Assassin’s Creed canceled: Ubisoft reportedly shelved Civil War-era sport over political considerations

On Wednesday, Game File, a gaming information portal, completely reported that an set up within the Assassin’s Creed collection was canceled over fears of political backlash. According to the report, an Assassin’s Creed set up set within the US Civil War period was canceled in 2024 over fears of political backlash within the present political local weather within the US.

The report claims that the sport, set within the Civil War and the next Reconstruction period, deliberate to characteristic Yashuke, the murderer, as a black man who confronts members of the Ku Klux Klan, the infamous white supremacist group based in 1865.

The report, finished by Stephen Totilo of Game File, interviewed 5 Ubisoft staff anonymously to make the claims. They mentioned that the sport was initially accredited by the Ubisoft management, however was later canceled due to the sensitive material, given the Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI and Civil Rights period laws.

The sport was reportedly within the idea stage however was canceled earlier than builders might get to work with it.

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What Was The Game About? Details Revealed

The report states that the sport’s plot featured a previously enslaved Black man because the hero who strikes to the West from the South to flee the perils of racial violence and begin a brand new life. He will get recruited by the Assassins’ Brotherhood within the west and returns to the south to confront his previous ghosts.

In the south, he would face the Ku Klux Klan, the then newly-founded far-right group which sought to convey again the times of white glory of the pre-Civil War period within the south. It reportedly touched on key political problems with that period, similar to citizenship rights of former slaves, the unification of the Confederate and the southern states, amongst others.