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All 11 Ubisoft Games to be Released in the Upcoming Year

A list of all 11 games that are expected to be released by Ubisoft in the Fiscal Year 2024 (April 2023 - March 2024).

insider-gaming.com

Sources have provided Insider Gaming with a list of all 11 Ubisoft games that are expected to be released by the publisher in the Fiscal Year 2024 (April 2023 – March 2024).

• The Division Heartland (Free to Play) – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Amazon Luna
  Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland is a Free-to-Play survival-action multiplayer shooter, set in a fictional small-town Middle America. Explore hostile Silver Creek as you fight alongside and against other trained agents to save the forgotten heartland of America. Find out more here.
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S, and Amazon Luna
  Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a first-person, action-adventure game developed by Massive Entertainment – a Ubisoft studio, in collaboration with Lightstorm Entertainment and Disney. Find out more here.
• xDefiant (Free to Play) – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Amazon Luna
  XDefiant is a free-to-play, fast-paced arena shooter that combines intense gunplay with personalised loadouts and specialised factions, as teams of gunfighters battle for domination. Find out more here.
• Assassin’s Creed Mirage – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Amazon Luna
  In Assassin’s Creed Mirage, you are Basim, a cunning street thief with nightmarish visions seeking answers and justice. Join an ancient organization and come to understand a new creed – one that will change Basim’s fate in ways he never could have imagined. Find out more here.
• Skull & Bones – PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S, and Amazon Luna
  The world of Skull and Bones is a treasure trove to explore as you sail to the furthest reaches of the Indian Ocean. From the coasts of Africa to the East Indies discover distinct regions each with its own unique ecosystems. Find out more here.
  Skull and Bones has seen significant development trouble since the game started development in 2013.
• Project Orland (The Crew) – Unknown Platforms
  Not yet officially announced, Project Orlando started as The Crew 2 DLC, but quickly turned into a standalone title. Taking place on an Hawian island, Project Orlando could be named “Motorfest” and is aimed to compete (or fill the gap) with Forza Horizon.
  Sources tell Insider Gaming that the announcement of Project Orlando is expected in the coming months and is the “yet-to-be-announced major IP” to release in FY24.
• Assassin’s Creed Nexus – Oculus 2
  Insider Gaming has reported on many details surrounding Assassin’s Creed Nexus, which is arguably one of Ubisoft’s worst-kept secrets. It’s understood that Ubisoft is waiting on Meta approval in order for marketing to begin. Find out more here.
• The Division Resurgence – Mobile
  The Division Resurgence brings the acclaimed gameplay experience of the franchise to mobile! Enjoy a AAA experience featuring a new storyline set in the massive urban open-world of New York City. Test your skills in the infamous PVP modes of the franchise, Dark Zone and Conflict. Find out more here.
• Rainbow 6 Mobile – Mobile
  From the acclaimed Rainbow Six franchise, Rainbow Six Mobile is a free-to-play competitive, multiplayer first-person shooter experience on your phone. Find out more here.
• Assassin’s Creed Codenamed Jade – Mobile
  Create your own assassin as you leap into Assassin’s Creed Codename JADE, a brand-new mobile open-world game set in Ancient China! Discover the Assassin’s Creed open-world experience optimized for a seamless experience with touch controls. Parkour on the Great Wall, sneak through bustling cities, discover secret locations, and journey through diverse environments with Ancient China as an epic backdrop.
• Assassin’s Creed Netflix Collaboration – Mobile
  On top of a forthcoming live-action series, Netflix and Ubisoft are joining forces to create an original Assassin’s Creed mobile video game. The game will be exclusive to Netflix and won’t feature any ads or in-app purchases.

 

[The_Mike]

Meh

 

[Deerock71]

Let's ignore the console with approx. 120M in sales and wonder aloud why we're struggling.

 

[baphomet]

Bunch of cross gen bullshit and some mobile games.

Can't imagine why they're doing so badly.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

 

[SJRB]

My expert opinion:

• The Division Heartland (Free to Play) – DOA
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Delayed to 2024
• xDefiant (Free to Play) – DOA
• Assassin’s Creed Mirage – Reasonable hit
• Skull & Bones – Delayed AND extremely DOA
• Project Orland (The Crew) – Delayed, then DOA
• Assassin’s Creed Nexus – DOA
• The Division Resurgence – Absolutely DOA
• Rainbow 6 Mobile – DOA
• Assassin’s Creed Codenamed Jade – DOA
• Assassin’s Creed Netflix Collaboration – DOA

 

[The Cockatrice]

So besides a meh AC game, all mobile shit and a DOA skull and bones. No mention of the SC/PoP/BG&E2. Got it, also prolly dead/canned as well. Fuck Ubisoft. I truly hope people there start looking for better opportunities, where their talents can be used for actual games.

 

[jigglet]

50 shades of grey

 

[KungFucius]

Let's ignore the console with approx. 120M in sales and wonder aloud why we're struggling.

