In order to right a wrong, members of the Assassin’s Creed Sisterhood movement and Seateas are raising money to support women in the industry, as well as the fans of the games.
After some severe allegations of sexism from high ranking figures in Ubisoft, the company has decided to start looking in a new direction in terms of equality within the company, as well as the products they put out. Many workers were forced to submit female characters such as Amunet into the sideline for games because they were told that “women don’t sell well,” along with other egregious acts.
Thus started the birth of the Assassin’s Creed Sisterhood movement where fans have come to celebrate the female characters and ideas within the games. And to take a more decisive course of action, members of the community have come together to create a gold pin with their logo to sell all across the world to raise money for charity.
The sole purpose of the pin is to acknowledge the hardships the female members of Ubisoft had to go through and celebrate the accomplishments of the female characters in Assassin’s Creed. The symbol is inspired by the original logo for the game, but with a unique twist by incorporating Amunet’s belt logo into the design to signify transformation and healing.
The pin will be sold on the SeaTeas website “seateas.store” for $10, not including a $5 shipping fee for the US and $8 for international orders. All proceeds made from the pins will go straight to the charity group “Girls Make Games,” whose purpose is to create workshops that will inspire the next generation of female game designers and engineers.
As of now, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done before the pins can be shipped. Another user on Twitter pointed out that the Arabic spacing surrounding the Assassin’s Creed Origins inspired symbol is incorrect. Luckily, the SeaTeas Twitter account noted that this will be fixed when production begins, and they will make sure that manufacturing services get word of this and correct things on its end as well.
Thankfully, this is only a minor technical issue, and the pin and the movement surrounding it all come from good intentions. Assassin’s Creed Sisterhood and Girls Make Games are essential for shining a light on a serious problem that has plagued this industry for far too long, and it is about time that something gets done about this.
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