Update: Kotaku's Jason Schreier has just tweeted out that the two Ubisoft titles currently unannounced are indeed the upcoming Assassin's Creed game and a new entry in the Far Cry franchise. We're sure you're chuffed about that one, Splinter Cell fans.
Original story: French publisher Ubisoft has just wrapped up its latest earnings call, sharing details with investors on what to expect from the company in the future. Between October 2020 and March 2021, the company plans on launching five major AAA titles, three of which are planned to arrive before the end of the year. Each and every one of them will support the PlayStation 5 in some way.
Of the five games in question, we know for certain that Watch Dogs Legion, Gods & Monsters, and Rainbow Six: Quarantine make up three of them. The same amount of titles are expected to release before the end of 2020, leaving two more to fill the gap between January and March next year. The thing is, we're not entirely sure which titles will fill those slots. Since Watch Dogs Legion and Gods & Monsters both originally had early 2020 release dates before delays, we think we're safe in saying that they make up two of the games launching this year. Assassin's Creed is more than likely to be the other, but that's just speculation for now.
As noted by senior analyst Daniel Ahmad on Twitter, Ubisoft is expecting to support the next-generation PS5 with HD patches for its line-up of titles. The wording here is incredibly vague so we wouldn't base too many of your thoughts and assumptions on what is said, but the statement would suggest that the publisher's games will be playable on Sony's next system via backwards compatibility alongside a patch to boost their visuals and performance. That is instead of a native PS5 version.
We should expect to hear more from Ubisoft in May, but what do you make of all this? Which games do you think the publisher is putting out this year? Make your predictions in the comments below.
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Far Cry is in crying need of a revamp...
I for one will be buying exactly none of them.
only care about the next assassin's creed.
but only if don't ruin it by adding ghost recon wildlands style MTX and other online BS.
I have never finished a Ubisoft game. I enjoy them at the beginning but they become monotonous and I move on. I enjoyed wandering around the worlds and seeing the sights, but the gameplay and the stories are pretty weak. The last 5 or 6 I've tried can all be summarized by "stop a cult".
Just finished the main story and most side quests on AC Odyssey and what a game it is, brilliant stuff.
Looking forward to the new AC and also Watch Dogs: Legion.
I'd really one to be Prince Of Persia but I reckon it would just end up being an Ass Creed a like
Out of all of them im most excited for Gods And Monsters.Hoping to get to see more on that one very soon.
Far Cry is always a good thing,would love a Far Cry Primal 2.
Ubisoft is VERY QUICKLY losing my support. I am tired of playing the exact same games over and over again just with a different skin. Assassins creed used to be my favorite series, but they milked it to death and it is now a shell of its former self.
Far cry 3 was one of my favorite games as well and now they all feel the same.
Give me things like splinter cell, prince of Persia, or rayman over the division, or assassins creed ragnarok, or rainbow 6.
The only game on that list i am remotely interested in is watch dogs and that's because of the "play as anyone" feature. I wont be buying any of their other releases this year.
I will probably end up getting ac, but far cry no, loved 3, 4 was ok, primal did not like and 5 i just stopped playing early on in game so defo agree with @Dodoo far cry needs a revamp. Watchdogs might get it when its on sale for 20 if reviews are decent. Raindow six probably get if its got single player otherwise no. And dont know much on gods & monsters so dont know about that.
let me guess... 2 creed games, 2 farcry games and another watch dogs sequel? yea, no thanks.
Interested to see the new FarCry. Hopefully they extricate it out of the RPG genre after the fanatical failure of New Dawn. I think certain components of roleplay are nice, like choosing male or female preset characters, or having the option to choose certain outcomes, which boosts replayability, but as far as leveled enemies and guns go, they can bury that crap. I would also like to see a soft-boot of the series, and hopefully we see Brazil or Australia in the near future.
As for AC, I've played them all, and at this point, I couldn't care less what they do. The series is already botched narratively (Desmond's death, Juno's off-screen death, the abandonment of Shaun and Rebecca), so they can't do much more to screw it up in my eyes.
