Ubisoft has reportedly canceled a concept-stage Assassin's Creed game set in the aftermath of the American Civil War.The unfortunately aborted project, which would have been the first in the series to pit players against the Ku Klux Klan, was reportedly canceled due to concerns about the political climate.

According to Game File reporter Stephen Totilo, citing insiders from multiple companies, Ubisoft canceled an "Assassin's Creed" work with a reconstructed period background around July 2024.The game was said to be in pre-production at the time, and although it had received preliminary approval from management, it was still several years away from completion.Ubisoft's Quebec studio, which has long been involved in Assassin's Creed development, is rumored to be involved in the project.

Sources from Game File revealed that the protagonist of the canceled game would have been a former slave who was recruited by the Assassin Order and returned to the South to fight for equality.According to the same source, the unnamed protagonist will come into conflict with the original KKK during his journey.

It is said that the management of Ubisoft's Paris headquarters canceled the project based on two considerations: one was the public controversy caused by the black samurai protagonist Yasuke before the release of "Assassin's Creed: Shadow", but this was regarded as a secondary factor; the more important concern was the increasingly "unstable" political climate in the United States.The company believes that the game is too political for the currently too turbulent United States.