New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- Ubisoft's flagship series, Assassin's Creed, is in the limelight after reports emerged that an upcoming installation set in the US Civil War era was cancelled, Game File reported.

Amid concerns of political backlash, the makers put off the plans to create a game based on the American Civil War period of 1861 to 1865, according to the gaming news portal. The plans to scrap Civil War were made last year, as pert the report. Furthermore,

According to the explosive report, even the subsequent Reconstruction era, which planned to feature the assassin Yashuke, as a black man, was also shelved. As per initial plans, Reconstruction game centred on confrontation between members of the Ku Klux Klan, the notorious white suprem...