To the future.
@Salmonella I can understand what you mean. Farcry 3 was fun but i was happy it was done, Primal was something else had a lot of fun, Assassins Creed Syndicate was a fun but overstayed its welcome with filler collectables that are there too waste your time. What im trying too say i rather have 20 hours of fun then 50 hours of fluff.
Only ones I even care about are Gods & Monsters and maybe Watchdog Legion.
i forgot about Gods and Monsters, Greek Mythology was always something i loved reading about so that one has my attention
my only worry is that it will be just another Ubisoft copy/paste job and as it's being done by the same team that made AC Odyssey it probably will be
Please let Gods and Monsters be a singleplayer, non liveservice, not always online game.
Assassin's Creed doesn't surprise me and neither does Far Cry either if I am honest but I did expect one to be Skull n' Bones - Unless I have missed something, I thought that would have released this year. Has that disappeared? been cancelled?? I must admit, it wasn't on my 'wanted' list but still surprised that wasn't one of the 5...
I am excited about the new AC (Odyssey was my most played game in 2019) and Gods and Monsters.
I am done with buying Far Cry games after 5. The gameplay was only ok, but even worse, the ending of the story made me feel stupid for playing the game. It was dumb, and also appeared to be mocking the player for even taking the time. So, no thanks. However, I will graciously consent to try Primal if it is ever a plus game. 😃
Love and hate relationship with Ubi. Their games are always a mess when first released. Though they have some of my favorite games the past 2 decades.
"Between October 2020 and March 2021, the company plans on launching five major AAA titles,"
Are they really not putting out anything until October? That seems like a long period of no games followed by a very crowded 1 game a month for 5 straight months.
@Col_McCafferty - You should try playing the two DLCs (six episodes), specially, The Fate of Atlantis, which was fantastic in my opinion.
@RedMan33 me too. I really hope the franchise returns one day. I'd love to see the 2008 story continue.
starting the next gen with mostly the same s**t as the last one.. that's one of the main apprehensions I have about PS5 launch. the last ubisoft game i finished was the division, in fact it's the only one i finished on PS4. i finished far cry 3 on PS3, but far cry 4 was just tedious guff, i shelved it about 4-5 hours in. in fact i think i played its multiplayer longer, and that's usually an afterthought in FC games.
@gusglez I've heard that they're worth playing, maybe I'll give them a whirl at some point. Thanks!
What happened to Beyond Good & Evil 2??
@PunkRx_Lockly so Juno killed Desmond for nothing? That makes it even worse.
So no sign of beyond good and evil 2?
I swear that game has disappeared off the face of the earth. Not even Ubisoft recognise it's existence anymore.
Probably in the minority here, but I'm excited for only new far cry and rs6q. RS6 and Madden are my fall back games when I have nothing else to play. And far cry is just fun every year! I've tried several assassin's Creed games over the years but just can't seem to get into them. I find them rather boring in fact. They do a great job with the visuals though, the environments look amazing.
Hey i wouldn't know where else to post this but its totally irrelevant to this thread but needs known. And if Sammy or Sho or anyone at Push has heard....SHADOW LEGEND....PSVR. I wont say anything else. Oh wait....WTH UBI where is Splinter Cell reboot. Shame.
@Boldfoxrd such a waste of a series, so many devs are guilty of it as well, I'd love to see Bluepoint remake The Sands Of Time
I’m def looking forward to the next Ass Creed & Far cry. For me Far Cry is the most fun I’ve ever had in gaming. It’s so unique, I mean, I spend most of my time just traveling around the maps, before even starting most missions. So much fun, especially on co op. I wasn’t a fan of the earlier releases of Ass Creed. But from Origins onwards-the games have completely sucked me into the gameplay & worlds. So both of them will be day 1 purchases from me.
Beyond Good & Evil 2 gone MIA I guess?
Can't say I am surprised, they have changed the game and it's main plot multiple times, and the gameplay snippets shown look a bit meh in my honest opinion.
Hoping it doesn't become this generations Duke Nukem Forever...
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