Ubisoft says Assassin's Creed Shadows will have less map icon 'hand-holding', more player-driven exploration

In its latest blog post, Ubisoft says Assassin’s Creed Shadows makes “major changes and additions” to exploration in order to “foster a unique sense of discovery” as players roam the world.

One of Assassin’s Creed’s most iconic exploration features is also getting an overhaul, with viewpoints – AKA synchronisation points – now behaving a little differently.

And this time around, it’s the turn of exploration, which is promising to be a little more player-driven and a little less like an explosion in a map marker factory.