Ubisoft is taking its time for its next AAA game titles, as it has announced that it will be delaying the release of three of its upcoming games next year.
In a press release sent to Rolling Stone's Glixel segment, the developer and publisher studio has stated that "Far Cry 5," "The Crew 2," and one unnamed and unannounced game have been moved to other dates. This is because the studio wanted to ensure that all three games will have adequate time spent on them to guarantee their quality and polish.
With this in mind, the studio has referred to its most recent AAA title, "Assassin's Creed: Origins," as a good example for delaying the release of their big games. Here, the delays in the game's release date have produced a game of good quality, earning both commercial and critical success.
"This decision is in line with our strategic vision of developing even more engaging and higher quality experiences for gamers. Taking more time with 'Assassin's Creed Origins' enabled our talented development team to fully express their creative vision. As expected, this had a very positive impact on the game's quality and largely participated in its commercial success. Taking a similar approach, we have decided to invest additional development time in three upcoming games," revealed Christine Burgess-Quémard, Ubisoft's Worldwide Studios Executive Director.
Because of this, "Far Cry 5" is now slated for a release date of March 27, 2018 instead of Feb. 27, a one month delay, which is not as bad as the two other games.' "The Crew 2" is now set to be released during the first half of the Fiscal year of 2018-2019 instead of March 16. The unannounced surprise title was also delayed to Fiscal year 2019-2020 instead of the initial projected release of Fiscal year 2018-2019.
"Far Cry 5" is the latest game in the "Far Cry" first-person shooter franchise and is set in Montana, U.S.A., while "The Crew" is an open-world driving and racing game which is also set in the same country. With these said delays, Ubisoft hopes that all three AAA games will receive the same level of success and acclaim as "Assassin's Creed: Origins."
