The Japan set Assassin's Creed Shadows from Ubisoft is facing yet another controversy as collectible figure maker PureArts has removed a statue from sale over its "insensitive" design.

The maker of an Assassin's Creed Shadows statue has said it will now rework the model's design, after describing its appearance as "insensitive". In a statement released via social media yesterday, model company Purearts said it had "immediately returned to the drawing board" to rework its collectible statuette that featured Assassin's Creed

A statue made for the release of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows won’t see the light of day, after its maker received criticism for its design. Statue maker PureArts apologized on Tuesday for what it called an “insensitive design,” and said it’s reworking the collectible based on the game’s dual protagonists Yasuke and Naoe.

In an occurrence that is growing worryingly common, Assassin's Creed Shadows is at the center of another controversy, this time over a collector's figurine.