Yasuke, co-protagonist of the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows, is not one of the titular assassins, which means that he'll play a bit different than you're used to. For the most part across the ...

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.

This is a serious insult to Japanese culture and history, and may also be linked to Asian racism.” In the comments, several ...

They come from different backgrounds as Yasuke was a slave of Portuguese churchmen, who was originally called Diogo. Oda Nobunaga took an interest in the African. He saw a warrior’s spirit in his ...

Before diving into the good stuff, let us get the caveats out of the way. Ubisoft granted us four hours with a preview build of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, so some glitches were expected as the ...

"Greedy lords who bring war." Naoe is given a special weapon that "cannot be taken" and ultimately meets the African samurai Yasuke, who tells her she is "a part of something bigger than this war." ...

Yasuke’s role as the protagonist in Shadows might initially seem like a departure from the series’ usual formula, but in reality, he fits perfectly within the broader Assassin’s Creed legacy of ...

Yasuke is a tank, able to knock people down just ... she enters a cave bearing the iconic symbol of the assassins to track down a box containing a mysterious item her father died to protect.

Yasuke, one of the dual protagonists in Assassin's Creed Shadows, is bucking an important series tradition - he's not an assassin, Ubisoft doesn't want him to be an assassin, and he doesn't have ...