"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.""
"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. Thomas Lockley, a professor and author of African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, pushed back against the criticism."
A canceled Assassin's Creed project was set in the post-Civil War Reconstruction era and developed at Ubisoft Quebec. The protagonist would have been 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 that included confronting the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan. The project was scrapped over concerns about the United States political climate and potential online backlash tied to representation. The cancellation occurred before a second presidential election but amid heightened national instability. Assassin's Creed Shadows still reached five million players three months after release.
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