Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed set in the Civil War due to US politics and Yasuke reaction

[Vinther1991]

JRPGfan said:

They go out of their way to make their games about race.
Instead of just making story telling or fantastic combat/boss fights and such.

Well in this case it seems they went out of their way to NOT make a game about race. The setting and plot would be appropriate for what the series is about.