Ubisoft reportedly cancelled a planned 'Assassin's Creed' game set during and after the American Civil War, according to a new report by Game File.

The project, which was in early development, was described as one of the franchise's most ambitious instalments before being halted by company leadership in mid-2024.

Five current and former Ubisoft employees told Game File that the game would have followed a formerly enslaved Black man from the American South who, after gaining freedom, moved west to start a new life.

The protagonist would later be recruited by the Assassins and return south to fight for justice during the Reconstruction period, confronting the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.

The same sources said the team working on the project was passionate about the story but disappointed by

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