Assassin’s Creed Shadows 2 Already in Development - Detailed Theory

[Zytharion]

Alright, hear me out—Assassin’s Creed Shadows 2 is already in the pipeline, and it’s shaping up to be massive!!

Sources (aka my gut and a suspiciously quiet Ubisoft dev I met at a con) suggest they’re not stopping with Naoe and Yasuke’s story. This sequel’s diving deeper into Feudal Japan, set a decade after Shadows, during the chaos of the early Edo period when the Tokugawa Shogunate’s still shaky.

The plot? Yasuke’s estranged brother, Kenji—a samurai who turned rogue after a falling out with Oda’s loyalists—stumbles onto a Templar conspiracy worming its way into the new regime.
Kenji’s no hero at first; he’s a grizzled mercenary, haunted by his past, wielding a mix of katana and makeshift firearms from early Western trade.

The twist? He’s hunting a shadowy sect of Templars who’ve allied with a rogue daimyo, using proto-industrial tech—think steam-powered traps and crude gunpowder bombs—to crush dissent.

Meanwhile, Naoe’s legacy lives on through a new shinobi apprentice, a young woman named Hana, tying the stealth roots back in. The two cross paths, reluctantly teaming up to expose the Templars before Japan’s future gets locked under their boot.

Gameplay’s rumored to expand—bigger cities like Edo and Osaka, naval combat on coastal junks, and a weather system that impacts missions (imagine sneaking through a typhoon). The Animus glitches hint at a pirate ancestor crossover, maybe from the Black Flag era.

My evidence? A friend who knows a guy at Ubisoft blinked twice when I asked, and their recent job listings scream “historical action sequel.” Shadows 2 could redefine the series—mark my words.