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Ubisoft responded to a recently emerged rumor that it canceled the sequel toImmortals Fenyx Rising. And while the company avoided outright confirming that claim, its official comments do not exactly inspire confidence that anotherImmortals Fenyx Risinggame is on the horizon.
Originally titledGods and Monsters,Immortals Fenyx Risinglaunched in late 2020 to largely positive reviews and player reactions. Ubisoft Quebec was said to have soon started working on a follow-up title, with one known industry insider previously labeling that game—code-namedOxygen—as more of a spinoff than a conventional sequel. The same leaker also revealed thealleged setting ofImmortals Fenyx Rising 2in July 2022, which was the last bit of unofficial info about the project until its cancellation report emerged a year later.
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Ubisoft promptly responded to therumor that it canceled theImmortals Fenyx Risingsequelby stating that it recently shifted some creative resources and priorities at its Quebec studio. As a result of that move, a portion of Ubisoft Quebec’s workforce has now moved on to “other unannounced projects,” a company official told VGC. Reading between the lines, that comment seems to imply that anImmortals Fenyx Risingsequel was indeed in the works at some point. And while Ubisoft didn’t offer a direct update on the project’s current status, its response suggests that the game’s development team has been downsized at best or disbanded at worst.
The original report on the matter claimed that theImmortals Fenyx Risingsequel was scrapped as a result of Ubisoft’s strategic shift toward bigger franchises likeAssassin’s Creed. The developer-publisher did acknowledge that such company-wide efforts are currently taking place in its response to the rumor.
Assuming that theImmortals Fenyx Risingsequel has indeed been abandoned, Ubisoft’s reluctance to confirm its cancelation could be explained by the fact that it never actually announced the follow-up to itsBreath of the Wild-inspired game. Namely, the company has historically only talked about cancelations of never-revealed projects in its shareholder disclosures, not media inquiry responses. For example,Ubisoft told investors that it canceled 3 unannounced gamesback in January.
Whatever the fate of theImmortals Fenyx Risingsequel might be, project cancelations are nothing out of the ordinary for the France-based gaming giant. In fact,Ubisoft canceled over half a dozen games since mid-2022. The company might even scrap additional titles in the coming months, as its strategic pivot toward its largest franchises is still ongoing.
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