Seemingly out of nowhere, Ubisoft have cancelled two major upcoming titles, as well as a further two unannounced games, according to VGC.
Reportedly, during a financial call, the company announced that the games were scrapped because of the “changing financial environment”, but no further details were given. As for the titles in question? None other than Splinter Cell VR and Ghost Recon Frontline.
Take a look at the announcement video for the Splinter Cell remake below.
Now, before you panic, please note that we’re talking about Splinter Cell VR and not the Splinter Cell remake. The latter was only just announced last December, and is set to rebuild the 2002 title from the ground up using Ubisoft’s Snowdrop engine (the same one being used for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora), and is completely safe, as far as we know. Very little was ever said about Splinter Cell VR past its initial announcement in 2020 - it’s a bit of a shame that it never came to fruition, though.
On the other hand, oh boy. In case you managed to miss the talk about Ghost Recon Frontline, it was set to be a free-to-play tactical action PVP shooter, and all things considered, it seems quite unlikely that it’ll be missed. The game’s initial reveal trailer was hit with a barrage of dislikes and negative comments from fans of the series, with some even suggesting that Tom Clancy would be “rolling in his grave” because of the game. The title’s closed test was postponed as a result of the negativity, and it was later suggested by an insider that it played like a “carbon copy” of Call of Duty: Warzone, and brought nothing new to the table. Ouch.
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As for the other two unannounced games, we can only guess what those might have been, and hope that they weren’t anything exciting, which, chances are, they probably weren’t. Hopefully, cancelling these titles will give Ubisoft a little more firepower to throw into their other games, including the new Assassin’s Creed, which we’re almost sure to hear more about soon.
Topics: Ubisoft, Splinter Cell, VR