Ubisoft Canceled Civil War-Based Assassin’s Creed Over Controversy Concerns – Report

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According to the Game File newsletter, Ubisoft cancelled a planned Assassin’s Creed game last year because the setting—the American Civil War and Reconstruction period of the 1860s and 70s—was considered too sensitive for players.

So, I heard about this game they unfortunately canceled, and it sounded *amazing*. You’d play as a Black man who escapes slavery and tries to build a new life, but then he gets pulled into the world of the Assassins. The really cool part? He goes *back* to the South to fight against groups like the Ku Klux Klan. It would have been a really powerful story, honestly.

According to three sources at Game File, the game’s cancellation stemmed from negative online reactions to Yasuke, a Black samurai inspired by history, being chosen as a lead character in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, combined with a sensitive political environment in the U.S. Developers involved in the project reportedly felt the company was caving to what they saw as manufactured outrage.

Ubisoft has created several Assassin’s Creed games that take place in North America. For example, Assassin’s Creed 3 is set during the American Revolution in cities like Boston and New York, as well as the wild frontier. The game features two main characters, including an Assassin who is part Indigenous and is driven by a desire to avenge his mother’s death.

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2025-10-09 00:09