Ubisoft traveled to Japan with expert guides for Assassin’s Creed Shadows and spent “a lot of time” doing additional research: “We make video games, but for Assassin’s Creed we try to be credible.”

• Shadows of Assassin’s Creed Art director Thierry Dansereau says the team took guided trips around Japan as part of their research for the game.
• He says the team visited most of the locations in the game.
• They also continued to conduct research “throughout the project.”

Ubisoft revealed that it carried out extensive research for the development of Shadows of Assassin’s Creed and I even took guided trips around Japan for inspiration.

That’s according to art director Thierry Dansereau, who discussed the process at an event to celebrate the game’s first anniversary.