Overview

• The unannounced concept reportedly centered on a formerly enslaved Black man recruited by the Assassins who returns to the South during Reconstruction to confront the emerging Ku Klux Klan.
• Three sources say Ubisoft leadership in Paris halted work in July 2024 citing backlash to Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Yasuke reveal and concern about an increasingly tense political climate in the United States.
• The project was described as being in the concept phase and still years from release when it was stopped.
• Developers quoted in the report voiced disappointment, characterizing the move as risk avoidance that preserves a political “status quo.”
• Ubisoft declined to comment on the report, which follows prior anti-harassment guidance the company issued for staff who worked on Shadows.