Ubisoft and Laced Records have announced that pre-orders for vinyl sets featuring music from Assassin’s Creed Shadows have gone live. Three albums will be available separately and a limited edition boxset combining all of the albums will release for $98.
The first of the vinyl sets is the game’s original score, composed by the musical duo known as The Flight. It will cost $42. Additionally, an LP titled “Kage No Iro” featuring music inspired by one of the game’s protagonists, Naoe, will release for $32. TEKE::TEKE will compose the album.
Lastly, there will be an album inspired by Yasuke, the game’s other protagonist, called “UKOMBOZI.” Thunderdrum will compose the LP, which will cost $32 and feature backing from Tiggs Da Author. Pre-orders for the three LPs and the limited edition X4LP boxset are now live on Laced Records‘ website.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is among one of the most successful releases by Ubisoft in recent memory. On March 20, the game reached one million players after just a few hours. The following day, the game would reach two million players around the world.
Alongside the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft released a prequel manga for the game in Japan, illustrated by Reguje. The manga, titled Assassin’s Creed Shadows: Iga no Monogatari (Tale of Iga), will release worldwide at a later date.
Recently, Final Weapon had the chance to review Shadows and interview one half of the duo behind the game’s soundtrack: The Flight. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and Ubisoft Store. PEGI recently rated a Nintendo Switch 2 version.
