🔗 Share this article Assassin's Creed Introduces Bizarre AoT Event for Holiday Season In a bizarre partnership that challenges conventional predictions, Ubisoft has announced an in-game collaboration between Assassin's Creed Shadows and the renowned anime series Attack on Titan. The unexpected Thanksgiving event runs from November 25 through December 22, including complimentary additional story content for Shadows players. Peculiar Questline Uncovered According to the official statement, "A strange confrontation leads characters Naoe and Yasuke into a original adventure, where hints of forbidden practices and terrifying transformations reverberate through the shadows." The narrative presents a "unusually garbed woman named Ada" who assigns the pair with venturing into the Gemstone Grotto—a key location from Attack on Titan—to liberate her companion from a clandestine sect. The adventure centers on "bizarre trials and a fearsome enemy" and is available to all players who have acquired the Yasuke character. Familiar Settings and Transformations The preview features the Hidden Temple from Attack on Titan recreated as the Crystal Cave. This important location was formerly where the Reiss royal family passed down the Founding Titan ability through generations. The trailer finishes with a striking sequence showing a character, likely the captive, morphing into a Titan that looms over Naoe and Yasuke. Unique Prizes and Additional Material Players who successfully complete the mission will acquire an special katana together with multiple artifacts concealed throughout the area in hidden chests. The update also includes purchasable Attack on Titan item packs, featuring: Titan-based costume for Yasuke Mikasa attire for Naoe Exclusive weapons Survey Corps mount Third Free Story Content This patch also brings the game's latest free story content, titled "The Enigma." This lighthearted quest teams Naoe and Yasuke as they exchange signature skills: Naoe debuts a dramatic version of Yasuke's war kick, while Yasuke masters non-lethal stealth takedowns. Faithful to its name, "A Puzzlement" also contains a original environmental puzzle that may ultimately clarify some unresolved questions from the main storyline. Past Anime Collaborations This signifies scarcely the first time the Assassin's Creed franchise has collaborated with popular anime series. The series earlier featured a 2020 cross-promotional story connecting Assassin's Creed: Valhalla with Makoto Yukimura's Vinland Saga. Moreover, Valhalla subtly featured a quest that obviously nodded to the popular series One-Punch Man.