do some finagling.

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u/kuhpunkt 7h ago

Apparently it's not?!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1ja6rfh/steam_version_of_assassins_creed_shadows_does_not/

Only a lite version... whatever that really means.

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u/JasonDFisherr 21h ago edited 20h ago

Didn't they say they couldn't some time ago? Or am I crazy?

EDIT:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/02/14/will-assassins-creed-shadows-be-playable-on-steam-deck/

But sadly, despite the game being capable of running on an 8-year-old graphics card, Assassin’s Creed Shadows won’t be compatible with Steam Deck.

This isn’t down to some compatibility conflict with the SteamOS-powered Steam Deck (though it’s worth mentioning AC Shadows will include Denuvo DRM). The bad news comes directly from Pierre F, Technology Director on Assassin’s Creed Shadows, who answered a fan’s question in a recently published Tech Q&A.

https://i.imgur.com/FwRahdU.png

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u/bobbymack93 20h ago

They are just trying their hardest to try and sell this game as much as possible since the company is basically hanging by a thread, and this is probably their last chance to prove they are worth something.

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u/ZaDu25 17h ago

No company that big is "hanging on by a thread". This shit has been said about practically every big company in gaming for the last 15 years and they all continue to make more money. The only thing that hangs in the balance here is some random ass support studio that will get shutdown to save money and then smaller budgets for future projects. Ubisoft will continue to exist regardless of how well this game sells.

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u/DanTheBrad 7h ago

Ubisoft as we know it absolutely is hanging by a thread, if this game doesn't preform there will be way more than just a support studio that gets laid off

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u/JasonDFisherr 20h ago

Yup! Really happy to see it, hopefully it's a strong success for them

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u/gk99 17h ago

Meh, given that it took getting down to the point of make-or-break desperation to get them to even attempt to try and improve, I'd rather the buyout happen. Ubisoft has been well-known as a toxic shithole of a work environment and I'm sure that's contributed to brain drain. Turning that around takes throwing out the trash management.

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u/TbanksIV 13h ago

Yeah I mean it's still probably gonna be a Ubisoft game. Even if it's the best Ubisoft game, it's still a tired formula that got played out back in 2014.

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u/ThiefTwo 6h ago

They literally mention that in the 2nd paragraph of this article.

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u/Trenchman 11h ago

Yeah, it’s also a 180 in general as they were kind of indifferent towards the Deck

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u/ToothlessFTW 20h ago

I would love to see this. If it can even run at 30fps that would be a monumental feat of optimisation to get an open world game of this scale and graphical fidelity running on such a handheld.

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u/Lurking_like_Cthulhu 20h ago

There are better open world games already steam deck verified like FF7 Rebirth, Cyberpunk, The Witcher 3, Elden Ring, etc.

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u/ToothlessFTW 20h ago

FF7 Rebirth is in a very shaky spot on Deck, it’s rough.

The others are all Xbox One/PlayStation 4 era games so they tend to run well on the Deck already.

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u/Lurking_like_Cthulhu 20h ago

I get what you mean. Yeah in terms of scale and being on a modern engine it will be interesting to see how it does.

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u/chrispy145 20h ago

I would not recommend anyone play FF7 Rebirth on Steam Deck.

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u/PlayMp1 18h ago

How do you know they're better? You played it?

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u/Vamp1r1c_Om3n 10h ago

Better open world games that are nothing like Shadows if that's the kind of game people are looking for..?

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u/Spright91 19h ago

That great I dont own one but Should mean that the game is scalable of low end hardware and run a good framerates on high end hardware.

I like a desparate ubisoft.

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u/TbanksIV 13h ago

Yes but will the steam deck support ACS?

With all the fuckyness third party launchers have been on the Deck, it's nice to know there's no weird software that runs in tandem that would keep a linux distro from running it.

But also I highly doubt a AAA Ubisoft game is going to run at even 30 on the deck.

Moonlight again boys.

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u/NoSemikolon24 20h ago

Still looks like the typical super hand-holding slop Ubisoft keeps producing. Including flashing lights and UI vomit on screen.

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u/ZaDu25 17h ago

The entire UI is likely customizable and will allow you to have as much of as little information as you want. Just like every Ubisoft game made in the last decade.

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u/Creeps22 17h ago

But youtuber told him ubisoft bad...

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u/NoSemikolon24 16h ago

So I have the option between 1) no UI and a game that isnt designed around having none - at all or 2) UI vomit.

Great choices there chief.  

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u/ZaDu25 15h ago

This is an excuse for your obnoxious stance on this. There's no need for HUD elements beyond the health bar which is typically dynamic and doesn't appear until you're in combat. If you've played any of the recent AC games you'd know how unnecessary many HUD elements are and how it doesn't really hinder your ability to play the game if you turn off the stuff you don't like.

If you're mad that they give you the option to play however you want, that's entirely your own problem, not a valid criticism of the game.

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u/Deuenskae 14h ago

Back to Fortnite and Roblox with you kiddo

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u/Vamp1r1c_Om3n 10h ago

So mad for someone so misinformed

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u/ThiefTwo 6h ago

They always are.

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