In 1579, an African man now known by the name of Yasuke arrived in Japan. Much about him remains a mystery: it’s unconfirmed which country in Africa he hailed from, and there is no verifiable record ...

Creative director Thierry Dansereau has spoken about the developer of Assassins Creed Shadows on the game's anniversary.

EXCLUSIVE: Japanese studio Toei Co has signed a co-production development deal with Pambili Media, founded by South African filmmaker Mandla Dube, for historical epic feature film, Yasuke – Way Of The ...

Ubisoft excitedly unveiled the story trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows, originally named Assassin’s Creed Red. The game will take the franchise to 16th-century Japan and feature Yasuke, ...

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Black-centered stories are finding fertile and profitable ground on screens across Asia, judging by the success in the region of blockbuster movies like Marvel’s Black Panther and Disney-Pixar’s Oscar ...

Discover your legacy as the heir to a legendary African samurai in YASUKE: A Lost Descendent. Challenge enemies in futuristic swordplay, pull off some high-velocity parkour, and become an awesome ...

Yasuke isn’t available right at the start of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Here’s when you’ll get him. Once Yasuke the Samurai is unlocked, you can quickly swap characters at any time from the inventory ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Some went as far as to accuse Ubisoft of being “disrespectful” because Yasuke, a Black samurai, depiction in the game is not “historically accurate” and is a product of DEI. One Black user on X ...

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