United Kingdom, March 13 -- 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' will support the Steam Deck at launch.

Last month, Ubisoft said its upcoming action-adventure title would "not be compatible with Steam Deck [at launch], due to the fact it is below our minimum specs for PC", but the studio has now confirmed it will indeed support Valve's handheld console when the game releases next week (20.03.25).

On X (formerly Twitter) Ubisoft said: "Many of you have been asking about Steam Deck. We are happy to say that we are supporting Steam Deck at launch and are currently awaiting the level of classification from Valve. More info to come soon."

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