The vengeful protagonists of Assassin’s Creed have slashed, stabbed and hacked their way through the Crusades, the Renaissance, the French Revolution and Victorian England to the delight of video gamers around the world.
Yet the latest instalment of the hit game, released this week, may have met its nemesis in the shape of Japan’s prime minister, who has angrily denounced it as an insult to the country and said his government “will not tolerate” insensitive treatment of Japanese culture.
Shigeru Ishiba’s comments add to a growing controversy about the new game, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, which is set in 16th-century feudal Japan and was created by the French company Ubisoft. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition accusing its creators of a lack
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