Assassin's Creed Shadows is getting a prequel manga but not until after the game comes out, Ubisoft has announced. The company revealed on X/Twitter that, while the prequel manga will arrive in Japan on the game's release date of March 20, it won't arrive elsewhere until "later."

But the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows was always going to be ripe for a manga, and Ubisoft has announced that it’s cooking up an adaptation for launch in Japan. The comic will release globally at a later date, with Kodansha on publishing duties.

Assassin's Creed Shadows debuts in March, but the history behind the title has been controversial to some fans.

Assassin’s Creed” fans have clamored for a chapter set in Japan for years. The concepts mesh well enough. Ubisoft’s assassins lurk in the shadows and try to kill without commotion while ninjas in popular culture have the same MO.

Assassin's Creed Shadows will get an official prequel story, fittingly told by a tie-in manga series. But rather than simply adapting the story of Ubisoft's upcoming feudal Japan stabathon, the series will instead be set some time prior.

Over a month ahead of the game's release, the artbook for Assassin's Creed Shadows leaks online, putting potential spoilers on the internet.

An official Assassin’s Creed Shadows artbook has seemingly leaked on an anime website – the kind that doesn’t feature much plot.

The file size for Assassin's Creed Shadows appears online, and prospective players may want to free up some space ahead of its launch.