EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft’s Far Cry Extraction-Based Multiplayer Shooter Has Been Rebooted

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EXCLUSIVE – Ubisoft’s Far Cry Extraction-Based Multiplayer Shooter Has Been Rebooted

The Far Cry extraction-based multiplayer shooter under codename Maverick has been rebooted, Insider Gaming has learned.

Project Maverick, which was initially intended as a multiplayer component to Far Cry 7 morphed into its own project in early 2023, but after internal review, the project has been rebooted.

That’s according to several sources familiar with the projects development, who said that the “writing was on the wall” for a number of months. It was said that the final nail in the coffin came after its dedicated tech team called Talisker (also the old name of Far Cry 7 before it morphed into two separate projects), moved from Maverick to be fully dedicated to Blackbird in late December to ensure the project stays on track.

Maverick was going to be an extraction-based multiplayer shooter set in Alaska, where players would try to survive and extract in the harsh elements against wild animals, AI soldiers, and other players.

It’s understood that Ubisoft Montreal, the studio heading both Maverick and Blackbird (Far Cry 7) will take the multiplayer game back to prototyping with Ubisoft Sherbrooke. Ubisoft Berlin, who where also assisting on the games development has seen around a dozen or so developers move to Blackbird, and another dozen move to another project. However, its understood approximately 50 developers are now left without an assigned project and will likely be placed on viability this month.

The exact reason for Maverick’s reboot is unclear, but the decision seems to have been made as a part of Ubisoft’s new strategy to streamline its teams and projects amid the company’s struggles. That being said, some on the Blackbird project feel like a 2026 release date is still fairly optimistic, with the project bloating in headcount and budget. Teams on the project include Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Berlin, Ubisoft Annecy, Redstorm, and the ‘Talisker team’.

That being said, the project has already started playtesting, with several sources telling Insider Gaming that the game played great and changes up the traditional Far cry formula in a number of ways, from overall gameplay to the movement mechanics.

At the time of writing, Ubisoft has yet to officially comment on Maverick or Blackbird.

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