Former Ubisoft Developer Accuses Shadow of Mordor of Using His Assassin's Creed II Code

Charles Randall is a former Ubisoft developer who worked on the first two Assassin's Creed games. In a jokey post on Twitter he is claiming that the latest Lord of the Rings game, Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, appears to be using his code and animations from Assassin's Creed II.

Check it out guys! I apparently made a Middle Earth game! http://t.co/a1orhWip1C

— Charles Randall (@charlesrandall) January 23, 2014

Randal followed this up with a string of tweets explaining exactly what he believes he has seen.

Seriously, can someone tell me how Assassin's Creed 2 code and assets are in this Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor game?

— Charles Randall (@charlesrandall) January 23, 2014

@missharvey this is *my* code in that game! I better at least see myself in the special thanks. WTF?

— Charles Randall (@charlesrandall) January 23, 2014

Randall spent over 2 years working on Assassin's Creed games and is very certain that his code and animation are in this trailer. He appears to have taken it well he just claims to want some credit for his work.

I know I don't have any legal rights to what I did on Assassin's Creed 2 but I sure hope I get a special thanks on that Middle Earth game.

— Charles Randall (@charlesrandall) January 23, 2014

It seems despite the alleged "borrowing" of his code he is still a supporter of the new game.

For the record though, that Middle Earth game looks pretty damn awesome. And I love AC2 so it's kind of a double win.

— Charles Randall (@charlesrandall) January 23, 2014

Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is a new open world game set in the Lord of The Rings Universe. It is being developed for PC and next-generation consoles by Monolith Productions.