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 (coated by Sport File), CEO Yves Guillemot was requested about the way forward for the shooter collection, which just lately fell below the management of a brand new Tencent-backed subsidiary.
In keeping with Guillemot, the objective “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 stories from 2023, which claimed that Ubisoft was growing Far Cry 7 and a standalone Far Cry multiplayer sport.
It was claimed on the time that Far Cry 7 was being made with Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine, moderately than the Dunia engine used for latest collection entries. The multiplayer sport 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 element.
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 vp and govt producer of the Far Cry model in 2023, alongside the promotion of Far Cry 5 author Drew Holmes to Far Cry IP director.
