Summary
According to a well-known gaming insider, a newGhost Recongame from Ubisoft is currently in the works. TheTom Clancy Ghost Reconseries is one ofUbisoft’s long-running franchises, having been going for at least two decades. The franchise is a military tactical shooter that places the player in the role of a classified U.S. Army Special Forces member deployed to combat various enemies. WhileGhost Reconis a well-known name from Ubisoft, the games have varied in quality.
The most recent game in the franchise,Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint,had a very mixed-to-negative reception when it launched in 2019. Critics and fans cited how the ideas implemented were a mishmash of various mechanics seen in other Ubisoft games, which both made the game lack an identity and was underwhelming as a result. Other complaints revolving around the shooter were its microtransaction-heavy model, among other things released before theplug was pulled onBreakpoint’s post-launch supportin 2022. Despite this, it appears that Ubisoft is working on another game in the franchise currently, according to gaming insider Tom Henderson.
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According to Henderson, Ubisoft has multiple projects that are currently in the works, which include highly-anticipated releases such asAssassin’s Creed Red, a seventh mainlineFar Crygame, andGhost Recon, which is going under the code name of “Project Over.” The name is incredibly vague, but according to Henderson, these three games have been positively received internally, and he’s heard “great things” about them too.
Other than those three games, he notes that there are some games that have been struggling through development, such asthe open-world pirate gameSkull and Bones, where Henderson noted that there were some gamers who weren’t looking to play them. Not only that, he believes thatBeyond Good and Evil 2is suffering the same fate, and is stretching Ubisoft incredibly thin. Henderson calls them a series of “big rocks” that the company needs to get rid of to avoid overextending their developers.
One ofGhost Recon Breakpoint’s last controversies before its shutdown was theintegration of the Ubisoft Quartz NFT service, which was widely derided by many gamers. The initial market for these NFTs was also basically negligible, with players also complaining how no one had noticed they were even used. With a rough reputation and low sales figures forBreakpoint, a newGhost Reconmight be the best course of action to win back gamers. Gamers will need to wait and see until more information regarding this potential newGhost Recongame is revealed.
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