When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Ubisoft) Ubisofthas seemingly again commented on the backlash toAssassin’s Creed Shadows' Black protagonist, this time saying it isn’t pushing any specific agenda. In case you’re among the lucky few to have missed it, Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been through the ringer since it was announced back in May. Certain corners of the internet pounced on it for a perceived lack ofhistorical accuracyandforced diversity. Meanwhile, its reveal sparked a heated debate over whether its Black protagonist, Yasuke, was actually a real-life Samurai (he was), and completely unrelated to all of that,Ubisoft also had to apologize for the unauthorized use of a flag in Shadows' concept art. In a conference call and accompanyingfinancial documentpublished Wednesday, Guillemot struck a notably more neutral tone in addressing “an important problem of perception …
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