Ubisoft has recently shared its third quarter results for the 2021-22 Fiscal year earlier this week, and additionally confirming a tentative release slate for the company which is something we are looking forward to.
Ubisoft plans to launch several titles in the coming year, starting with Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is under development at Massive Entertainment. The other titles currently in development and are slated to drop this year are: The Division: Heartland, Skull and Bones, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope.
Ubisoft has outlined its FY22 pipeline of games (April 2022 – April 2023)
“The next fiscal year will notably include the releases of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Skull & Bones as well as more exciting games.”
— Tom Henderson (@_Tom_Henderson_) February 17, 2022
While Ubisoft’s releases over the next year are exciting, some of the company’s other titles have been left out of the mix. Most noticeably, Beyond Good & Evil 2 and Ubisoft’s upcoming Star Wars games had only two brief mentions throughout this reveal.
These titles have not been given specific release dates but the expectant window is there: we should expect to see and hear more about these titles between April 2022-23.
Ubisoft’s announcement that two games, specifically Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Skull & Bones, will be released during the company’s next fiscal year is shocking. The former was announced in February 2017. Presently, Skull & Bones has been in the midst of a troubled development cycle, post being announced during Ubisoft’s 2017 E3 conference and intended for a 2018 release. Skull & Bones has been delayed several times following the reveal and reportedly won’t be the same open-world piracy game it was originally pitched as. Instead, the title will be a live-service game but little else is known about the game.
In terms of game performance and what stood out for Ubisoft this year, Rainbow Six Siege continued to shine, with 10 million players in the past 12 months to reach more than 80 million unique active players overall. The series recently expanded with Rainbow Six Extraction, Ubisoft reported that it has 5 million players so far.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was also a star. Their net bookings and Player Recurring Investment through microtransactions proved to be successful, growing by 70%-80% as compared to Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Valhalla’s Dawn of Ragnarok expansion, the third DLC, will arrive this March.
Far Cry 6 also recorded good numbers for Ubisoft, with playtime per player and microtransaction sales improved compared to Far Cry 5. Riders Republic performed well, with playtime and spending growing substantially compared to the company’s last extreme sports title, Steep. The publisher said Riders Republic is shaping up to be a “long and profitable seller”.
