A new report claims a planned Assassin’s Creed sequel was scrapped due to the “tense” political climate in Donald Trump’s United States Of America.

According to Game File, Ubisoft had been planning an “ambitious” new Assassin’s Creed game that would have taken the history-jumping franchise to The American Civil War and the Reconstruction period that came immediately afterwards. Gamers would play as a former slave recruited by the Order Of Assassins as he returned to the South to fight for justice and battle the Ku Klux Klan. The game was still years away from release but work had started and developers were “enthusiastic” about the project.

A number of current and former Ubisoft employees have corroborated the report with three anonymous sources claiming that the project was scrapped last July for two reasons: “Online backlash that spring to the reveal of Yasuke, a historically-inspired Black samurai, as a protagonist in the company’s then-upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadow; and concern that the political climate in the United States was becoming increasingly tense.”

According to one source, they were told the game would be “too political in a country too unstable”. 

They cancelled the coolest fucking video game ever because our current “political climate” would cause backlash for a game about killing.. racist terrorists

That’s where we’re at btw https://t.co/n7W0mEw3qb

— Big Boss (@LordBalvin) October 8, 2025

“That’s a really interesting time period if the subject matter can be handled in a nuanced, thoughtful, and historically-accurate way. So probably best it was cancelled,” one fan wrote on Reddit in response to the report. “Damn, playing as an ex slave fighting the KKK sounds cool as hell,” added another. 

“Let me get this right, a game was cancelled because you’re afraid of the backlash from racists… “ said a third.

Shortly after the planned Assassin’s Creed game was cancelled, CEO Yves Guillemot said Ubisoft are “an entertainment-first company, creating games for the broadest possible audience, and our goal is not to push any specific agenda,” as part of a financial update. “We remain committed to creating games for fans and players that everyone can enjoy.”

He also called out “the malicious and personal online attacks that have been directed at some of our team members and partners,” around Assassin’s Creed Shadows. “I want to make it clear that we, at Ubisoft, condemn these hateful acts in the strongest possible terms.”

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