Overview

• A Game File report published Oct. 8 cites five current and former Ubisoft employees who say management in Paris stopped the project in July 2024.
• The concept followed a formerly enslaved Black man who moved west, joined the Assassins, then returned to the South to confront the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
• Sources describe two main factors behind the halt: online furor over Yasuke’s reveal in Assassin’s Creed Shadows and concern that the topic was "too political in a country too unstable."
• The game was in the concept phase, had initial approval, and was years from release when the plug was pulled, according to the reporting.
• Developers interviewed said they were enthusiastic about the idea but frustrated by what they viewed as increased risk aversion; Ubisoft has not commented on the report.