introducing players to the setting in feudal Japan and the two main characters: the female ninja Naoe and male samurai Yasuke ...

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...

Critics claim Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Black samurai is historically inaccurate, but Yasuke’s real-life story proves ...

Yet while predominantly white (and even Japanese) cultures seem quick to forgive depictions of white samurai figures, the same leniency does not seem to extend to a black character.

Shadows' has already sparked fierce debate online and beyond for casting a black samurai A Japanese lawmaker on Wednesday slammed the latest video game in the hit "Assassin's Creed" series ...

Ubisoft has finally announced its long-awaited Assassin’s Creed game set in feudal Japan. Subtitled Shadows, it follows dual protagonists – a ninja named Naoe and a samurai based on the ...

“Shadows” has already sparked fierce debate online and beyond for casting a black samurai, Yasuke, as one of the two playable protagonists. Japan-flag-waving-in-the-wind-against-blue-sky A Japanese ...