Just a day or two before Tokyo Game Show 2024 begins, Ubisoft has abruptly cancelled all their plans for the event, including pulling out of everything related to Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

In a new post on Twitter/X, the company stated that the reason for that was “due to various circumstances”.

Ubisoft Japan was originally supposed to have a special live stream at TGS 2024 at 4pm GMT+8 on Thursday, 26 September 2024.

The statement reads:

“We regret to inform our community that due to various circumstances, we have decided to cancel our appearance at Tokyo Game Show 2024, including the stream scheduled for September 26 at 3 PM. We apologize for the short notice.”

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— Ubisoft Japan (@UBISOFT_JAPAN) September 24, 2024

The cancellation isn’t as much of a surprise, considering all of the controversy that the game has drummed up, especially in Japan.

Back in July 2024, Ubisoft issued a formal apology after using a Japanese historical re-enactment group’s flag in a piece of concept art for Assassin’s Creed Shadows without asking for permission. That’s not even mentioning all the controversy related to the inclusion of Yasuke as a protagonist in the game, and whether he’s a Samurai.

Worst case scenario; Ubisoft might even have to delay the game to deal with all this negative public perception towards the game.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows will launch for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC on 15 November 2024.

Check out the trailer below: