Ubisoft Had A Dozen Battle Royale Games In Development, Report Claims

Ubisoft has been struggling. The company cancelled three unannounced titles just last week, with a delay put on Skull and Bones to buy the game more time. Now, a new report from notable insider Tom Henderson’s Insider Gaming has shared an anonymous employee’s remarks that Ubisoft had “at least” a dozen battle royale games in development at one point.

It’s a shocking figure to see the company chasing so many games of one genre, but at the same time, it’s not all that surprising. Ubisoft is desperate for cash. The reason for the aforementioned three titles scrapped in an emergency investor meeting was to cut $215 million in costs, and Ubisoft’s stock has been falling since 2018. Reception hasn’t been great to any of Ubisoft’s latest releases, including Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, which “surprised” Ubisoft with its commercial underperformance.

Assassins Creed Mirage
Ubisoft hopes for success by returning to the basics with Assassin’s Creed Mirage.

Not all hope is lost quite yet for the French gaming giant. It still has Assassin’s Creed Mirage to release later this year. With the game aiming to take the franchise back to its roots, it could deliver what many fans have been asking for over the past few years. Additionally, Ubisoft is developing Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, which follows the massive $2 billion success of the latest blockbuster movie entry Avatar: The Way of Water.

Despite these notes of positivity, there are still clouds forming to darken Ubisoft’s current outlook. A strike of Ubisoft Paris workers has been called by French union Solidaires Informatique, calling out Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s strategy of game cancellations and salary cuts. The employee speaking to Insider Gaming had said that they didn’t know the fate of the battle royale games that were in the works, and at this point, maybe we never will.

Are you surprised that Ubisoft had so many battle royale games planned? Are you excited for any of Ubisoft’s upcoming releases? Let us know in the comments below, and keep your eyes on GameLuster for more gaming news.

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Trevor
Trevor
1 year ago

Why they haven’t just made a battle royale in The Division, Ghost Recon or Rainbow Six universe is beyond me. Heck, do all 3 and you’d have interested players. The Division and R6 especially seem to be natural, can’t miss choices. You don’t need new IP people! Hyper scape, lol, what a joke