Ubisoft Addresses Adverse Feedback About Murderer’s Creed Shadows

Ubisoft has been getting numerous consideration over the previous few months, and whereas they are saying that each one publicity is sweet publicity, it may most likely do with out sure poisonous conversations surrounding the writer’s largest video games.

Star Wars Outlaws and Murderer’s Creed Shadows have each been surrounded by vitriol just lately, the latter way more than the previous. A lot of the detrimental feedback stem from the sport’s protagonists, as each Kay Vess and the black samurai Yasuke have come underneath fireplace from a sure part of players for being a girl and a black man, respectively.

This negativity has now pressured Ubisoft to make an announcement in its newest monetary assertion and replace (thanks GamesRadar), which got here shortly after Murderer’s Creed Shadows’ delay. Addressing what it calls “polarizing feedback”, Ubisoft claims that it’s “an entertainment-first firm”, and that it has not been attempting to “push a particular agenda” with its video games.

“Let me deal with among the polarized feedback round Ubisoft recently. I need to reaffirm that we’re an entertainment-first firm, creating video games for the broadest doable viewers, and our purpose is to not push any particular agenda. We stay dedicated to creating video games for followers and gamers that everybody can get pleasure from.”

Ubisoft has repeatedly come out to defend its titles, the primary instance being producer Marc-Alexis Côté criticizing Twitter proprietor Elon Musk for “feeding hatred” along with his feedback in regards to the recreation. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot later adopted that up by talking out in opposition to the “hateful acts” in opposition to the developer in latest months.

These feedback particularly really feel rather a lot much less abrasive than Ubisoft’s different defenses of Murderer’s Creed Shadows, and appear much less like a condemnation of the hate on social media, however extra an enchantment to those that could have been delay by its latest actions. We all know that Ubisoft is struggling, and it is a assertion that seems like Ubisoft is attempting to claw again anybody and everybody who it could have shunned up to now.

It is particularly clear if you keep in mind that Murderer’s Creed Shadows would be the first recreation from Ubisoft to go straight to Steam, signaling an actual change in its enterprise technique. It appears as if change is coming to Ubisoft, as indicated by the corporate’s just lately introduced inner overview, however we’ll have to attend and see whether or not it does something to show round its latest fortunes.