Ubisoft Formally Confirms Particulars About New Ghost Recon

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

Whereas not an official announcement, the affirmation comes from none aside from Ubisoft’s CEO, Yves Guillemot, which suggests it is the true 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 seems just like the rumor from final month is legit—a minimum of by way of a brand new entry within the franchise being within the works.

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

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

Guillemot mentioned (by way of Recreation File), “Along with the flagship recreation 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 boost 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 recreation shall 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 will probably be “used for future growth of different main model names. So we’ve bought… 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 strategy.

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