Ubisoft have revealed plans to release four major title within the next fiscal year and this will include the return of Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2.
In the company’s 2016-2017 fiscal year earnings report, Ubisoft confirmed the release of those three games as well as South Park: The Fractured But Whole before the end of the next fiscal year, the window of which dates between April 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018.
The official Assassin’s Creed Twitter account urges people to subscribe to their YouTube account and to “stay tuned for this year’s E3.” Because of the fiscal year time window, we are likely to see a release date at this year’s E3.
Meanwhile, the UK Assassin’s Creed account tweeted artwork with the caption “A new era begins” which suggests a whole new time period for the game’s setting.
The new logo for Far Cry 5 was revealed via the Ubisoft forums which shows white lettering with blue and red borders. There hasn’t been any new information about the title yet however with E3 in less than a month, I’m sure that we don’t have to wait too long. The last title of the Far Cry franchise, Far Cry Primal was released last year and took players to prehistoric times.
The open-world driving franchise The Crew, was debuted in 2014 but unfortunately wasn’t an overwhelmingly large launch. The Crew 2 will be releasing this fiscal year. Other details are yet to be announced. Our review for the original The Crew game gave the game a moderately high score.
Ubisoft re-confirmed its previous announcement of South Park: The Fractured But Whole after it being delayed twice. The game’s original release date was December 6, 2016 but was pushed back because "the development team wants to make sure the game experience meets the high expectations of fans and the additional time will help them achieve this goal."
Finally, Ubisoft have confirmed that in the following fiscal year, a new AAA intellectual property (IP) will be released as well as the release of new additions to “three established franchises,” which was said in their earning report.