Ubisoft Reportedly Cancelled a Civil War-Era ‘Assassin's Creed’ Game Set in 1860s America
The title was supposedly in early development prior to execs pulling the plug in 2024.
Summary
- Ubisoft reportedly canceled an Assassin’s Creed game set in 1860s America during the Reconstruction era
- The main reason was the current US political climate, deemed “Too political in a country too unstable”
- The plot featured a formerly-enslaved Black man joining the Assassins to fight the Ku Klux Klan
Ubisoft reportedly cancelled an Assassin’s Creed game that was set to take place in 1860s America.
Sources tell Game File’s Stephen Totilo that the game was pulled in 2024 mostly due to the political climate in the US. However, reports also point to the backlash Ubisoft received over Yasuke, the Black samurai in Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Current and former Ubisoft employees spoke under the condition of anonymity, with one developer stating the game would have been “Too political in a country too unstable.”
The title would have focused on the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. Gamers would play the main character of a formerly-enslaved Black man in the South who moves out west for a fresh start. The character would return down South after being recruited by the Brotherhood of Assassins to “fight for justice in a conflict that would, among other things, see him confront the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan.”
The unnamed game was supposedly already in early development. It had received the green light from Ubisoft execs prior to its cancellation in July 2024.
Ubisoft has not released any statements regarding the story.
