During an investors call today, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said that Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is now scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2012 (the company’s 2011-12 fiscal Q4). This places it at the tail end of the fiscal year, which was the previously given (and rather large) release window. “We want first to assure the best quality possible,” Guillemot explained in a moment of déjà vu, “as well as to avoid the very crowded Christmas landscape in the shooter genre.” It was as if he was still reading last year’s script.
On May 18, 2010, Guillemot had offered those exact same reasons about Future Soldier’s readiness then, saying, “Due to a very competitive environment, we decided to move the game out of the Christmas [2010] quarter, and into the March [2011] quarter.” He added, “It will also provide additional time to our development teams to realize their vision.”
At this rate, Ubisoft is going to have to change the title to “Ghost Recon: Soldier.” Wait a minute — we already used that one … These delays are getting old.
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier scheduled for Q1 2012 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 May 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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