Shares jumped after “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” garnered 2 million players less than a week since its release, surpassing the launches of “Assassin’s Creed Origins” and “Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.”

Assassin's Creed Shadows is officially here, and the game has debuted to the franchise's highest Steam player count, which will be encouraging for Ubisoft.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows may be shaping up to be the hit Ubisoft needed. On social media, the Assassin’s Creed team announced that the game, which was released on Thursday, has so far drawn in two million players.