Tag: Assassins Creed Shadows

Ubisoft Backs Off Woke Stance Amid Assassin’s Creed Shadows Delay and Poor Star Wars Outlaws Sales

Ubisoft appears to be in a lot of trouble, with the video game studio taking hits from all sides and seemingly admitting defeat. And I don’t just mean their game sales – they’re walking away from their woke agenda, at least publicly. The first domino to fall was the reveal that Star Wars Outla...

Japanese Expert Cited to Defend Assassin’s Creed Shadows is Former Sweet Baby Inc. Employee

This one goes from annoying to funny by the end. Sweet Baby Inc. has mostly been out of the headlines lately, which is a smart move; their best bet is to lie low for a while and hope the storm they helped create blows over soon. But they’ve crept back into the news through the …

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Ubisoft Stock Drops After Star Wars Outlaws Release, Investors are Angry

In the wake of Star Wars Outlaws’ release, developer Ubisoft is going down the tubes. Yesterday, Ubisoft’s stock price dropped 7% in one day to €13.67, which is about $15.09. Today, it’s down even further, €13.24, or $14.62. This is almost certainly due to the lackluster performance of St...

Star Wars Outlaws Preview Gets Roasted Online

Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft’s upcoming game that has been criticized since its first trailer (much like their other big 2024 release; those guys are in trouble), will go on sale this month, and clips are popping up on social media, along with playthroughs and, of course, gaming media impressions. I...

Ubisoft Issues Apology to Japanese Gamers for Assassin’s Creed Shadows

The pressure over Assassin’s Creed Shadows has gotten to Ubisoft. Since the game’s trailer debuted, Ubisoft has been inundated with complaints from gamers, mostly those in Japan, over its disrespect for Japanese history and culture. The highest-profile issue is the use of Yasuke, a historical b...

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Steals More Artifacts While Yasuke’s False History is Exposed

It keeps getting worse for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the next entry in Ubisoft’s video game series, which is set in feudal Japan. After they used Chinese architecture instead of Japanese and used the flag of a reenactment group without permission – not to mention the problems with Yasuke – r...