Assassin's Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji is the first major expansion for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed this year, so let's see what it has in store for fans of the latest title in the series.
Assassin's Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji2025
Assassin's Creed Shadows: Claws of Awaji
2025 Ubisoft Entertainment71Good
Playtime
ModerateTypically 12 hours
Playable on
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Details
- Launch
- September 16, 2025
- Developer
- Ubisoft Bordeaux
- Publisher
- Ubisoft Entertainment
- Themes
Overview
The first expansion for Assassin's Creed Shadows. Add over 10 hours of additional content with a new location, quests, enemies and gears.
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Reception
Press71
Good- Metacritic71from 14 reviews
- OpenCritic70from 12 reviews
Claws of Awaji is, without question, one of the least defensible pieces of digital content I have ever experienced. I genuinely cannot think of a single positive thing to say about it. First and foremost, this is not a proper DLC — it feels more like a side quest being sold separately for money.
The supposedly open ending of Assassin's Creed Shadows' main campaign actually made some sense, as it was a way for Ubisoft to make it clear that the game has a long life ahead of it, both narratively and regarding the ongoing support updates. In Claws of Awaji, however, this vagueness felt a bit mocking. Even so, while the island of Awaji itself doesn't...
Does Claws of Awaji finally provide a more fitting ending to Assassin's Creed: Shadows? Kind of. In an irritating and distinctively Ubisoft way, enough is left open to require at least another dose of DLC. Still, if you really haven't had too much of a good thing, that's certainly no bad thing.
Claws of Awaji doesn’t push Assassin’s Creed Shadows into bold new territory, but it doesn’t need to. By sharpening combat, making fun inclusions across the board, and tying up the main story’s loose ends, it gives players a rewarding reason to return to Naoe and Yasuke’s dangerous adventure. Awaji may feel familiar at times (and Yasuke fans may be...