Assassin's Creed Shadows receives a new wave of backlash after a gameplay clip surfaces, but fans come to the game's defense ...

Hirayama says that historical documents show that Yasuke was given a stipend, a house, and a sword. Japanese Historian Yu Hirayama, who has written several books on the Sengoku period, has weighed ...

The new trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows has dropped and this time it’s set in feudal Japan, but some Japanese gamers are puzzled that it includes Yasuke. Yasuke was an actual historical ...

Violence is Yasuke's answer, and Ubisoft gave him several tools to aid that. Yasuke uses swords and a kanabo -- a large club studded with spikes -- but he also gets an early modern musket (that's ...

With Assassin's Creed Shadows just around the corner, the hot topic right now is one I thought had already been established: Yasuke is not an assassin, which means he gets no fancy assassin tools.

Gamers have wanted to play Assassin's Creed in Japan for over a decade. Shadows finally delivers that experience, but is it worth the wait? After playing six hours of the game, our answer is YES.

Having impressed Oda with his large stature, welcoming of Japanese culture, and strong sword-arm, Yasuke is widely considered the first-ever Black samurai in Japanese history. You'll get to play ...

While there are familiar elements to the travel and exploration abilities in this game, Shadows is also going to allow its two leading characters, Naoe and Yasuke, to take some time to appreciate ...

I had the pleasure of visiting the Ubisoft offices to check out  a preview version of Assassin's Creed Shadows, the latest in ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows will immerse players in 16th century Japan. The country is heading towards a brutal path to unification, where unrest grows as new coalitions appear and corruptive foreign ...