Ubisoft To Cease Updates For Far Cry 6, Online Service Retained

It's no secret that French publisher Ubisoft has been busy developing the forthcoming Far Cry IP, which is reportedly including the next entry in the mainline series and a standalone multiplayer game. The publisher has made some staffing changes, with narrative designer Drew Holmes promoted to IP Director and Sandra Warren now the VP and Executive Producer of the Far Cry series, according to VGC.

Recently, the publisher took to the official social media channels for the Far Cry game, announcing that Far Cry 6 will stop receiving content and patch updates. There is a positive update that it will keep the lights on in Yara as online services will remain intact as players can continue their adventures in co-op online multiplayer.

On the official Far Cry social media channels, including Twitter, the publisher thanked the players and the Far Cry community for supporting Far Cry 6 following its release. "Thanks to the millions of players who joined the fight! Your adventures can continue in Yara without interruption of online services; however, the dev team will no longer be making updates to Far Cry 6. We appreciate your passion, creativity, & love of Chorizo; even Anton is proud!"

Thanks to the millions of players who joined the fight! Your adventures can continue in Yara w/o interruption of online services however, the dev team will no longer be making updates to Far Cry 6.

We appreciate your passion, creativity, & love of Chorizo, even Anton is proud! pic.twitter.com/4Mk3BSmlE1

— Far Cry (@FarCrygame) November 1, 2023

The first-person shooter game was released in 2021, which catapulted players to the tropical paradise of Yara, a fictional location set in Cuba amid a revolution. While the game received attention for its stellar cast, it received average to mixed reviews about the game's narrative and its handling of crucial plot plots.

As the publisher will be pivoting towards what's next for the action-adventure series, two new IPs are currently in development, according to reports from Insider Gaming and Kotaku. These IPs are reported to be the seventh mainline entry and a standalone multiplayer Far Cry game, which is rumored to be located in the heart of the Alaskan Wilderness, which was alluded to in a 2015 Ubisoft poll, according to PC Gamer.

These same reports claimed that Far Cry 7 would be developed using Ubisoft's Snowdrop Engine, previously used for Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora; the latter was developed on an upgraded engine version. It's also been reported that Far Cry 7 is "tentatively scheduled" to release around Fall 2025, but this is subject to change as we await for more news and updates.