Rumor: Ubisoft Cancels Immortals Fenyx Rising Sequel - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 August 2023 / 3,742 Views
Ubisoft has reportedly cancelled a sequel to 2020's Immortals Fenyx Rising, according to multiple development sources who spoke with VideoGamesChronicle.
The sources claim a sequel was in early development at Ubisoft Quebec, but leadership at Ubisoft decided to cancel it earlier this month. This was due to perceived challenges around establishing the IP.
Future plans for the franchise are currently in doubt as Ubisoft puts more focus on its more popular franchises like Assassin's Creed.
Ubisoft has been putting more focus on Assassin's Creed as it is increasing the number of developers working on the franchise by 40 percent "to fuel its ambitious expansion." There is also a rumor here are 11 games in the series in at least the planning stages.
Immortals Fenyx Rising released for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Google Stadia in December 2020.
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Thats too bad. Enjoyed the first one.
Same. I thought the first title was pretty good. Not amazing, must have day-1 amazing like tears of the kingdom, but it was an enjoyable experience.
Sad they would rather throw that to the side to literally milk the already-milked franchise known as Assassins Creed.
These big publishers seem to hate being innovative, unique, pushing boundaries and bringing us new experiences and building new franchises.
Thank you Ubisoft, even more Assassin's Creed projects is exactly what we need instead.
After seeing Totk, they realized they wouldn't be able to copy that one lol.
Too bad. I haven't played it yet, but I've heard plenty of good things. Plus Ubisoft really need some more stuff to diversify them. They're basically just Assassin's Creed and Far Cry at this point.
I really loved the not too serious storytelling of IFR. I enjoyed the story even more than in BOTW. The difficulty was perfect and it had the best overworld traveling by horse. Too bad that they focus on Assassin's Creed now, but understandable. IFR really shines on PS5.
What a shame, this was one of the best games I've played this generation.
i got it on switch and it forces you to sign into an ubisoft account cant be played without it so in few years time the physical copy with be useless without hacking i ended up selling my copy because of it
First game was so bland and dull plus making me sign into Ubisoft to play it? Get fucked. That said, sometimes they made great strides in sequels so they probably could have made something decent with a sequel.
Ubisoft playing it safe,
It was a welcome surprise but not a lot of people bought this game so yeah...
1st game was Such a generic clone of so many other games …..oh wait, just like all of Ubisoft itself.
Glad this game failed & the sequel is canned. Gamers should be rejecting sub-standard games and demanding a lot better than what we’re getting. And no this year has not been that good. Far from it.
