Backside line: Ubisoft has canceled growth on Splinter Cell VR, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Frontline and two different unannounced video games. Based mostly on suggestions from players, it is unlikely that many tears will likely be shed over the lack of the Ghost Recon title.
A digital actuality sport based mostly on Splinter Cell was introduced throughout a Fb Join occasion in September 2020. The sport was being led by Ubisoft’s Purple Storm Leisure studio and was set to be an Oculus VR unique.
Ghost Recon Frontline was introduced final October as a free-to-play massively multiplayer on-line battle royale shooter in the identical vein as Name of Obligation: Warzone. Ubisoft supposed to launch the title on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection, PC and on Amazon Luna and Google Stadia streaming companies.
A trailer for the sport reportedly garnered a ton of dislikes however since Google began hiding public dislike counts shortly after its debut, we’ve no means of realizing what number of dislikes it has acquired thus far. The feedback part continues to be lively, nonetheless, and it would not take lengthy to gauge the room and understand that few had been really wanting ahead to this sport.
Ubisoft Chief Monetary Officer Frederick Duguet introduced the cancellations in the course of the firm’s current earnings name with buyers, including that they plan to stabilize headcounts by the top of fiscal 2023 to match ranges on the finish of fiscal 2022. Ubisoft can even focus much more on its largest growth alternatives, therefore the cancellations.
Ubisoft additionally stated Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora will now be launched in 2023-24, as will one other unannounced title. The brand new Avatar sport was first introduced again in 2017 and was later scheduled for launch in 2022.
The subsequent sport within the Murderer’s Creed franchise, in the meantime, will likely be revealed in September.