It’s been years since we last saw a Ghost Recon game, but that should be changing soon, as Ubisoft has confirmed that a new game is in the works.
While not an official announcement, the confirmation comes from none other than Ubisoft’s CEO, Yves Guillemot, which means it’s the real deal.
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Details are scarce, but just the confirmation alone should be good news for Ghost Recon fans itching for a new entry in the franchise.
Ubisoft Shaking Up Ghost Recon Franchise
It looks like the rumor from last month is legit—at least in terms of a new entry in the franchise being in the works.
In a face-to-face exchange between Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot and shareholders, the company boss made an offhand reference to the Ghost Recon franchise.
What’s even more surprising is that Guillemot mentioned the game as an “upcoming launch,” suggesting development is far along, even if no announcement about it has been made. The Ubisoft boss cited Rainbow Six Siege’s success as an example of the company’s competence with live service games.
Guillemot said (via Game File), “In addition to the flagship game that I just mentioned,” he said, “our objective is to also make strong progress in the growing market, generally speaking, by continuing to enhance our current experiences that we offer—and capitalizing on upcoming launches, such as The Division and Ghost Recon.”
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Not only that, but Ubisoft CFO Frederick Duguet has also mentioned that this Ghost Recon game will be going back to first-person, which marks a significant departure from the franchise’s traditional third-person in recent titles.
When asked about how Ubisoft will spend the investment the company received from Tencent, Duguet noted how part of it will be “used for future development of other major brand names. So we’ve got… Ghost Recon is just one example, for our first-person-shooter-type games.”
While the Ghost Recon franchise began as a first-person shooter, it transitioned to a third-person perspective with the release of Ghost Recon 2 in 2004. Since then, subsequent entries have opted for a third-person gameplay approach.
The last entry in the franchise was Ghost Recon Breakpoint, released in 2019, which received mixed reviews. Ubisoft ended support for it in 2022, and the franchise has remained dormant since then.
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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint
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October 4, 2019
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M for Mature: Blood, Intense Violence, Mild Sexual Themes, Strong Language
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