They did release Mario Rabbids and it underperformed. Not sure what games they could port. I am betting AC and Avatar will be beasts like most of their games and not something that would run well on Switch. The real issue here is most of the projects are mobil or F2p trash. The single player games probably will do well if they don't suck. They haven't had a big multiplatform game since Far Cry 6. I think Avatar was planned to launch near the movie but got delayed so they missed the revenue last year, and a lot of the hype too.

 

[UnNamed]

My expert opinion:

• Project Orland (The Crew) – Delayed, then DOA

You are a bad person

 

[Deerock71]

They did release Mario Rabbids and it underperformed. Not sure what games they could port. I am betting AC and Avatar will be beasts like most of their games and not something that would run well on Switch. The real issue here is most of the projects are mobil or F2p trash. The single player games probably will do well if they don't suck. They haven't had a big multiplatform game since Far Cry 6. I think Avatar was planned to launch near the movie but got delayed so they missed the revenue last year, and a lot of the hype too.

I didn't want to take time to edit down your post, but re-releasing the Splinter Cell games with a fresh coat of paint would cost little, and yield high dividends.

EDIT- Hell, Prince of Persia, too.

 

[Elysion]

Wait, Jade is mobile!? Ugh, I was looking forward to a proper AC game in ancient China.

 

[Putonahappyface]

 

[fermcr]

Probably Ass Creed Mirage and Avatar. Rest looks bleak.

No Beyond Good and Evil 2...

 

[GymWolf]

That's one sad list, i literally don't give a fuck about any of these games.

Where is the big ac rpg game and the new far cry?

 

[SJRB]

Wait, Jade is mobile!? Ugh, I was looking forward to a proper AC game in ancient China.

Yeah it makes no sense. Just like they did a classic India setting, which has huge potential for a beautiful world, and then made it a fucking sidescroller.

Huge potential squandered on a mobile game. I just don't get it.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I’ll check out AC Mirage and maybe Avatar, but that’s it.

 

[ZehDon]

Down for Avatar, assuming it's not just Far Cry with bioluminescence. Pass on everything else.

 

[LegendOfKage]

I thought Division 2 was a pretty good loot shooter, and I think a lot of people are discovering it now that it's on PS Plus. Because of that, I'm definitely looking forward to a free to play sequel of sorts. I hope they do a good job with it.

xDefiant has a decent opportunity as well, with as poorly as Overwatch 2 and COD multiplayer handled their offerings last year.

 

[Skifi28]

Wow, they really like Luna. I imagine Stadia closing is the real reason Ubi is struggling.

 

[Lukaku's First Touch]

All reskins almost. Its just missing another Far Cry.

 

[crackajack]

Only slightly interested in Mirage, no AC I have played was ever as good as any PoP, but that could at least be one that is not drowned in boring tasks and a huge time waste map.

Motorfest? To confuse it with wreckfest? The Crew is not really super great as a name but at least some people know now what it is. Or is it some sort of spin-off and no one should expect Crew3 gameplay in it?

I guess Avatar should have launched together with the movie and they missed the schedule by a mile. King Kong wasn't bad at all, so Ubi did decent work with licensed IPs in the past.

 

[lughnasadh123]

While mobile gaming is not for me, I definitely get why they want to tap into that lucrative market. And who knows, they might actually be decend. Going to wait and see on those. Mobile is that weird platform that gets constant shit on gaming sites yet constantly overperforms over those expectations.

F2P is more of a red flag to me. Still, has a chance for success. I'm fairly certain there's still a market for this if they can pull it off.

S&B just seems ready to die if it gets a release at all.

AC and Avatar are the likely hits of the bunch. Project Orland is a possible sleeper hit and is one I'm interested in the most.

Overall imo it's not a bad list that shows some promise. Just hope they don't fuck it up.

 

[Spaceman292]

My expert opinion:

• The Division Heartland (Free to Play) – DOA
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora – Delayed to 2024
• xDefiant (Free to Play) – DOA
• Assassin’s Creed Mirage – Reasonable hit
• Skull & Bones – Delayed AND extremely DOA
• Project Orland (The Crew) – Delayed, then DOA
• Assassin’s Creed Nexus – DOA
• The Division Resurgence – Absolutely DOA
• Rainbow 6 Mobile – DOA
• Assassin’s Creed Codenamed Jade – DOA
• Assassin’s Creed Netflix Collaboration – DOA

That online Division thing might be fun but yeh this all looks about right.

 

[Spaceman292]

While mobile gaming is not for me, I definitely get why they want to tap into that lucrative market. And who knows, they might actually be decend. Going to wait and see on those. Mobile is that weird platform that gets constant shit on gaming sites yet constantly overperforms over those expectations.

F2P is more of a red flag to me. Still, has a chance for success. I'm fairly certain there's still a market for this if they can pull it off.

S&B just seems ready to die if it gets a release at all.

AC and Avatar are the likely hits of the bunch. Project Orland is a possible sleeper hit and is one I'm interested in the most.

Overall imo it's not a bad list that shows some promise. Just hope they don't fuck it up.

Mobile overperforms because the only thing those games are good at is hooking whales and squeezing money out of them

 

[lughnasadh123]

Mobile overperforms because the only thing those games are good at is hooking whales and squeezing money out of them

I don't think that's the only factor. CoD did well on mobile right? Genshin Impact is also a good game. How they get monetized is definitely a good coversation to have, but there's also really well done games there with an appetite for them on that platform. No mattter what dev put out there's always, always going to be that knee-jerk "ugh, mobile" from people around here including me.

