Folks over at TechRaptor seem to have uncovered the reason, or at least part of the reason, Ubisoft renamed Gods & Monsters to Immortals: Fenyx Rising. The US Patent and Trademark Office website contains a series of documents that reveal a legal spat between Ubisoft and Monster Beverage over the use of Gods & Monsters.
It?s a weird thing for Monster to fight Ubisoft over, and it?s unlikely that it?ll win, but legal battles can be lengthy and perhaps Ubisoft felt that it was safer to avoid delaying the game over something this silly.

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