Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

Assassin's Creed is a franchise at its best not merely for the ways it brings the past to life, but for how it uses historical fact as a basis for new ideas that enhance the experience. With ...

Action RPGs Ghost of Yotei review: "One of the first PS5 games to feel truly boundary-pushing, this hyper violent samurai revenge quest truly hooked me" Assassin's Creed Assassin's Creed Shadows' DLC ...

The latest Assassin’s Creed game in the beloved franchise based loosely on historical events, called Assassin’s Creed Shadows, has generated controversy among fans for one of its leading characters, a ...

But some fans took to the internet after the trailer’s release to criticize Ubisoft for setting the game in Japan and not having its leading character be Japanese. “Assassin’s Creed being based in ...

When Assassin’s Creed Shadows was released earlier this year, it marked a bold new chapter for the long-running video game franchise: a visually stunning exploration into 16th-century Japan, with two ...

Who is Yasuke the Black Samurai in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? Ubisoft officially announced this week that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will feature dual protagonists, Naoe and Yasuke. However, a lot of ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Fynn Holm receives funding from the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). Fans of the video game franchise Assasin’s Creed have been pining for a game set in feudal Japan for ...

If you’ve always been fascinated by samurai legends and ancient lore, you should know the story of Tomoe Gozen, one of ancient Japan’s most famous female samurai legends and warriors. Much of what the ...