Ubisoft veteran Drew Holmes has been appointed because the director of Far Cry sequence, two years after the franchise misplaced senior government Dan Hay. In keeping with Holmes’ LinkedIn profile, he took on the position of IP director beginning August 2023.
Ubisoft teases “subsequent evolution” of Far Cry sequence
In a word on LinkedIn, noticed by VGC, Holmes teased “massive issues” for the franchise and mentioned that the yet-to-be-announced new entry is “the subsequent evolution of this nice model.”
Holmes has been at Ubisoft for almost eight years, throughout which he’s labored in numerous 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 can be known 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 experiences 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 experiences that Far Cry was changing into an “online-oriented” sport. In April 2022, Kotaku reported that the subsequent Far Cry and Ghost Recon video games are additional out than deliberate. Ubisoft has not commented on these experiences.
