Assassin's Creed Shadows is set to release in only a few, negligible weeks, but you shouldn't prepare for its impending reveal by practicing your stealth kills in Assassin's Creed Mirage, or by refreshing your understanding of the franchise's sci-fi underpinnings – who cares? Go pick out some paint swatches for the new Hideout, what Ubisoft's calling the series' first "fully customizable sandbox!"
Concealed behind towering hills in a lush and flowering valley, the Hideout will act as warrior protagonists Yasuke and Naoe's home base, the same role it's had in previous Assassin's Creed titles. But Shadows' leafy green sanctuary comes with an RPG twist – Ubisoft explains in a blog that you'll be able to personalize it almost as extensively as your very own WooHoo pad in The Sims. With more noble, samurai intentions, of course.
