The Ubisoft Forward stream contained a decent number of games from the publisher. But it didn’t have everything. Here are games that were MIA.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 6, and Watch Dogs: Legion were the highlights of the Ubisoft Forward stream that took the place of the publisher’s annual E3 press conference. And although these big games do look promising, it’s impossible to not also recall the games that weren’t there at all. From announced games to ones that were merely rumored, here are some of the games that Ubisoft chose to keep locked away for the show.
Beyond Good and Evil 2 is Ubisoft’s most cursed title to the point of almost feeling like an elaborate, years-long joke. The game was teased in 2008 before falling into a long silence until E3 2017 where it was officially unveiled again. But aside from some odd streams here and there, we’ve barely heard anything substantive about the game in a way that lets players actually understand what’s going on.
So what is actually going on with this game? We don’t know and will not know for even longer since it was not at this E3-esque showing at all.
Ubisoft wanted to capitalize on Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag‘s success so it announced Skull and Bones in 2017, the assassin-free piratey ship game. While it did appear in a few subsequent events after, the game has yet to dock within the public eye in the past couple years. A recent report has stated that the title has undergone a big reboot and is now a live service game that’s supposed to emulate Fortnite‘s evolving story.
That’s not a huge departure from Ubisoft’s typical games, but, given the wording of the source, it might not even be a premium experience anymore. It’s unclear, like a ship stuck in the night fog and Ubisoft has yet to act like a lightlouse.
There are fewer better (or worse?) times to talk about a game with “quarantine” right in the title than during a global pandemic.
