Now not handiest is Ubisoft delaying Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and another unannounced game, however it is also it sounds as if flat-out canceling 4 complete titles in an try to minimize prices and concentrate on its larger names. Amongst the ones canceled video games are each Ghost Recon Frontline and Splinter Mobile VR.
Ghost Recon Frontline’s cancellation is a bit of sudden, for the reason that the sport wasn’t even in reality out but. It was once first announced back in October as a free-to-play struggle royale spin-off with 102-player battles. Preliminary reception was once rather detrimental, although, and a deliberate closed take a look at of the sport was once indefinitely postponed. Now it sort of feels like we will by no means see it once more.
Splinter Mobile VR is a bit of much less stunning. It was once first introduced way back in 2020 along an Murderer’s Creed VR recreation, however hasn’t been heard from since. The Murderer’s Creed recreation nonetheless turns out to exist, in accordance to a few leaked menu footage from this previous April that indicated it might be known as “Nexus” and was once coming to the Quest 2.
In the meantime, two different unannounced video games have additionally been totally canceled in line with CFO Frederick Duguet, who mentioned that each one 4 cancellations have been a part of the corporate’s wider process of placing “much more center of attention on our largest building alternatives.”
For Splinter Mobile lovers, that simply leaves the announced Splinter Cell remake in building at Ubisoft Toronto. Cancellations apart, Ubisoft has been a significant perpetrator of recreation delays in recent years, together with the Prince of Persia remake, Curler Champions (which did make it out previous this yr) and Cranium & Bones (out this autumn, optimistically). They are not by myself, although – 2022 has been a massive year for delays, partly because of the not on time affects of the COVID-19 pandemic on manufacturing.
Rebekah Valentine is a information reporter for IGN. You’ll be able to in finding her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
