Ubisoft's "Assassin's Creed: Shadow" has become the best-selling new game in Europe this year.This game goes beyond a number of popular games including The Elder Scrolls 4: Annihilation Remake and Monster Hunter: The Wilderness.Despite initial doubts about the success of the game, it has now become a major victory for Ubisoft.

According to Game Business, GSD released data on European game sales so far in 2025.Although "Assassin's Creed: Shadow" ranks first in the new game sales list, it ranks second in overall sales, second only to "EA Sports FC25" released in 2024.In addition, the game ranks second in the US market, becoming one of the best-selling games in the US in 2025.

Assassin's Creed: Shadow has the largest development budget in the history of the series and has gone through a production cycle of several years.Ubisoft has invested a lot of resources to ensure the success of the game, especially in the context of the company's financial difficulties, and the results of this game are undoubtedly of great significance.

So far this year, a total of 71 million PC and console games have been sold in the European market, a year-on-year decrease of 6%.This trend may be related to rising game costs and inflation.

In addition, Ubisoft has planned a full year of content updates for Assassin's Creed: Shadow.The first DLC expansion package, Awaji Claw, will be released next month, and rumors about the Switch 2 version have also attracted widespread attention, which is expected to be released later this year.