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Andy Chalk

Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set around the American Civil War because of Yasuke backlash and political turmoil in the US

Assassin's Creed Shadows Yasuke unlock - A close-up of Yasuke talking, wearing armour and with a rifle on his back.

A new Game File report claims that Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game that would have been set in the US Civil War and the Reconstruction period that followed. 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.

Game File says it interviewed five current and former Ubisoft employees, who spoke about the project and its cancellation under the condition of anonymity.

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