He specified that, while Ubisoft’s goal was to deliver three or four major releases a year, the company would be “moving on” from that, as he doesn’t consider doing so to properly indicate its “value creation dynamics.” We’re well into full-on marketing speak, I see. Ubisoft’s CFO, Frederick Duguet, spoke at length in regards to what this would mean. Suffice to say, Ubisoft will be changing things up a bit as it focuses more on free-to-play games. Ubisoft had its full-year earnings call today, and it shed some light on how its strategy will be changing in the near future. But the times are a-changin’, and the developer is looking to shift gears a bit. With its varied portfolio of IPs, stretching from Assassin’s Creed, to Watch Dogs and Tom Clancy’s I Got a New Pair of Slacks Via Lootboxes, the company consistently hit that mark. Ubisoft’s main course of action for years has been to release several large AAA titles a year.

In a message reported by GamesIndustry, the company said it will not reduce its “AAA offering” and that it will continue to “deliver premium experiences to players such as Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six Quarantine, Riders Republic and Skull & Bones to name a few while also expanding our free-to-play portfolio and strengthening our brands to reach even more players.” In other words, while Ubisoft is moving toward free to play, the games will still align with AAA quality. 'This decision is in line with our strategic vision of developing even more engaging and higher quality experiences for gamers,' she said.: Ubisoft has sent out a statement clarifying its stance on AAA development and its efforts toward free-to-play games. Ubisoft will be investing 'additional development time' in those games, as it needed more time to develop the recently released Assassin's Creed's Origins, said executive Christine Burgess-Quémard in a statement. Ubisoft said a third franchise game, whose title wasn't revealed but was scheduled to be released either in 2018 or 2019, could now be pushed back to as far as 2020. The open-world first-person shooting game, where users try to free a fictional Montana town from the clutches of an overzealous religious cult, will be now be released on March 28.Īlso, the release of The Crew 2 has been moved from its March 16, 2018, date to later in the spring or summer.

The French gaming giant said Thursday it will push back the launch of Far Cry 5 about a month from it's original February 2018 date. Ubisoft is moving the release date of Far Cry 5 to March 2018. Ubisoft is delaying the release dates of two of its popular games.

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