As we know of publisher Ubisoft since the close of 2019, the firm has been sitting on a stockpile of AAA titles set to ship sometime later on in 2020. Some of these projects we initially scheduled to ship in early in the year or later this summer, but the development teams were reported to be asking for more time to properly finish the games to its perspective suitable for the studios and its player base.
The titles in particular happened to be three already announced games: Watch Dogs: Legion, God & Monsters, and Rainbow Six Quarantine. Each received their own respected announcements back at E3 nearly a year ago, but Ubisoft later on went to boot the games to the following year. Shortly after, the publisher implied that the awaiting releases among some other properties are expected to influence next-generation system sales figures in October.
However, there were some other projects that were not disclosed at the time. One was suspected to be the now-dubbed Assassin’s Creed Valhalla while it wasn’t until this recent February that the other title was reported to be a new Far Cry installment. Now Ubisoft has returned to situate when these games are expected to release.
Including the holiday-scheduled Assassin’s Creed, two other projects are shared to be releasing in Q320. Even more, the firm tells that the remaining two are aimed to ship later on in Q420 the following year. But, the publisher did leave out which titles will release at the respected timeframes.
Going off speculation, we can already confirm that Valhalla will be available at the end of 2020. As for the remaining two, we predict that Watch Dogs: Legion will be out in late 2020 alongside Rainbow Six Quarantine since both have been blanketed projects for a few years. This then leaves the unnamed Far Cry title and Gods & Monsters to arrive the following financial quarter. Gods & Monsters being the newest with little to nothing shared about the project and Far Cry not even announced makes it easy to frame the two for Q420.
Howbeit, Ubisoft does clarify that the publisher might push the releases again if the situation gets curved by the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement reiterates a previous statement that Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft CEO stated back in April. “Our initial targets for 2020-21 remain in sight as we are currently benefiting from excellent momentum, especially with stronger than anticipated performance in back catalog, digital and PRI, coupled with the most ambitious line-up of the industry for the year.”
Guillemot concludes by telling that “it [novel coronavirus] notably reflects the possibility that we decide to postpone the release of a AAA title to 2021-22, if it ensures to maximize the long-term potential of our line-up.” He explains that the next few months will layout a template if we can expect the company to fulfill its scheduled releases for late 2020 and early 2021.
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