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Ubisoft CEO Says Remakes Will Modernize Old Assassin’s Creed Games

AlexGherzo | Jun 28, 2024 | 0

Ubisoft isn’t done fiddling with Assassin’s Creed. In a recent interview with Ubisoft’s communications director, Lucy O’Brien, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot talked about the video game developer’s plans for one of their premier franchises. In addition to having “Assassin’s Creed games co...

Japanese Reenactment Group Says Assassin’s Creed Shadows Stole Their Flag

AlexGherzo | Jun 18, 2024 | 1

The hits just keep on coming for Ubisoft and Assassin’s Creed Shadows, although it’s hard to feel bad for them because they keep doing it to themselves. A Japanese group called the Sekigahara Teppo Corps, or Sekigahara Rifle Corps, a group that reenacts the Battle of Sekigahara and other histori...

Japanese Gamers Not Happy With Assassin’s Creed Shadows

AlexGherzo | Jun 12, 2024 | 3

Despite games journalists’ insistence that it’s only racist Americans who have a problem with Assassin’s Creed Shadows, evidence is piling up that Japanese gamers are not happy with the depiction of their culture either. During Monday’s Ubisoft Forward presentation, the company unveiled an e...

Is the LGBT Representation in Assassin’s Creed Shadows Just a Rumor?

AlexGherzo | May 28, 2024 | 2

Is that LGBTETC rumor about Assassin’s Creed Shadows solid? I’m not sure, which is why I haven’t written about it yet, but since it appeared, the circumstances around it suggest it very well could be. This rumor started with a blog post about Assassin’s Creed Shadows on the Ubisoft website...

Is Sweet Baby Inc. Connected to Assassin’s Creed Shadows?

AlexGherzo | May 20, 2024 | 2

You’ve probably heard the suggestion that Sweet Baby Inc. was involved in developing Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the new Ubisoft game that takes place in feudal Japan and has a black man and a woman as the lead characters. I mostly wrote this off because the evidence amounted to little more than t...

Ubisoft’s Stock Drops as Games Journalists Defend Assassins Creed Shadows

AlexGherzo | May 17, 2024 | 3

The video game industry is taking hit after hit lately. On May 15, 2024, Ubisoft released a trailer for Assassins Creed Shadows, the next in the long-running franchise centered on Japanese history and culture that will be released in November. The trailer was met with controversy and frustration ove...