Summary
- Assassin's Creed Shadows has been met with backlash since it was revealed due to it featuring Yasuke, the first black samurai, as a playable character.
- This has led to claims of it being "woke", which Ubisoft's CEO, Yves Guillemot, has called out as a "hateful act".
- Guillemot's statement says that Ubisoft denounces these reactions in "the strongest possible terms".
CEO Yves Guillemot has called out and denounced the racist backlash and "🌱hateful acts" towards and its adaptation of Yasuke, the first blac🎶k samurai.
For the last decade or so, if you asked any fan what time period they most wanted to see the series take place in, . That's exactly why Shadows, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:previously known as Red, has been such a big deal since it was revealed. Despite this, thꩵere's been a massive amount of backlash towar🅷ds the game over the past few months.
They Wouldn't Want An African Assassin's Creed Either
People are suggesting an African Assassin's Creed wou🌳ld be a better place for Yasuke, but they'd be making the same arguments if that's what we had
Sadly, the complaints and backlash towar🃏ds Assassin's Creed Shadows have mostly had nothing to do with the quality of the game itself or 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:how it adapts the series' formula. Instead, it's all been centred around the fact that one of the twoಞ playable characters,𓂃 Yasuke, is black, which many have labelled as "woke" despite him literally being a 🔯real historical figure.
Ubisoft CEO Calls Out "Hateful Acts" Against Assassin's Creed Shadows
Yasuke's presence in Assassin's Creed Shadows has resulted in a ton of racist remarks, hate, and claims of it being forced diversity, , in respons🍸e to the reveal. It's been a few months since Shadows was unveiled, but Ubisoft's CEO, Yves Guillemot, .
The interview mostly focuses on Assassin's Creed Shadows' reveal and Ubisoft's upcoming ☂portfolio of games, but there's one section where Guillemot is asked what "dismays" him about the💜 gaming industry right now. In response, Guillemot says that he's concerned about the "malicious and personal attacks" that have been directed at Ubisoft, which is clearly referring to the backlash towards Shadows.
"One thing I am concerned about right now is the malicious and personal online attacks that haಞve been directed at some of our team members and partners. I want to make it clear that we, at ꧅Ubisoft, condemn these hateful acts in the strongest possible terms, and I encourage the rest of the industry and players to denounce them, too."
Guillemot says that Ubisoft condemns these "hateful acts in the strongest possible terms" while encouraging the rest of the gaming industry and players to do the same. He also says that he's proud to support the work of his team and will always trust their "creative choices", something that he ﷽says should be celebrated alongside the hard work that goes into making games.
This isn't the first time that someone involved with Assassin's Creed S♏hadows has called out the negative reception to its reveal and use of Yasuke. , Assassin's Creed series vice president executive producer Marc-Alexis Côté was , and said that Elon Musk was "feeding hatred" with his tweet and that he purposefully ignored it.
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