The canceled project, which was in development at Ubisoft Quebec, would have reportedly featured a formerly enslaved Black man recruited by the Brotherhood of Assassins after moving West “to start a new life.” His return to the South would have involved a “fight for justice in a conflict that would, among other things, see him confront the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan.” The timing of this cancellation was well before Donald Trump’s election to a second term, but it may have occurred around the time of the first assassination attempt against the sitting US president. For context, when Ubisoft released a trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows in May 2024, some fans, conservative critics, and Elon Musk himself unfairly labeled the game as “woke.” The criticism centered around the character Yasuke, who was based on a real-life African slave brought to Japan by Jesuit missionaries.
Author: Eddie Fu
Published at: 2025-10-08 21:48:43
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