Today, Ubisoft released its 2020-2021 financial year earnings report. As usual, the report paints a generally rosy picture of Ubisoft’s performance. Net bookings at up 46% compared to last financial year, with the pandemic receiving a lot of the blame for that, but also because Assassin’s Creed Valhalla did really well alongside “robust growth” from Brawlhalla, Far Cry, For Honor, and Watch Dogs.
Unique player count reached an all-time high of 141 million users across PC and console thanks to all of Ubisoft’s great franchises, and it expects even more with upcoming games like Avatar, Beyond Good & Evil 2, and a new Star Wars MMO.
For the next financial year (2021-2022), Ubisoft expects a far more humble single-digit growth rate, but “expects to release a solid and well-diversified line-up, including premium and F2P titles.” Those games include “Far Cry 6, Rainbow Six Quarantine, Riders Republic, The Division Heartlands, and Roller Champions.”
Skull and Bones has once again been delayed, this time into the 2022-2023 financial year. The game was originally announced in 2017 and has been repeatedly delayed ever since. At this point, it seems like Ubisoft has a genuine case of vaporware on its hands.
Far Cry 6 is another game that seems to have run into trouble. Originally scheduled to release in February, it had been delayed without a clear release window. Last we heard, Far Cry 6 lost one of its senior developers, which could point to some friction in production.
Rainbow Six Quarantine was supposed to be revealed “soon,” but that was back in February. Rumors of a May 4 reveal turned out to be a Rainbow Six Siege event. Pretty much all we know for sure is that it hasn’t been renamed Parasite.
And finally, The Division Heartlands is an all-new F2P game set in The Division universe. Judging by the name, it’ll take place far away from Washington DC in the American Midwest, but that’s all we know so far.
