Assassin's Creed: Shadows can be added to the list of the most problematic releases of 2025 in advance. It was only recently revealed that newcomers are working on the game, when a new problem arose.
The game's community on Steam drew attention to one of the clauses in the EULA. According to it, players need to provide access to RAM monitoring so that the game can track third-party applications in the PC's RAM and, if they are detected, send data to Ubisoft, including the owner's IP.
Many gamers did not like this clause in the agreement, and they accused Ubisoft of spying on users. The fact is that in this way the game will gain access to user data, and in the event of a security breach, it can simply «leak». You cannot refuse the requirement — it is mandatory for running Assassin's Creed Shadows.
Monitoring RAM and sending information back to Ubisoft is a bit abnormal.
The only logical explanation for this is that Ubisoft wants to be hated even more.
What the hell, how is this even legal?! Why do you need this in a SINGLE game?!
To be fair, players rarely look at the user agreement when buying a particular game — and sometimes you can find much more interesting terms in them. But in the case of Assassin's Creed: Shadows, the mistrust of the project is so great that gamers are starting to read every line.
Let us remind you that Assassin's Creed: Shadows will be released on February 14 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Earlier, the developers demonstrated the updated stealth in the game and talked in more detail about the mechanics.