After an Assassin's Creed Shadows battle pass appeared to leak online, Ubisoft sets the record straight on if you have to pay for it or not.

Images for an Assassin's Creed Shadows battle pass have allegedly leaked online, showing off a selection of rewards that players will supposedly be able to unlock when the open-world game launches next year. If it is legitimate, this will be the first time that an Assassin's Creed game has had a battle pass for players to work through.

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Video game publisher Ubisoft insisted in a Reddit post on November 16 that the recently released leaks of the Assassin’s Creed Shadows were inaccurate. The rumors concerned the Assassin’s Creed Animus Hub set to release with the game next year,

Ubisoft comments on the recent Assassin's Creed Animus Hub leak, confirming whether some features will be in the game hub or not.

Following sweeping leaks of Assassin's Creed's Animus Hub, Ubisoft has provided additional clarification about how everything will work. In a post shared on Reddit, Ubisoft revealed that all rewards for the Animus Hub will be entirely free and that there will be no paid "Battle Passes.

Ubisoft has reportedly taken swift action against a new Assassin's Creed Shadows leak that claimed to reveal details about a battle pass full of cosmetics for the upcoming stealth game. A Reddit post on the r/GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit initially shared links to a plethora of images of different outfits,