Insider Tom Henderson has just broken a new story on the Far Cry franchise, revealing that the long-rumored extraction shooter codenamed Maverick has recently been canceled by Ubisoft. Henderson first revealed the existence of the extraction shooter Far Cry spin-off in October 2023. He also shared a few basic tidbits: Maverick would have been set in the Alaskan wilderness, with players fighting one another, animals, and particularly the harsh weather to survive. However, it sounds like the project didn't convince everyone and was therefore canceled as part of the publisher's newfound focus on quality releases. Ubisoft isn't backing away from […]

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For a few years now we've been hearing rumours about multiple new Far Cry projects in development, with one of them being a new take on the extraction shooter genre – a genre that is becoming less popular by the day. Now, it would seem that Ubisoft has caught on to the fact that it has missed the boat on this trend. 

According to a new report from Insider Gaming, Ubisoft has cancelled its Far Cry extraction shooter spin-off. In its place, Ubisoft is now working on a new multiplayer spin-off codenamed “Kodiak”.

It is claimed that this is a “really ambitious” project where “player interactions and player-driven stories take center stage”… which sounds incredibly generic. Ubisoft is also working on the next mainline game in the series, Far Cry 7, reportedly under the codename “Blackbird”.

Ubisoft has greenlit and eventually cancelled many multiplayer projects over the past few years across many different franchises, from The Division and Far Cry, to entirely new IP like XDefiant.

KitGuru Says: A Far Cry extraction shooter could have worked, but it is a much more fitting game mode for something set in The Division universe. I don't understand why The Dark Zone wouldn't just be spun off into its own thing, rather than wasting years of development time trying to force it into another franchise. 

Far Cry 7 looks set to be a big deal for Ubisoft, with the open-world FPS series serving as one of the publisher’s core franchises. This is even more so the case when considering the fact that we’ve not had a new entry since 2021 – marking by far the longest time in between releases. Officially, we still do not know what’s in store, but according to one insider Far Cry 7 might be taking inspiration from extraction shooters.

For years now, we have been hearing various leaks and rumours surrounding Far Cry, with the primary consensus being that Ubisoft is working on two games right now: Far Cry 7 (known as project Blackbird) and a multiplayer extraction shooter spin-off (project Maverick).

As reported by Ubisoft leaker RogueTX however, Far Cry 7 might also be impacted by the extraction shooter craze, claiming that Far Cry 7 will feature a “High-stakes PvEvP scavenge and extract survival loop.”

Alongside this revelation, other ancillary details include:

• Previously-reported time-limit mechanic is still present
• You will have to rescue up to 6 family members throughout the story
• There will be a safehouse of sorts
• Weapon durability will be a core mechanic
• Featured fauna include grizzly bears, wolves, foxes and deers

As mentioned, Ubisoft is already said to be working on a multiplayer-focused extraction shooter based on Far Cry, and so the need to include similar elements and even PvP into the narrative-focused Far Cry 7 makes little sense.

Either way, it is safe to say that Ubisoft seems to be taking things back to the drawing board when it comes to Far Cry 7. It will be interesting to see how different the project winds up being.

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KitGuru says: What do you think of these leaked details? Would you welcome optional PvPvE in the next Far Cry? Are you over extraction shooters at this point? Let us know down below.

Ubisoft leaker Rogue has shared updated information about two highly anticipated games, the Splinter Cell remake and Far Cry 7. According to Rogue, Ubisoft is still trying to ship a linear, mission-based stealth remake built in Snowdrop, with a strong emphasis on non-lethal play, visibility systems, destructible environments, and classic Splinter Cell-style traversal and gadgets like sticky cameras, gas grenades, pipe sliding, and ziplines. That all sounds very promising to fans of the original, and indeed, it looks like Ubisoft is trying to preserve the series' identity rather than turn it into an open world reboot. The project appears to […]

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Aside from plans to produce the first ‘Generative AI game', Ubisoft does have more traditional titles in the works for release over the next couple of years. In its latest earnings report, Ubisoft confirmed that it will be launching new Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Ghost Recon games.

As part of Ubisoft's end of fiscal year earnings report (via VGC), the company said that three of its biggest franchises, Ghost Recon, Assassin's Creed and Far Cry, will get new games before March 2029. Ubisoft also expects a “strong rebound” during the next fiscal year, indicating that most of these new projects will be targeting 2027/2028

Ubisoft should have a successful 2026 as well, thanks to continued strong performance from Rainbow Six Siege, as well as new games like Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Resynced, which launches in July.

Unfortunately, this earnings report did not bring any update on the status of the Splinter Cell remake, which has been in development for several years at this point.

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Insider Gaming's founder and chief leaker, Tom Henderson, briefly discussed the state of Ubisoft's upcoming lineup during yesterday's Insider Gaming Weekly podcast. After reiterating that the Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Resynced remake is the next big game on the release schedule, he added that the new Ghost Recon title will follow in the pipeline. It's been a long time since Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, which launched in October 2019 to a mixed reception and underwhelming sales. Ubisoft tried to right the ship with the launch of Immersive mode and the return of the series' trademark AI squadmates, but […]

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Ubisoft chief executive officer Yves Guillemot has finally spoken outside of the company's financial earnings reports after kicking off 2026 by confirming a "major reset" that involved huge structural changes to Ubisoft and saw hundreds of developers get laid off, either through cuts at different branches or just full studio shutdowns. In an interview with Variety, Guillemot didn't offer any meaningful comments in response to questions about the strikes across different studios within the company or provide any further comment as to why projects like Prince of Persia: Sands of Time Remake were cancelled that we hadn't heard before. But […]

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To the surprise of no one, Ubisoft has confirmed that it has ‘multiple' games in development for its flagship Assassin's Creed and Far Cry franchises, focused on both single-player and multiplayer experiences. 

Ubisoft has been attempting to branch out its biggest franchises into the multiplayer realm for more than a decade at this point but so far, nothing in the Assassin's Creed or Far Cry universes has managed to stick the landing. However, this week in an interview with Variety, Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot, has confirmed that more attempts are in the works, alongside the usual single-player games.

Insider Gaming has a bit more information gathered via developer sources. Two Far Cry games are still in development under the codenames Blackbird and Maverick. The former is said to be the codename for Far Cry 7, while the latter is supposed to be an extraction shooter set in the Far Cry universe.

Meanwhile, the Assassin's Creed games in development are said to include the Black Flag remake, as well as two other games codenamed Invictus and Obsidian, with the former being a new single-player game and the latter being a multiplayer project.

This news comes at an odd time, as Ubisoft had just recently cancelled a slate of games, including the Assassin's Creed Shadows multiplayer spin-off.

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KitGuru Says: Ubisoft has been trying to crack the multiplayer formula for over a decade but so far, none of its attempts have been as successful as Rainbow Six Siege. The ironic part is that Ubisoft was an early contender in the extraction shooter genre with The Division, which had an excellent extraction-based PvP mode.