Ubisoft has confirmed it intends to extra prominently combine multiplayer into future instalments of Far Cry.
Talking on stage at Saudi Arabia’s New World Sport Convention (lined by Recreation File), CEO Yves Guillemot was requested about the way forward for the shooter collection, which just lately fell underneath the management of a brand new Tencent-backed subsidiary.
In keeping with Guillemot, the aim “on Far Cry [is] actually to carry the multiplayer elements extra predominantly pushed, in order that it can be performed for a very long time by gamers.”
The exec’s feedback doubtlessly corroborate press reviews from 2023, which claimed that Ubisoft was growing Far Cry 7 and a standalone Far Cry multiplayer recreation.
It was claimed on the time that Far Cry 7 was being made with Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine, slightly than the Dunia engine used for current collection entries. The multiplayer recreation was described as an extraction-based shooter set within the Alaskan wilderness.
Far Cry 6, which was launched in 2021, included on-line marketing campaign co-op however didn’t have a aggressive multiplayer part.
Because the launch of Ubisoft Toronto-developed Far Cry 6, Ubisoft has introduced the collection again to its Montreal hub and made adjustments to the management of the collection.
Montreal studio veteran Sandra Warren was promoted to vice chairman and government producer of the Far Cry model in 2023, alongside the promotion of Far Cry 5 author Drew Holmes to Far Cry IP director.
