The oldest representation of the night sky and our Milky Way galaxy was found in an Egyptian sarcophagus, revealing ancient ...

and Yasuke, a real-life Black samurai of African origin. But while the game has received praise for its gameplay and setting, it has also ignited a lot of heated online discussion - specifically ...

A Dartmouth College professor who worked as a consultant on the latest Assassin's Creed video game ended up getting harassed by gamers.

The latest whipping post for the gamer universe has been “Assassin’s Creed Shadows,” a game that became a target of review bombing before it was even released, largely at its Black samurai ... the old ...

As the country begins to beckon a new era, an age-old war between the Assassin ... its second protagonist from the offset - the black samurai Yasuke. Inspired by the historical figure, Yasuke ...

We can switch between playing as the black samurai Yasuke and the female shinobi Naoe. The game is singleplayer only, featuring a massive open world. Just like in previous installments, the key plot ...

Ubisoft really thought they could shoehorn a "black samurai" into feudal Japan ... past so they can feel better about themselves. Yasuke arrived in Japan, as a slave well into his mid twenties; a bit ...

Set in 16th-century feudal Japan torn apart by bloody conflicts between indifferent warlords, AC Shadows follows the adventures of young shinobi Naoe and legendary samurai Yasuke, giving players ...

The first is Yasuke, a black samurai whom Oda takes under his wing. As his retainer, Yasuke becomes a feared swordsman on the battlefield. The second is Naoe, a kunoichi from Iga who has the ...

The game’s story follows a split narrative of Naoe, am Igan shinobi woman turned assassin and Yasuke, a slave, who once rescued from his shackles by a Samurai ... of a 2-year-old and when ...

In one of my favorite missions, Naoe discovered the art of ... figure, Yasuke was the first Black man in Japan, and the only Black man in history to achieve the rank of samurai.

With the format of having Naoe and Yasuke as shared protagonists, each with their respective shinobi and samurai playstyles, AC Shadows feels like a combination of old and new — with Yasuke ...