Fenyx Rising sequel within the bin – WGB, House of AWESOME Opinions

In accordance with the sleuths over at VGC, Ubisoft has cancelled its in-development sequel to Immortals: Fenyx Rising, Ubisoft’s vibrant open-world journey that had some Breath of the Wild vibes. I really moderately preferred it, handing it a 4 out of 5 in my moderately spiffy evaluate which you need to completely learn. Trace, trace. The purpose is, I’m bummed out that it received’t be getting a correct follow-up.

Though Immortals didn’t set any gross sales data, it did discover itself an honest viewers, however in line with VGC’s sources that was largely as a result of value dropping, making individuals extra keen to take a danger on an unknown IP. In accordance with the identical supply, the higher administration at Ubisoft felt the sport had struggled to determine itself, which is PR converse for “it didn’t promote a metric arse-load” and made the choice to axe the sequel earlier this month.

The choice to cancel the sequel appears to be all the way down to Ubisoft’s beforehand acknowledged aim of leveraging its present, established IP, therefore why they at the moment have about one million Murderer’s Creed video games in growth. Sure, that assertion is hyperbolic, however truthfully not by that a lot.

The VGC article notes that Immortals bought round 70% lower than Murderer’s Creed: Valhalla in Europe. Ubisoft themselves have saved quiet on the subject, indicating that the numbers weren’t something particular.

Ubisoft has since issued a press release to VGC that doesn’t instantly say that the sequel has been canned, however definitely seems to indicate that it was.

“As a part of our world technique, we’re redirecting and reallocating some artistic groups and assets throughout the Quebec studio to different unannounced initiatives.” espoused Ubisoft.

“The experience and applied sciences these groups developed will function an accelerator for the event of those key initiatives targeted on our greatest manufacturers. We have now nothing additional to share at the moment.”

Kotaku has additionally verified what VGC reported with their very own sources.

It’s a disgrace as a result of final 12 months Jeff Grubb indicated that he had heard the event workforce wished to base the subsequent sport round Polynesian mythology, which sounds completely superior.

Launching a brand new IP is a troublesome factor, however firms like Ubisoft have the cash and assets to take these dangers. It’s disappointing that Ubisoft opted for the most secure potential route once they may have had an pleasurable franchise on their palms.