For some time now, Ubisoft has embarked on a long plan to restructure its teams, cut costs and focus its resources on fewer and bigger games. It has positive results, as will the scale Assassin’s Creed: ShadowsBut tough decisions have also been made, Like canceling a new game department.
Through its most recent investor meeting, Ubisoft confirmed the matter Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland It has been cancelled. This is a free-to-play game, and the resources allocated to this project will be used in XDefiant and Rainbow Six. Here’s what was said about it:
“After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to halt development of Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland, effective immediately. “Our priority now is to support the talented team members at our studio Red Storm Entertainment, who will transition to new projects within our company, including XDefiant and Rainbow Six.”
Ubisoft announced Division Heartland In 2021, Red Storm Entertainment as the team in charge of the project. Interestingly, despite the delay, This title is expected to be available by the end of 2024And the tests were even done in Taiwan not too long ago.
This is just one of many projects that Ubisoft has canceled in recent years. As a sequel to this Immortal Phoenix Rising, was finally released to the public, but mostly experiences that we don’t know much about What’s surprising is that The Sands of Time remake, which has undergone multiple reboots, and is surely costing the French company a lot, is still standing.
We can only wait to see what happens with Ubisoft games in the future. for now, We know that we will see in the second half of the year Star Wars: Aliens y Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, the title that could be a great success for the company. On a related note, you can learn more about the upcoming Assassin’s Creed here.
Author’s Note:
The Division and its sequel are quite interesting games. However, there is no denying the fact that the popularity of this property has significantly declined, so there were certainly no great financial expectations for its new project.
Through: IGN