Assassin's Creed Shadows Statue Manufacturer Pulls Controversial, 'Insensitive' Design | Push Square
The manufacturer of the Assassin's Creed Shadows statue that caused controversy will pull the design after describing its initial appearance as «insensitive.» This follows Ubisoft's pledge to shore up some elements of historical inaccuracy, with the title being delayed into February 2025.
Purearts, the maker of the statue supposed to ship with the Assassin's Creed Shadows Collector's Edition, posted an update on the item to X (thanks, Eurogamer). The firm has promised to return to the drawing board and is reworking the design, scrubbing the associated page from its website.
If this is all news to you, the statue depicted Chib-style protagonists Yasuke and Naoe in front of a one-legged Torii gate, imagery synonymous with the atomic blast in Nagasaki in 1945. The structure, just 900m from the epicentre, was one of the few to survive the event. With temperatures above 4000 degrees Celsius, more than 35,000 people were killed in less than a second.
Ubisoft is having a tough week
After delay to 14th February
With a little luck, Ubisoft will do a bit more due diligence when deciding on the backdrop for its merch in future. In the comments section below, let us know your thoughts on the entire affair.
Khayl Adam is Push Square's roving Australian correspondent, a reporter tasked with scouring the internet for the richest, most succulent PlayStation stories. With five years of experience as a freelance journalist and mercenary wordsmith, RPGs are his first great love, but strategy and tactics games are a close second, genres in which he is only too happy to specialize.
They should make a drinking game for how many controversies, negative reactions, and dramas that this game gets in.
This game cant catch a break dx I wouldn't be surprised if it fails at this point
At least they’re doing the right thing instead of refusing to change it. I mean, they already did stupid things, probably best to walk this one back a tinge.
Again, know who a publisher like Ubisoft would hire to
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