In a new financially-focused press release, Ubisoft has confirmed it has canceled three more unannounced games, meaning the publisher has now canned at least seven different video games since July 2022. It’s rather bad news for the publisher, who has also confirmed that they like the latest games Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope below average during the holiday season.
The last few years have been bad for Ubisoft, they say keep fighting to improve it is Reportedly toxic work environment and keep trying (and fail) to big games like skull and bones, Prince of Persia, and film binding Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. The pandemic has also made things difficult for the company as it adapts to employees working from home and all the various issues that come with it. And in a newly hired press from today earlierUbisoft explains that it has decided to cancel even more games while lowering its profit targets for the next quarter to weather all this.
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Ubisoft says its decision to cancel three more games is to help ensure the company’s energy is “focused on building our brands and live services to some of the best performing in the industry.” These three games are not named in the press release. In an email to My city, Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft, also explained to employees that these projects have been canceled to further limit risks and help the company become more profitable in the future.
These three new canceled games join the list of four previously pre-made Ubisoft titlesincluding two Tom Clancy Games: Free-to-play shooters Frontline of Ghost Recon and a VR splinter group Project. That brings the total number of canceled games to seven since July, and that’s what we know publicly.
What games are Ubisoft still working on?
So what other games are actually coming from Ubisoft as we head into 2023? Well, a surprising amount, even after these seven aborted projects.
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There are skull and bones, Ubisoft is restless and long in development Online pirate game delayed again today as announced in the same press release. That will probably start one day. Perhaps? In addition, Ubisoft has two avatar Games in progress – one for mobile and a larger console and PC game. It also has a mobile port of Rainbow Six Siege that should be released sooner rather than later.
Then there is a lot Assassin’s Creed Things to release in the next few yearslike the stealth-focused spin-off, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, scheduled to start this year. another is Assassin’s Creed Project Rei.e set in Japan and the spin-off Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade, a “Triple A” mobile game set in China. No specific release date for either. Oh, let’s not seem to forget that Prince of Persia Remake is still happening as well as that hardly spoken splinter group make newto.
Given Ubisoft’s recent track record of making games that get harder and more expensive every year, there are likely to be many Like so many other video games, these upcoming projects will be delayed at least once or twice. And that’s assuming they aren’t just canceled outright and added to Ubisoft’s growing list of canned games.
