{"id":1260530,"date":"2024-06-14T10:40:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/?p=1260530"},"modified":"2024-06-14T10:57:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:57:48","slug":"assassins-creed-shadows-dev-says-elon-musk-is-feeding-hatred-following-diversity-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/assassins-creed\/news\/assassins-creed-shadows-dev-says-elon-musk-is-feeding-hatred-following-diversity-post","title":{"rendered":"Assassin’s Creed Shadows dev says Elon Musk is ‘feeding hatred’ following diversity post"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the playable characters in Assassin’s Creed Shadows<\/em> will be an African samurai named Yasuke. Elon Musk made questionable comments about the character, which prompted a reaction from one of Ubisoft developers.<\/p>
On May 24, the CEO of X (formerly Twitter) responded to a thread<\/a> about diversity in gaming. The author claimed Ubisoft is under heavy backlash “over the game’s [Assassin’s Creed Shadows<\/em>] injection of DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion],” and that it’s “so thoroughly woke that it features a black gay protagonist.” In response, Musk<\/a> said “DEI kills art,” which led to Ubisoft speaking out.<\/p>