Assassin's Creed Shadows game director Charles Benoit talks world-building, balancing combat and stealth-based gameplay, and more.

It's not as bad as it could be: Those "Selective Ray Tracing" specs are pretty reasonable if, like me, you're still gaming at 1080p. I'm betting that by "selective," that means yes to global illumination, but no to reflections. Whatever keeps the framerate around a smooth 60.

It took me all of five minutes with Assassin’s Creed Shadows to get it: We’re so back, y’all. Also: You get a grappling hook. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is set in Japan near the end of the 16th century,