Assassin's Creed Shadows is a game, not a history essay, Ubisoft reminds folks as it apologises for promo that's "caused concern within the Japanese community"

Ubisoft’s issued a lengthy statement about Assassin’s Creed Shadows which sees it, among other things, apologise for some elements in the game’s promotional materials which have “caused concern within the Japanese community” and remind people that, you know, Assassin’s Creed games are designed to take some creative license with history.

You can read the statement — which was put out via the official Assassin’s Creed account and is attributed to Shadows’ development team — in full via the tweet below.

Before we get to him though, the statement does see Ubisoft acknowledge and apologise for “some elements in [its] promotional materials” which have “caused concern within the Japanese community”.