Assassin’s Creed Shadows director defends Yasuke’s inclusion in the game from “noise online”: “We know why Yasuke is in the game, we know how he fits”

Ahead of Assassin’s Creed Shadows‘ long-awaited launch, Ubisoft has spoken out a little more about “noise online” – specifically, the controversy surrounding protagonist Yasuke – with the associate game director asserting that the devs “know how critical he is” and “how he fits.” 

Alongside female warrior Naoe, Black samurai Yasuke is one of the two main stars of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, but since his reveal, some have shared disparaging comments online questioning his inclusion, the historical accuracy of his identity, and debating over whether he was a real samurai in the first place. Spoiler alert, he was – he served under Oda Nobunaga – and series executive producer Marc-Alexis Côté previously spoke out against “attacks driven by intolerance” while pointing out that “Yasuke’s presence in Japanese history is fact.”