Ubisoft Reportedly Cancelled ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Game Set in 1860s America

Summary

Ubisoft reportedly canceled an Assassin’s Creed game set in 1860s America during the Reconstruction era

The main reason was the current US political climate, deemed “Too political in a country too unstable”

The plot featured a formerly-enslaved Black man joining the Assassins to fight the Ku Klux Klan

Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassin’s Creed game that was set to take place in 1860s America.

Sources tell Game File’s Stephen Totilo that the game was pulled in 2024 mostly due to the political climate in the US. However, reports also point to the backlash Ubisoft received over Yasuke, the Black samurai in Assassin’s Creed Shadows . Current and former Ubisoft employees spoke under the condition of anonymity, with one developer stating the game would have been “