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Ubisoft Reportedly Canceled Reconstruction-Era Assassin’s Creed in 2024 Over Political Risk

Sources cite U.S. political risk following the Yasuke backlash.

Overview

  • Game File reports the cancellation based on interviews with five current and former Ubisoft employees who spoke anonymously.
  • Management in Paris halted the project in July 2024, and Ubisoft did not respond to requests for comment.
  • The scrapped concept centered on a formerly enslaved Black protagonist who returns to the American South during Reconstruction and confronts the Ku Klux Klan.
  • Sources said leaders viewed the project as "too political in a country too unstable," with the Yasuke controversy factoring into the decision.
  • The game was in an early concept phase and years from release, and insiders told reporters they do not expect it to be revived.