Assassin’s Creed makers mock Elon Musk amid allegations of DOGE head cheating in online video games

AUSTIN, TEXAS: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, was mocked by Assassin's Creed Shadows' X account over alleged cheating in their game.

The gaming community has been abuzz for months over claims that the multi-billionaire has been paying other people to play online games for him and then showing off his skill ranking, according to The Independent.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows X account mocks Elon Musk

The controversy started when gaming industry critic Mark Kern criticized Ubisoft for its marketing strategy and accused the company of supporting "the wrong" influencers.

He wrote on X, "You can tell a lot about Ubisoft @Ubisoft with how much money they are throwing at terrorist-platforming streamers."

Interestingly, Musk replied to the post and slammed left-wing video game streamer Hasan Piker as a "fraud" and a "sell-out" for promoting Assassin's Creed Shadows, per the outlet.

He wrote on X on Tuesday, March 25, "'Sell-out' would be more accurate. Objectively, he is promoting a terrible game just for the money."

After Musk's post, the samurai-themed game's X account gave a fitting reply to the tech billionaire and wrote, "Is that what the guy playing your Path of Exile 2 account told you?"

Musk has not publicly commented on the claims about his video game habits, according to The Independent.

However, some private messages shared by YouTuber NikoWrex showed him admitting that he paid to have his virtual characters "boosted" by professional players in 'Path of Exile 2' and 'Diablo IV'.

Moreover, he reportedly insisted that he had never tried to take credit for the resulting achievements and refused to apologize.

Notably, Ubisoft's 'Shadows' has been mostly praised by critics, with an 82 percent rating on the review aggregation site Metacritic.

Elon Musk objected to Ubisoft's choice of one of the game's two protagonists

Even before the release of Assassin's Creed Shadows, Elon Musk had objected to Ubisoft's choice for one of the game's two protagonists, not a Japanese but a real-life Black samurai named Yasuke.

Notably, the real Yasuke was an East African man who came to Japan in 1579 as a bodyguard for a Jesuit mission during a time of tumultuous civil conflict and became a soldier in the entourage of warlord Oda Nobunaga.

After the trailer of the game was out in 2024, certain gamers erupted over his appearance and were convinced that the franchise had "gone woke" by including a Black character in its depiction of 16th-century Japan, according to the New York Times.

The Tesla CEO also chimed in on the debate with a post on X, saying it was an example of how "DEI kills art."

Moreover, game developers also received personal attacks and death threats during an online harassment campaign.