Ubisoft veteran Drew Holmes has been appointed because the director of Far Cry sequence, two years after the franchise misplaced senior govt Dan Hay. In response to Holmes’ LinkedIn profile, he took on the position of IP director beginning August 2023.
Ubisoft teases “subsequent evolution” of Far Cry sequence
In a be aware on LinkedIn, noticed by VGC, Holmes teased “large issues” for the franchise and mentioned that the yet-to-be-announced new entry is “the following evolution of this nice model.”
Holmes has been at Ubisoft for almost eight years, throughout which he’s labored in quite a few writing roles. Previous to his promotion, he served as narrative lead for Far Cry.
Ubisoft has but to speak about Far Cry 7 (or regardless of the subsequent sport shall be referred to as) however rumor has it that the corporate is making a standalone Far Cry multiplayer sport in addition to a single-player journey set in Alaska. These studies come from the dependable Tom Henderson of Insider Gaming and Kotaku, each of which individually corroborated the data.
Hay’s departure was introduced in 2021 amid studies that Far Cry was changing into an “online-oriented” sport. In April 2022, Kotaku reported that the following Far Cry and Ghost Recon video games are additional out than deliberate. Ubisoft has not commented on these studies.