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Ubisoft has reportedly canceled an Assassin’s Creed game set during the Post American Civil War Reconstruction era. According to a report from Game File, the project was scrapped in 2024 after the company faced backlash over the Black samurai Yasuke in Assassin’s Creed Shadows and grew nervous about the political climate in the United States.
Ubisoft stock fell sharply on Thursday, dropping more than 18% to €9.55 per share following a fourth-quarter earnings report that disappointed investors and triggered renewed concerns about the company’s financial direction.
After months of internal emails and corporate reshuffling, Ubisoft Leamington has now publicly confirmed its permanent closure. The announcement came not through a high-profile press release or coordinated corporate messaging—but instead via a modest two-part post on the studio’s unverified X account, symbolizing how far Ubisoft’s reach has fallen.
Ubisoft employees are rattled over the potential for mass layoffs—and they have every reason to be.
On Thursday, Ubisoft announced it is forming a new gaming subsidiary in partnership with Chinese tech giant Tencent. The new entity will house the company’s most valuable franchises, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six along with select development studios. While the press release spins this as the start of a “bold new chapter,” internal reactions suggest that the only thing bold about this move is the level of uncertainty it has created for Ubisoft’s remaining workforce.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has finally released, and one might naively assume Ubisoft’s woes are over. Surely, with their self-proclaimed “reputable” marketing and unwavering dedication to historical authenticity, this game will sell like cold lemonade in the desert.
After all, the delays—costing a rumored $20 million—were supposedly to address every issue raised by fans and the barrage of bad press, right?
Ubisoft’s troubled launch of Assassin’s Creed Shadows just took an even stranger turn. Players who’ve completed the game are discovering that the credits sequence runs an unprecedented two hours long—a detail that seems almost surreal in light of the company’s current financial struggles.
The release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows was supposed to be Ubisoft’s saving grace. After months of delays, backlash, and a marketing campaign marred by controversy, all eyes were on how the game would perform on its launch day. But the numbers are in for Assassin’s Creed Shadows—and they’re not looking good for Ubisoft, particularly on Steam.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has finally launched, but not without one more last-minute change that speaks volumes about Ubisoft’s troubled rollout of the game. Reports confirm that Ubisoft has quietly issued a day one Assassin’s Creed Shadows patch that specifically removes the ability for players to destroy or deface major items within Japanese shrine locations—a direct response to the mounting backlash from Japanese officials and the public.
With Assassin’s Creed Shadows set to launch in just three days, Ubisoft’s mounting desperation has reached a new level. Reports now indicate that the company has quietly enlisted a special team tasked with shielding the developers from what they call “online harassment.” However, it’s the vague, undefined nature of what Ubisoft actually considers “harassment” that’s raising serious concerns—and has many questioning whether the company is simply using this initiative to silence critics and control the narrative around its latest, highly controversial title.
In yet another sign of its deepening crisis, Ubisoft is reportedly seeking outside investors to back a newly formed gaming entity that will house its most valuable franchises, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six.
According to a Bloomberg report, the French publisher is reaching out to global and French-based investment funds, with bids expected by the end of the month. One name being floated once again is Tencent, the Chinese tech giant that already owns a nearly 10% stake in Ubisoft.
Ubisoft’s upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows is facing a fresh wave of controversy, this time from Japanese politicians and religious leaders who are condemning the game for its portrayal of a real-world Shinto shrine. In a newly surfaced video, Nagase Takeshi, a member of the Hyogo Prefectural Assembly, along with several Shinto officials expressed outrage, calling the depiction deeply disrespectful and culturally offensive.