{"id":348,"date":"2025-03-17T17:06:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T18:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=348"},"modified":"2025-03-18T06:38:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:38:32","slug":"canadian-government-asked-to-protect-assassins-creed-shadows-devs-from-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/canadian-government-asked-to-protect-assassins-creed-shadows-devs-from-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian government asked to protect Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows devs from abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amid the controversy surrounding Assassin’s Creed<\/a> Shadows, Ubisoft<\/a> has introduced protections to shield employees from harassment.<\/p>\n

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has become a pivotal game for Ubisoft in terms of the company’s future, which is unfortunate as it’s also the most contentious in the series’ history.<\/p>\n

The game has been mired in controversy<\/a> ever since it was first revealed, largely because of its chosen protagonists: the real-life African samurai Yasuke and fictional female shinobi Naoe. The backlash even prompted a weird apology<\/a> from Ubisoft, where they acknowledged how ‘promotional materials have caused concern within the Japanese community’.<\/p>\n

After several delays<\/a>, the game is finally set to launch on Thursday, March 20, and it seems like Ubisoft is anticipating developer Ubisoft Quebec will be subject to considerable abuse from online trolls.<\/p>\n

According to French news outlet BFMTV<\/a>, Ubisoft and Canadian authorities have put measures in place to protect the game’s developers, which includes safeguards around social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the outlet, a Ubisoft employee said (translated via Google): ‘We’re advised not to post on social media that we work at Ubisoft to avoid harassment.’<\/p>\n

According to the report, an anti-online harassment plan was also presented to the CSE (Communications Security Establishment Canada<\/a>) to help protect Ubisoft Quebec employees around the game’s launch.<\/p>\n

This allegedly includes a ‘team that monitors networks and acts quickly in the event of a targeted attack’, along with psychological and legal support.<\/p>\n

GameCentral has reached out to Ubisoft for comment.<\/p>\n

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