According to Game File's sources, the decision to cancel the game was made in 2024 in part because of the backlash against the reveal of the Black samurai Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows, but more pressingly over concerns about the current political climate in the US. But despite initially being approved by Ubisoft leadership, it was eventually decided that the subject matter was too controversial, especially now, as the Trump administration makes moves to walk back civil rights legislation and restore honors and memorials to the Confederacy, which fought to maintain slavery during the American Civil War: One source said it was "too political in a country too unstable, to make it short." While Reconstruction was intended to address matters like granting citizenship to former slaves and reintegrating former Confederate states into a restored United States, the process faced furious and often violent resistance from whites in the south, which ultimately undermined it; Reconstruction was formally ended in 1877, leading to a resurgence of white supremacy and violent repression and disenfranchisement of Blacks in the American south.
Author: andy.chalk@pcgamer.com (Andy Chalk) , Andy Chalk
Published at: 2025-10-08 21:53:13
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