Far Cry 7 internally delayed. Ubisoft seeks new formula for series, one direction is extraction shooter (rumor)
Credible rumors about the future of the Far Cry series have appeared online. Both the next main installment of the series and a multiplayer spin-off are expected to offer a new formula for the series.
Interesting reports about the next games in the Far Cry series have appeared on the Internet. We trust them because their source is the well-regarded insider Tom Henderson.
The information concerns the next main installment of the series, which is temporarily referred to as Blackbird within Ubisoft (this is about Far Cry 7), as well as the online spin-off, which is currently called Maverick.
- Both games were set to launch in 2025, but they were recently internally delayed to 2026 because the projects' complexity was greater than initially anticipated.
- Both games are being developed by Ubisoft Montreal studio and are designed to significantly change the formula of the series. This is intended to involve, among other things, a comprehensive revamp of the movement system, making it more tactical while still retaining features from previous installments, such as sprinting, sliding, and jumping over obstacles, etc.
Far Cry 7 - unofficial details
In Blackbird / Far Cry 7 we will have to save our family, kidnapped by a cult obsessed with conspiracy theories, which conducts experiments on children and animals using hallucinogenic substances.
- The protagonist is supposed to have only 24 hours to complete this mission in the game world, but in reality, time is supposed to flow slower, so the player will have to do it in 72 hours. Our character is supposed to wear a watch, which will inform us how much time we have left to complete the task.
- According to Henderson, rumors that cult leader will be played by Cillian Murphy are untrue.
Far Cry: Maverick - unofficial details
Maverick is intended to be an extraction shooter game (similar to Escape from Tarkov or Hunt: Showdown), enhanced with survival elements.
- The action will take place in the frosty regions of Alaska, and players will fight against each other and the aggressive local fauna.
- An important aspect of the gameplay will be dealing with extreme weather conditions.
Both projects were initially created as one game (under the code name Talisker), which was only split into two titles after some time. This is why both share many features – in gameplay and technology (including the switch from the Dunia engine used in previous installments to the Snowdrop technology, known from Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Star Wars: Outlaws).
At the same time, big differences will appear in both titles. For instance, the inventory and looting system from Maverick won't be present in Far Cry 7, as solutions suitable for an online extraction shooter wouldn't make sense in a scenario where we're desperately trying to save our family from a cult.
Developers working on both projects are said to be optimistic about their future. Despite the delays, the game production is progressing at a good pace, and the shape they are taking is said to be promising.
Nonetheless, this doesn't alter the fact that the team behind Maverick also experienced concern about the current situation at Ubisoft and the discontinuation of XDefiant. While Far Cry 7 seems safe, the multiplayer spin-off of the series could quickly be shut down if it doesn't meet the expectations of the management.
A series of failures in chasing trends.
Concerns of Maverick project creators aren't unfounded. Ubisoft tends to achieve success in multiplayer titles when it follows its own path, as seen with For Honor and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege.
However, attempts to chase existing trends often end in failure. Besides the previously mentioned XDefiant, the publisher also overreached in its attempts to break into the already saturated battle royale genre. Hyper Scape's servers were closed two years post-launch, and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Frontline was canceled before it could even make its market debut.
The specific gameplay of the Far Cry series combined with survival elements may make Maverick a success in the extraction shooter category, but these elements may also prove to be insufficient to draw players away from existing productions of this type.
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