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TL;DR: Ubisoft cancelled a planned Assassin's Creed game set during the Reconstruction Era due to socio-political sensitivities and backlash from previous titles. The game would have featured a freed ...

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 ...

The game was meant to take place during the Reconstruction era, and would have featured a Black assassin confronting the emergence of the Ku Klux Klan. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...