Ubisoft Cancels An Actually Interesting Game For One Destined To Fail

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Ubisoft's annual earnings report announced the cancelation of one of its most promising games in years in favor of focusing its efforts on a game almost certain to fail. It's been a big week for Ubisoft, which also officially announced with a cinematic trailer and a concrete release date. It reported that its earnings figures were on track with goals for 2024, with the potential for further growth brought about by the releases of and coming later this year.

But it's not all positive. Along with all the good news, Ubisoft also announced the cancelation of a game several years in the making. It may not have been the most anticipated title, but it certainly had a lot to offer. Ubisoft's reason for the cancelation is baffling, considering the other titles it plans to funnel the money and effort into.

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In its earnings report for the 2023–2024 fiscal year, Ubisoft announced the cancelation of , an extraction shooter, after four years of development. would've combined 's player-versus-player-versus-environment, third-person extraction shooter gameplay with elements of the survival genre. Players would've had to manage their resources, addressing hunger, thirst, and air quality as they attempted to gather as much loot as possible and escape the map alive. What's more, a pure extraction shooter makes perfect sense for series. Its lore has always relied on the tension of exploring dangerous territory, which tracks perfectly with the mechanics inherent to an extraction-based game.

's popular Dark Zone mode has already explored the potential of extraction shooter gameplay in the series, which would've translated well to.

Ubisoft's earnings report also delved into the reasons for this abrupt cancelation, saying it had "" in an attempt to be more selective with its investments. The reliance on as a moneymaker is understandable: with