Assassins’ Creed began as a game about sneaking up behind people and stabbing them. Decades later it’s much, much more, and the latest game in the franchise, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, appears to be building on its ever more complex open-world RPG architecture with a new base-building minigame that looks straight out of a management sim.

A new leaked gameplay video of Assassin’s Creed Shadows reveals how the game will push the boundaries of open-world design with new mechanics.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows, set in feudal Japan, will be released on November 15, 2024. The game will be available on multiple platforms with three different editions. It features two protagonists, Yasuke and Naoe and offers different playstyles and story perspectives.

Ubisoft has revealed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will be smaller than Valhalla, but bigger than last year’s Mirage. The game will focus only on the island of Honshu (Japan’s largest island, but notably more contained than if the map spanned the whole nation),