Ubisoft confirms new Ghost Recon game

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French game developer and publisher Ubisoft, known for franchises like Assassin’s Creed, Watch Dogs, Rainbow Six and Far Cry, has confirmed that it is working on a new Ghost Recon title, as per a report by Game File. The new Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon game would be the first in the series since 2019’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, sequel to the highly successful 2017’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands.

Speaking on the French publisher’s history with live-service titles during the Q&A session of the annual shareholder meeting in Paris, Ubisoft CEO and president Yves Guillemot reportedly said, "In addition to the flagship game that I just mentioned [Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege], 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."

The new Ghost Recon game will also see some shift gameplay-wise. Ubisoft CFO Frederick Duguet later mentioned that the upcoming Ghost Recon title will be one of the "first-person-shooter-type games" from the game publisher. Until now, several Ghost Recon titles have offered first-person perspective gameplay, but they have been mostly presented as third-person shooters.

Although the two Ubisoft executives have confirmed a new Ghost Recon game, there’s been no mention of a release timeline. Breakpoint wasn’t received well, and the company would want to tread carefully with a live-service FPS Ghost Recon game.

Recently, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot’s son Charlie Guillemot was named co-CEO of the Tencent-funded, new Ubisoft subsidiary. He will share the designation with Ubisoft Montreal’s Christophe Derennes. With the new subsidiary, the company aims to "accelerate the growth" of Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six and Far Cry franchises.