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Ubisoft Desperately Tells Players They Can Skip Playing as Black Samurai Yasuke “For Any Reason” in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Ubisoft Desperately Tells Players They Can Skip Playing as Black Samurai Yasuke “For Any Reason” in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Ubisoft appears to be making a last-ditch effort to salvage Assassin’s Creed Shadows, now telling players they can skip playing as Yasuke, the game’s controversial Black samurai protagonist, “for any reason.” This phrasing, used by creative director Jonathan Dumont in a recent interview with Screen Rant, has many interpreting it as Ubisoft quietly acknowledging the widespread dissatisfaction with Yasuke’s inclusion and trying to placate frustrated fans.

Disney’s Snow White Faces Another Wave of Backlash as New Teaser Trailer Racks Up Dislikes and Signals Looming Box Office Disaster

Disney’s Snow White Faces Another Wave of Backlash as New Teaser Trailer Racks Up Dislikes and Signals Looming Box Office Disaster

Disney’s live-action Snow White remake continues to face relentless criticism, and its latest teaser trailer, released over the weekend, has only fueled the fire. The newest teaser earned 1.7 million views but was met with overwhelming negativity, garnering only 5,300 likes compared to a staggering 81,000 Snow White dislikes. This trend of massive dislike ratios has plagued every piece of promotional material for the film, signaling a potential box office catastrophe when it hits theaters on March 21, 2025.

Captain America: Brave New World Earns Lowest CinemaScore in MCU History, On Par With Ang Lee’s Hulk and Dark Phoenix in Fan Satisfaction

Captain America: Brave New World Earns Lowest CinemaScore in MCU History, On Par With Ang Lee’s Hulk and Dark Phoenix in Fan Satisfaction

Captain America: Brave New World has been awarded a B- CinemaScore, marking the lowest grade ever received by a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. This places the film behind even The Marvels and the previously criticized Eternals and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. That means Brave New World is offically the weakest audience-rated MCU film to date.

Disney Poll Crosses the Line as Company Asks Guests About When Their Loved Ones Might Die and Leave an Inheritance

Disney Poll Crosses the Line as Company Asks Guests About When Their Loved Ones Might Die and Leave an Inheritance

In a startling new low for Disney, the company put out a poll asking guests to predict when their loved ones might die.

According to a bombshell report from The Wall Street Journal, Disney sent a 47-page survey to Disney Vacation Club members this fall, loaded with invasive questions about their finances. But one question in particular stood out for its morbid audacity: Disney asked respondents how likely they were to experience the “loss of a family member or loved one” within the next five years—or to be “receiving/managing an inheritance.”

Disney Name Erased by Reliance as New JioHotstar Service Demonstrates India’s Rejection of the Disney Brand

Disney Name Erased by Reliance as New JioHotstar Service Demonstrates India’s Rejection of the Disney Brand

The Walt Disney Company faced a stunning and embarassing repudiation of its brand strength in India as Reliance Media rebranded Disney+ Hotstar to JioHotstar, stripping away Disney’s iconic name. This move marks the culmination of a catastrophic decline for Hotstar, which plummeted from a $16 billion valuation when Bob Iger first acquired it to just $4 billion by the time of Disney’s merger with Reliance.

Avowed Backtracks on Pronoun Display as Obsidian Art Director Matt Hansen Maintains Social Media Silence After Outburst at Elon Musk

Avowed Backtracks on Pronoun Display as Obsidian Art Director Matt Hansen Maintains Social Media Silence After Outburst at Elon Musk

Avowed, the highly anticipated first-person fantasy RPG from Obsidian Entertainment, is currently out in early access, and players have already discovered a major concession concerning pronoun features. Despite months of controversy and bold rhetoric from art director Matt Hansen, it’s now possible to disable pronoun display in the game’s settings. This discovery was first reported on X by former World of Warcraft team lead Mark Kern, also known as Grummz.