Ubisoft has a new Far Cry game in development, according to a report from Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson. The title, codenamed Kodiak, is described as an ambitious open-world FPS built on the foundations of a now-canceled extraction shooter spin-off.
The extraction shooter, codenamed Maverick, had been in development for several years before being shelved. Henderson's sources described the project as stuck in development hell, with shifting direction and mounting frustration internally. Kodiak has inherited some of Maverick's technical groundwork but is charting a different course as a full open-world entry in the series.
Ubisoft has pitched Kodiak as a game where "player interactions and player-driven stories take center stage," though specific details remain thin. The project passed its conceptualization stage earlier this month and is being developed at Vantage Studios, the Ubisoft team responsible for the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six Siege franchises.
The new title marks the longest gap between Far Cry releases since the series began nearly 20 years ago. Far Cry 6 launched in October 2021 to tepid reviews, earning a 73 on Metacritic and a much lower 5.5 user average. The lukewarm reception appears to have prompted Ubisoft to take more time with the franchise's next installment rather than rushing another entry to market.
Kodiak is reportedly several years away from release, so players should not expect an imminent reveal. Ubisoft has not officially commented on the project beyond what Henderson's reporting has uncovered. The publisher's focus in the near term remains on Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, which Ubisoft's CFO recently said should "deliver superior financial performance" due to lower production costs.
The cancellation of Maverick also signals that Ubisoft is pulling back from the extraction shooter trend that has dominated parts of the industry in recent years. Studios across the AAA space have experimented with the format, but player interest has proven fickle, and several high-profile extraction projects have struggled to find sustainable audiences. For Far Cry, the retreat to a more traditional open-world structure may be a safer bet, even if Kodiak's player-driven story ambitions suggest Ubisoft is not simply retreading familiar ground.
