United Kingdom, Dec. 20 -- 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' protagonist Naoe will be Ubisoft's "fastest assassin [the studio has] ever made".

The latest instalment in Ubisoft's action-adventure franchise is set to hit consoles and PC in February 2025, and 'Shadows' creative director Jonathan Dumont has teased Naoe - one of the game's lead characters alongside Yasuke - will have a speedy "shinobi" movement style that will do justice to the title's ninja themes.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Dumont said: "Naoe's the fastest Assassin we ever made.

"She runs super fast, she has a lot of gadgets to keep her stealth so that she doesn't have to fight often. We wanted to satisfy that for players that come in for that ninja-Assassin game...