 

[Spaceman292]

I don't think that's the only factor. CoD did well on mobile right? Genshin Impact is also a good game. How they get monetized is definitely a good coversation to have, but there's also really well done games there with an appetite for them on that platform. No mattter what dev put out there's always, always going to be that knee-jerk "ugh, mobile" from people around here including me.

Even the one or two good ones are stuffed with that shit. People have sunk their pensions into Genshin.

 

[Black_Stride]

AC Mirage and thats about it.
As long as its smaller than the other newage titles.



Wasnt xDefiant cancelled already?

They are really gonna release Overwatch....but Call of Duty.....but still Overwatch: The Game

 

[jufonuk]

Ok well thanks for the support Ubi. All switch owners. I bought the first Rabbid and Mario game. Might get the second. But. Yeah Ubi is the New EA. Or the European version of EA.

 

[kyussman]

No thanks.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

That's sad AF.

You couldn't pay me to play any of that.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Assassin’s Creed Mirage – PlayStation 4, Xbox One.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

EasyAllies nailed it last week in regard to Ubisoft. Their games just have this formula and feel and it’s literally in ALL of their games and people are just sick of it.

 

[Ar¢tos]

Ubisoft could collapse tomorrow, I wouldn't even notice and would be mildly surprised when I read about it in 2 years in one of those "Remember Ubisoft?" threads.

 

[jm89]

Grim

Hopefully AC mirage is good.

 

[rodrigolfp]

Let's ignore the console with approx. 120M in sales and wonder aloud why we're struggling.

For sure. They should not ignore PS2, GB, DS and PS4.

 

[TVexperto]

not enough BR games

 

[mxbison]

I'm not even that much of an Ubisoft hater but that just looks like total shit.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Ubisoft is Hoping to Launch 'A Lot of Games' This Next Fiscal Year

Ubisoft says it plans to launch a 'lot of games' in the next financial year, following a frustrating amount of recent cancelations.

gamerant.com

Discussing Ubisoft's recent slew of game cancelations, Guillemot said that the decision was "really helping all the other games that are progression well." In other words, the resources Ubisoft has shifted from its canceled games are improving the development of other titles.

As a result, Ubisoft is planning to launch "a lot of games" in the next financial year, which will run from April 2023 through March 2024. Guillemot also says that Ubisoft now has the "right number of games," implying that the company was perhaps pushing beyond a stable number of projects in 2022 and prior. However, he also says somewhat contradictorily that the canceled games will simply "make space for other games" within Ubisoft.

 

[Robb]

• The Division Heartland (Free to Play)
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
• xDefiant (Free to Play)
• Assassin’s Creed Mi…

 

[semiconscious]

My expert opinion:

• Assassin’s Creed Mirage – Reasonable hit

excellent! the only one i'm interested in...

 

[March Climber]

Wait, Jade is mobile!? Ugh, I was looking forward to a proper AC game in ancient China.

My hope is that Jade starts out as a mobile title and expands to PC(and maybe console), like Diablo Immortal.

 

[RCU005]

I was excited for Assassin’s Creed Mirage, but being cross-gen, not anymore! I don’t know if they already announced it as such, or this is the first time revealing it, but I’m not interested in cross-gen BS anymore!

I don’t care how good the game is, I spent $500 on a PS5 to play PS5 games! THREE YEARS and we still getting this cross- gen trash but at $70! The nerves of these companies charging 10 dollars more for the same game (but 60fps!) BS!

It’s fine for party games and sport games to continue being cross-gen, but so-called AAA? Not at all! At this rate, we will still be getting PS4 games when the PS6 launches!

There was so much talk about SSDs, 10+ TF!, Ray-Tracing! And still nothing!

Reminds me of how many PS3 games at first still got games with 2-4GB when blu-ray could hold 25GB.

 

[pasterpl]

So in reality they have 2 games this year, and 1 one next gen only (that was delayed more times that I remember)

 

[outsida]

I don't think there has ever been a publisher with so much output that I have no interest in.

 

[CamHostage]

Kind of weird that nothing has leaked about how Avatar is going. They've been out in public enough about it with the company line, but otherwise it's an unusually tight ship for a Ubisoft project, especially after the setback of delays.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

(Free to Play)

(Free to Play)

Oculus 2

Mobile

Mobile

Mobile

Mobile

And for what left

 

[Baki]

Let's ignore the console with approx. 120M in sales and wonder aloud why we're struggling.

You mean the console where 75% of software sales is first party and has poor options for post purchase monetization?

 

[Deerock71]

You mean the console where 75% of software sales is first party and has poor options for post purchase monetization?

Yeah, let's also ignore the positive results 3rd parties have reported for sales on the Switch console. Morons fail to realize Nintendo garnering good software sales does not negate positive sales of their own; a rising tide lifts all boats.

 

[Varteras]

11 games.

10 will be downgraded. 8 will be delayed. Any with servers will be offline in under 2 years.