Ubisoft is reportedly making an attempt to interrupt away from the everyday open-world method that the Far Cry collection is thought for with the subsequent two entries.
In accordance with Insider Gaming, there are two Far Cry video games within the works: a mainline recreation codenamed Blackbird and an extraction shooter spin-off codenamed Maverick. Ubisoft can be reportedly switching proprietary engines, now choosing the Snowdrop engine that was used for video games like The Division as a substitute of Dunia, the standard engine that the Far Cry collection makes use of.
In Maverick, gamers reportedly are positioned within the Alaskan wilderness the place they should struggle towards different gamers, animals, and climate. In Blackbird, the story reportedly revolves round the principle character having to rescue his household from a cult. Apparently, gamers have 24 actual-life hours, which interprets to 72 in-recreation hours, to rescue the household and the time may be seen on the character’s wristwatch.
The two video games reportedly even have comparable motion mechanics, resembling tactical sprinting, sliding, and vaulting, as a result of each initiatives beforehand being a part of the identical recreation, which was codenamed Talisker. Internally, Ubisoft has reportedly pushed again the discharge dates for the video games from 2025 to 2026 as a result of improvement issues.
Ubisoft has been in a good spot just lately. The founders, the Guillemot household, are reportedly making an attempt to retain management of the corporate whereas in search of a buyout from others resembling Tencent. Ubisoft additionally just lately introduced that it might be shutting down its Name of Obligation competitor XDefiant in June 2025, however will proceed to pour assets into dwell-service video games.