It’s been a rocky road for Assassin’s Creed Shadows since the first trailer was released. The reveal that one of the game’s two leads – and the only male lead in a game series that, let’s not kid ourselves, is geared towards guys – was a black man, as opposed to Japanese, rubbed many th...
Read MoreUbisoft 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreDespite 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...
Read MoreThe final presentation from this weekend’s video game event, which began with Summer Game Fest and continued through the Xbox Games Showcase, came today with the Ubisoft Forward. This one had less to show off than the other two, but it began with a pre-show that touted older games and a few “ind...
Read MoreToday, Xbox held its 2024 Showcase, and it seemed to wow a lot more people than the Summer Game Fest presentation did. Here are the trailers from the show: Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Doom: The Dark Ages State of Decay 3 Dragon Age: The Veilguard Starfield: Shattered Space Fallout ‘76: Skyline Valley...
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