A petition for Assassin’s Creed Shadows is blowing up online. The petition has nearly 73,000 signatures and is calling for the game to be canceled because of the game’s controversial protagonist.

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A petition calling for the cancellation of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is blowing up online, with nearly 73,000 signatures at the time of this writing, over 3,000 of which were just signed today. Assassin’s Creed Shadows has proven controversial since the game was first revealed to the public. Fans have been asking for a main series Assassin’s Creed game set in feudal Japan for years, but the game’s main characters have caused significant controversy.