The end of the fiscal year 2023 may see the release of a new Ghost Recon game developed by Ubisoft Paris, the company behind Wildlands and Breakpoint. In the wake of Ubisoft’s announcement that it will end post-launch support for Ghost Recon Breakpoint, which was already doomed by the company’s late-2017 incorporation of NFT-based content, this rumour is spreading quickly. When Wildlands was released in 2019, the Ghost Recon franchise re-emerged from the shadows. Ubisoft Paris’ post-launch efforts managed to change the tide after the Bolivia-set adventure premiered to lacklustre reception.
A lack of AI companions, gameplay features, and a slew of performance difficulties swiftly saw Breakpoint lose popularity among even the most die-hard Ghost Recon enthusiasts, who had hoped that it would escape similar teething pains. Eventually, these issues and others were rectified via free content upgrades, which resulted in Breakpoint gradually gaining traction.
When Ubisoft unveiled the poorly accepted Quartz marketplace for NFTs, it effectively squandered prospects for the title’s full restoration. However, don’t write off Ghost Recon just yet. Developer Ubisoft Paris started working on a new Ghost Recon game more than a year ago, according to people who talked with Kotaku. The game, code-named OVER, was originally seen in an Nvidia leak from September 2021. According to Kotaku’s sources, the next big Ghost Recon instalment might be released in the Fiscal Year 2023, which begins July 1, 2022, and ends in the summer of 2023.
At the time of this writing, neither Ubisoft nor the publisher has responded to these charges. In honour of Ghost Recon’s 20th anniversary, Ubisoft made no mention of the rumoured sequel. Breakpoint enhancements and a free-to-play Ghost Recon Frontline battle royale were included in a festive webcast. Ubisoft was forced to delay its PC Closed Test after the public’s reaction to the online project’s unveiling.
A Closed Beta was ultimately held in January of this year, but since then there has been very little information on Frontline to be found online. After launching on PC in 2001, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon moved to PlayStation 2 and Xbox in 2002. Respawned to many sequels that were essential in the growth of third-person tactical shooters from Red Storm Entertainment. Since then, the Ghost Recon moniker has lost some of its once-held respect. Maybe Ubisoft’s next game can help them turn things around.