Elon Musk and Hasan Piker Beef on X Over a Video Game

Elon Musk and Hasan Piker are locked in a viral feud over Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and even Ubisoft is getting involved.

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00:00The richest man in the world is getting into it with a Twitch streamer on X over a video game.

00:06Yep, you heard that right.

00:08Elon Musk, billionaire tech mogul and owner of X, and Hassan Piker, a leftist political commentator and one of Twitch's biggest streamers,

00:16are in a heated back-and-forth over Assassin's Creed Shadows.

00:20Ever since Ubisoft revealed the game's main characters, a black samurai and a female ninja,

00:25critics have accused the game of pushing an agenda. Now, with its release, the controversy has only escalated.

00:31Hassan Piker streamed the game as part of a sponsored deal, causing right-wing gaming figures to call out Ubisoft.

00:38Musk himself chimed in on X, writing,

00:48The streamer then mocked Musk on X for allegedly paying someone to play Path of Exile 2 on his behalf,

00:55challenging him to an Elden Ring duel and even joking about interviewing Musk's ex, Grimes, again.

01:01This guy is such a f***ing loser!

01:05I can't believe it!

01:06I'm gonna have Grimes on the broadcast. I'm gonna have your daughter on the broadcast. You keep this s*** up. You keep it going.

01:13I'm gonna interview. I'm gonna interview everybody, okay?

01:17The drama escalated even further when Ubisoft itself

01:20stepped in, roasting Musk with a comeback that racked up over half a million likes. At this point,

01:26the internet has fully embraced the spectacle. As for Assassin's Creed Shadows,

01:31it's already cemented itself as one of the most talked-about releases of the year.

01:35Whether that's for the right reasons or not is another story.