Archive EntryPreservation Record
Assassin's Creed Shadows
Shelf markLIB-0083
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2025Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Release
- March 19, 2025
- Developer
- Ubisoft Quebec
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- Action · Adventure · RPG · Open World · Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition · Ubisoft build
- Condition Report
- Account-bound license on the archive Steam account. No physical media is part of this accession.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · July 2026
- Filed
- August 8, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- August 8, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 3159330
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-3159330- Provenance reconciled
- August 8, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- 57 hours 58 minutes
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Windows PC through Steam under archive custody
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam digital edition
- Playback Compatibility
- Continued access requires the archive account, Steam’s support for the title, and Ubisoft Connect services where the client requires them.
- Preservation Concerns
- Account-bound digital holdings face platform dependency and launcher requirements. Always-online checks and Ubisoft service policy remain principal risks. No offline installer is held.
- Edition History
- Steam release dated March 19, 2025. This accession records the licensed digital edition in custody.
- Access Status
- Playable from the archive Steam library for as long as that license and the required services remain intact.
Connections
- Archival Lineage
- LIB-0083Assassin's Creed Shadows (2025)this filing
- LIB-0071Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced (2026)
- LIB-0098Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag
- Series
- Assassin's Creed
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0083.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Official artwork entered
Steam library artwork filed under the Library accession path.
Editorial revision
Catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for publication.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
Digital accession curated from Steam custody and set to Catalogued · Permanent Record.
Connections established
Linked to Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag (LIB-0098).