Ubisoft announced that it is delaying the release date of the fifth entry of the Far Cry series. Citing the good reception of Assassin's Creed: Origins as a factor, the French publisher decided to allocate more development time to three projects currently in development.
Besides Far Cry 5, Crew 2 and "one of the three unannounced franchise games" are also being delayed.
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Far Cry 5 was originally scheduled to launch on February 27th, 2018, but has been moved a month later to March 27th, 2018. Meanwhile, Crew 2 is now slated for the first half of Fiscal year 2018-19 (rather than on March 16th, 2018), and the unannounced title is slated for Fiscal 2019-20 instead of the planned Fiscal 2018-19.
In the same release, Ubisoft updated its financial 2017-18 targets, actually revising it upwards:
- Sales: €1,640.0 million versus the previous guidance of €1,700.0 million
- Third-quarter sales: €700.0 million versus €630.0 million previously
- Non-IFRS operating income: €270.0 million, unchanged
- Record-high non-IFRS operating margin: 16.5% versus 15.9% previously
Aside from the Vivendi takeover, this seems to be a good year for Ubisoft.
