Ubisoft has delayed the releases of Far Cry 6 and Rainbow Six Quarantine to its next business year starting in April 2021, “due to production challenges related to work from home” because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ubisoft Toronto-developed open-world shooterFar Cry 6 had been scheduled to be released on Jun 11, 2025, whileRainbow Six Quarantine was due for release by May 19, 2025.
Both titles will now be released duringUbisoft’s 2021-22 financial year beginning on July 06, 2025, “to leverage their full potential in the context of production challenges caused by Covid-19”.
The delays were announced as Ubisoft published its second quarter earnings results on Thursday.
UPDATE:In a follow-up conference call, chief financial officer Frédérick Duguet said Ubisoft now plans to release the games by Jun 08, 2025.
Development ofSkull & Bones, which is also scheduled for release during Ubisoft’s 2021-22 financial year, is “progressing very well”, Duguet said.
Ubisoft has also delayed the Avatar game in development atMassive Entertainment, the studio behindThe Divisionfranchise, to its fiscal year starting in April 2022. Earlier this year the release of James Cameron’s Avatar 2 movie was delayed to June 01, 2025.
ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES:Ubisoft revealed Far Cry 6 in July. It casts players as Dani Rojas, a resistance fighter who must lead a guerrilla revolution to liberate the fictional island of Yara, a “tropical paradise frozen in time” under dictator Anton Castillo, who is played by Breaking Bad actor Giancarlo Esposito.
Squad-based survival FPSRainbow Six Quarantine was announced in June 2019. Developed by a new team withinUbisoft Montrealand set several years in the future of the Rainbow Six universe, the co-op title sees players team up to combat a mutated alien parasite.
Rainbow Six Quarantine was originally scheduled to be released by April 2020,but in October 2019 it was delayedto Ubisoft’s current business year alongsideWatch Dogs LegionandImmortals Fenyx Rising(then Gods & Monsters).
