Ghost Recon Frontline Battle Royale Canceled By Ubisoft
screenrant.comUbisoft has canceled Ghost Recon Frontline after its announcement less than a year ago. The would-be entry to the Ghost Recon series has faced a fair amount of backlash since its reveal, with the initial Ghost Recon Frontline trailer receiving overwhelmingly negative reactions from fans. Many fans claimed the criticism was due to the new Ghost Recon game eschewing its cooperative multiplayer gameplay style for a competitive battle royale.
From the moment of its announcement in October 2021, Ghost Recon Frontline had fought an uphill battle against a tide of players frustrated with the series’ dramatic shift in gameplay. For the better part of twenty years, Ghost Recon had been a tactical third-person shooter renowned for its in-depth cooperative multiplayer campaigns and missions. When Ghost Recon: Frontline was announced as a tactical free-to-play first-person battle royale shooter, longtime fans were understandably troubled with such a dramatic shift. Many assumed the unfavorable reception was responsible for the delay of Ghost Recon Frontline’s Closed Beta Test. When beta test footage leaked online, many fans felt the gameplay of Frontline resembled Call of Duty: Warzone more than what they enjoyed from Ghost Recon, which only hurt the game’s reputation further.
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As revealed via Twitter by Stephen Totilo of Axios Gaming newsletter, Ubisoft has announced the cancellation of Ghost Recon Frontline. The news of Frontline’s untimely fate supposedly came during Ubisoft’s Q1 fiscal year earnings call, where Ubisoft informed investors that the game's cancellation was due to "uncertainty of the economic environment." While the vagueness of this statement precludes specific details,
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