Ubisoft Formally Confirms Particulars About New Ghost Recon

It has been years since we final noticed a Ghost Recon sport, however that needs to be altering quickly, as Ubisoft has confirmed {that a} new sport is within the works.

Whereas not an official announcement, the affirmation comes from none aside from Ubisoft’s CEO, Yves Guillemot, which implies it is the actual deal.

Particulars are scarce, however simply the affirmation alone needs to be excellent news for Ghost Recon followers itching for a brand new entry within the franchise.

Ubisoft Shaking Up Ghost Recon Franchise

It appears just like the rumor from final month is legit—a minimum of when it comes to a brand new entry within the franchise being within the works.

In a face-to-face change between Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot and shareholders, the corporate boss made an offhand reference to the Ghost Recon franchise.

What’s much more shocking is that Guillemot talked about the sport as an “upcoming launch,” suggesting improvement is way alongside, even when no announcement about it has been made. The Ubisoft boss cited Rainbow Six Siege’s success for instance of the corporate’s competence with reside service video games.

Guillemot mentioned (through Sport File), “Along with the flagship sport that I simply talked about,” he mentioned, “our goal is to additionally make sturdy progress within the rising market, typically talking, by persevering with to reinforce our present experiences that we provide—and capitalizing on upcoming launches, similar to The Division and Ghost Recon.”

Not solely that, however Ubisoft CFO Frederick Duguet has additionally talked about that this Ghost Recon sport might be going again to first-person, which marks a big departure from the franchise’s conventional third-person in latest titles.

When requested about how Ubisoft will spend the funding the corporate acquired from Tencent, Duguet famous how a part of it will likely be “used for future improvement of different main model names. So we’ve obtained… Ghost Recon is only one instance, for our first-person-shooter-type video games.”

Whereas the Ghost Recon franchise started as a first-person shooter, it transitioned to a third-person perspective with the discharge of Ghost Recon 2 in 2004. Since then, subsequent entries have opted for a third-person gameplay method.

The final entry within the franchise was Ghost Recon Breakpoint, launched in 2019, which acquired combined evaluations. Ubisoft ended assist for it in 2022, and the franchise has remained dormant since then.