AC Shadows Delay Was Result Of Yasuke Backlash, Ubisoft Says

Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot has openly addressed the intense backlash toward the open-world samurai-ninja adventure Assassin's Creed Shadows, claiming that the shift from "gameplay to ideology" was responsible for its delay from November 15, 2024 to February 14, 2025.According to a November 5 Game File report, Guillemot showed a video to an audience of games industry insiders during the first day of Paris Games Week, which ran from October 30 to November 2 at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.