

The Ubisoft conference call was today. One of the things they mentioned near the end was a plan to release 3-4 new AAA titles for FY2020. What we know for sure is one of those is Skull & Bones. The others are a bit more up in the air, so let's run down what they can't be.



1.) The Crew 2: Just came out last year, and underperformed so the next game will spend more time in the oven.

2.) Assassin's Creed: Confirmed we won't see another AC until late 2020 at the earliest.

3.) It won't be: The Division 3 or Far Cry for obvious reasons.



Now let's talk about what those titles could be:



1.) Ghost Recon: Wildlands was two years ago, so I could easily see them having prepped a new game along those lines for March 2020.

2.) Beyond Good and Evil 2: This is the least likely on the list, but people shouldn't dismiss this out of hand. Quite frankly, they're progressing rapidly. In 2017 Ancel was at E3 like "a few months ago there were no graphics", now they've got a combat system, flight, quests and more worked out. It IS unlikely, but not by much. I'm picturing this as a 2020 release.

3.) Massive's Avatar: This was mentioned ages and ages ago but we never saw anything for it and everyone involved went silent. But with Avatar ramping up, it's worth paying more attention to this game.

4.) Watch Dogs 3: It's been 3 years. There's an Assassin's Creed gap in the fall schedule. We know they're still working on it, it was mentioned in the mission statement of one of the Ubisoft studios being opened as a title they'd help work on. Hopefully they push more cyberpunk and ratchet up the open world RPG elements. If AC is knock off Witcher, I'm alright with this being knock off Cyberpunk lol.

5.) Splinter Cell: Possible, but much like BGE2 I think it's a next year title more than anything else. At E3 2017 they were still in the pitching stage.

6.) A New IP: Ubisoft doesn't need a new IP, but they've been pretty good about inventing them lately. I wouldn't be surprised if one of the 2-3 remaining titles actually was one.



My predictions? Watch Dogs, Ghost Recon, Avatar. In order of likelihood.