In an email signed by CEO Yves Guillemot and sent to company employees, Ubisoft announced to its teams that several games in development were canceled in order to “focus talent on projects that have higher priority.” He also said that the company will “limit its expenses and reinvent itself for profit.” This message was sent after presenting the financial report for the first quarter of the fiscal year to its shareholders.
What were the games canceled by Ubisoft?
Guillemot confirmed that the development of two games has been stopped:
What is the postponed game?
Nothing more and nothing less than Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora.
This game was supposed to arrive this year to take advantage of the release of the movie Avatar: The Way of Waterbut has been postponed to after March 2023.
According to Guillemot, the postponement of this title is due to the challenges presented in development during the COVID-19 pandemic.
upcoming games of Assassin’s Creed
Although things are not looking good, not everything in Ubisoft’s financial report was news about games being canceled and postponed because they had something to say about upcoming titles from Assassin’s Creed.
According to reports, there are two projects of the popular franchise in development:
In addition to these titles, Ubisoft has yet to launch the pirate game Skull & Bonescollaboration with Nintendo Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hopethe ‘remake’ de Prince of Persia: The Sands of Timethe mysterious Project Q and mobile games Rainbow Six Mobile y The Division Resurgence. We could learn more about them during the presentation they have planned for September 10.
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Source: Ubisoft financial report