Assassin’s Creed boss Marc-Alexis Côté has spoken on the discourse surrounding Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ co-lead character Yasuke, an African samurai.
When Ubisoft unveiled Assassin’s Creed Shadows in May, there was backlash directed at the inclusion of this historical character, with many overly-vocal individuals on the internet affronted by the game’s supposed ‘wokeness’.
This discussion was amplified when controversial owner of social media platform X Elon Musk joined in. Replying to one user suggesting Ubisoft should delay its release of Shadows “in response to widespread backlash over the game’s injection of DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion]”, Musk quipped: “DEI kills art.”
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