[STEAM] Assassin's Creed Shadows Figure Removed From Sale Over 'Insensitive' Design

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The Japan set

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from Ubisoft is facing yet another controversy as collectible figure maker PureArts has removed a statue from ***** over its "insensitive" design.

PureArts is "reworking the design" of the Qlectors *********’s Creed Shadows Yasuke & Naoe figure after some complained that its use of a one-legged Torii gate was offensive.

"We recently released an insensitive design," PureArts said in an

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post. "We appreciate and have learned from the concerns brought to our attention, and we apologize for the harm this caused.

"After reading and processing the feedback, we have immediately returned to the drawing board and are currently reworking the design of the Qlectors *********'s Creed Shadows Yasuke & Naoe. Stay tuned!" The apology post was issued 27 days after the figure was revealed.

Torii gates are found close to religious shrines all over Japan to indicate a boundary separating the human world and the sacred. The one-legged Torii gate has significant meaning of its own, however, as one can famously be found at the Sannō Shrine in Nagasaki, located 900 metres from the hypocenter of the World War 2 atomic ***** which ******* upwards of 60,000 people.

The new 6-inch Qlectors *********’s Creed Shadows Yasuke & Naoe is the perfect fit for any collection! Where will you display yours?

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The shrine was destroyed almost in its entirety, with the only thing that remained being half of the torii gate. It has been preserved in such a state as a memorial to the tragedy.

Some were therefore upset that PureArts used a one-legged torii gate in its roughly $70 figure. "The new six-inch Qlectors *********’s Creed Shadows Yasuke & Naoe is the perfect fit for any collection," it said in the announcement post. "Where will you display yours?"

Incidents like this are practically commonplace for *********'s Creed Shadows as developer Ubisoft has so far apologized twice over similar situations.

Some expressed frustration with inaccuracies in the game's depiction of Japan,

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and say the game is not intended to be a factual representation of history but instead "a compelling, historical fiction." This comes despite art director Thierry Dansereau telling IGN

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just two months prior.

It also emphasised its collaboration with external consultants and historians, but "despite these sustained efforts, we acknowledge that some elements in our promotional materials have caused concern within the ********* community," Ubisoft said. "For this, we sincerely apologize."

Concern was also raised when

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in artwork for *********'s Creed Shadows without permission. Ubisoft apologized for doing so but refused to remove the artwork from a presumably already printed artbook available in

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. The historical re-enactment group said

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, but Ubisoft hasn't publicly acknowledged it since.

All this comes amid a significant delay to the game,

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for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, PC, and

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Luna.

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, however, and Ubisoft is ditching the season pass model as part of a ******* shake up.

This also includes

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, instead of releasing it exclusively on Ubisoft's own marketplace and the Epic Games Store on PC. The return to Steam comes after

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.

A 2025 launch will put *********'s Creed Shadows in more direct competition with

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. This is also expected in 2025 and is another open-world action adventure game set in Feudal Japan.

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, however. "There's a lot of space for very high-quality games, and those two games can sell very well," he said in the company's latest earnings call. "The focus is to really make sure that we deliver a fantastic experience with this dual protagonist approach and two different and complimentary gameplays."

Assassins Creed Shadows indeed features two protagonists,

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and

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. The game's story will weave between the two but players can otherwise switch between them at will as they explore Ubisoft's open-world take on Japan.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.

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