it has had more players than the first 48 hours of Assassin’s Creed Origins and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey attracted, though it appears to be lagging behind Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.

"Assassin's Creed Shadows has now surpassed the launches of AC Origins and Odyssey. Thank you for joining the journey in Feudal Japan!" You may like Assassin's Creed Shadows reaches 1 million ...

"surpassing the launches of [Assassin's Creed] Origins and Odyssey". Assassin's Creed Shadows launched on Thursday, 20th March, and had already notched up more than a million players by the afternoon.