Ubisoft says it’s pushing again a few of its “greatest productions”

Ubisoft, desperately in want of a serious win, lastly bought one with Murderer’s Creed Shadows – however solely after it delayed the open-world sport on two events to verify it did not miss the mark on high quality. Clearly studying the fitting lesson from Shadows, it is simply introduced that it will be delaying a few of its “greatest productions” that have been set to launch this monetary yr, and whereas it hasn’t namedropped any particular upcoming video games, that greater than probably means an extended wait to see the following Murderer’s Creed, the Splinter Cell remake, and the rumored new entry within the Ghost Recon collection.

As you may probably have seen a number of weeks again, as a part of its plan to bounce again from a collection of underwhelming and poorly performing video games, Ubisoft is making a model new subsidiary in partnership with Tencent. The Chinese language big is injecting over a billion {dollars} into this new enterprise, which will probably be chargeable for Ubisoft’s three greatest IPs: Murderer’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six. The primary physique of Ubisoft, which takes care of all the things else, can also be trying to lower prices and rethink its processes. This general shakeup, in tandem with the constructive outcomes it noticed by pushing again Murderer’s Creed Shadows, is now seeing them give extra improvement time to a number of the upcoming video games it was set to launch this monetary yr, which runs till April 2026.

“After an intensive evaluate of its pipeline that came about from October to December, the Group determined to offer extra improvement time to a few of its greatest productions so as to create the most effective circumstances for achievement,” Ubisoft’s newest earnings report reads. “This choice has already been useful to the standard of Murderer’s Creed Shadows. As a consequence, FY2026-27 and FY2027-28 will see vital progress vs. FY2025-26 on the again of robust content material coming from the Group’s largest manufacturers.”

That is speculative on my half right here, as Ubisoft would not particularly title which IP and initiatives are getting pushed again internally, however I can see this affecting the Splinter Cell remake (reportedly resulting from launch in 2026) and perhaps even Murderer’s Creed Hexe (presently with no launch window however revealed all the best way again in 2022).

Do not count on there to be a whole void of latest PC video games from Ubisoft over the following 12 months or so, although. Two formally revealed initiatives that do appear to be secure from the delays although are technique sport sequel Anno 117 Pax Romana (2025 launch window) and the remake of Prince of Persia The Sands of Time (2026 launch window). These are each listed as video games Ubisoft expects to launch this monetary yr. It additionally says that different titles anticipated for this window “will probably be introduced at a later stage.”

There are additionally some unconfirmed however rumored initiatives that you simply would possibly now be ready a bit longer for, now that Ubisoft is extending improvement timelines. A report from Insider Gaming earlier this yr claimed {that a} new Ghost Recon sport is within the works and was aiming to launch in 2025 or 2026. It is also been claimed that the inevitable Far Cry 7 was concentrating on a 2026 launch, and a possible extraction shooter spinoff is allegedly being labored on as effectively.

Different rumored Ubisoft video games embrace a remake of Murderer’s Creed Black Flag, a standalone AC multiplayer sport, and a battle royale with robust Apex Legends vibes. Nevertheless, provided that Ubisoft is within the strategy of reorganizing and value slicing, who is aware of if and once we’ll see these get introduced and launched.

Within the meantime, try our lists of the most effective open-world video games and finest RPGs – you could discover a few of Ubi’s most beloved work included.

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