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Jordan Gerblick

Ubisoft is tackling "dynamics behind the polarized comments" facing games like Assassin's Creed Shadows with a "player-centric and gameplay-first" approach

Assassin's Creed Shadows screenshot showing female protagonist Naoe.

Again acknowledging some often-ugly arguments, Ubisoft says it's tackling the "dynamics behind the polarized comments" facing games like Assassin's Creed Shadows with a "player-centric and gameplay-first" approach.

The reveal of Assassin's Creed Shadows' feudal Japan setting and Black protagonist, Yasuke whipped certain corners of the internet into a frenzy over a perceived lack of historical accuracy and forced diversity. There was also a separate debate over whether Yasuke was actually a real-life Samurai (he was), and entirely unrelated to all of that, Ubisoft had to apologize for the unauthorized use of a flag in Shadows' concept art.

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