Ubisoft Boss Confirms Two Far Cry Games in Development While Dodging Questions on Nepotism and His Own Future

Two Far Cry games. That's the headline Ubisoft wanted out of Yves Guillemot's interview with Variety. And fair enough, it's decent news, especially after the company's rough start to 2026. But the interview tells a bigger story than that, one Guillemot seemed very keen to avoid telling.

Let's start with what he actually confirmed. Two new Far Cry projects are in development, with Guillemot describing them as "two very promising projects." According to Insider Gaming, these are codenamed Blackbird and Maverick. Blackbird is the next mainline Far Cry entry, while Maverick is a kind of extraction shooter that has been rescoped and iterated multiple times. So Far Cry 7 is real, which nobody was genuinely surprised about. The multiplayer spinoff, though, has had a troubled development by all accounts.

Blackbird has also seen internal delays, with the latest coming earlier this year as part of Ubisoft's announced restructuring. So while Guillemot talks up the "anticipation" around Far Cry, the reality behind the scenes sounds a fair bit messier than that.

On Assassin's Creed, Guillemot confirmed "several" titles are in the works under the brand, spanning both single-player and multiplayer, with the ambition to grow a community that exceeded 30 million players last year. We already know about Codename Hexe, the multiplayer-focused Invictus, and what appears to be an Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag remake. None of that is new. But hearing it confirmed directly from the CEO, after months of restructuring chaos, at least puts some of the wilder speculation to bed.

The Nepotism Question

Here's where it gets uncomfortable. Guillemot was asked directly about the decision to appoint his son, Charlie Guillemot, as co-CEO of Vantage Studios, the newly formed subsidiary now responsible for Ubisoft's biggest franchises.

His answer was, to put it politely, a bit of a dodge. Guillemot said "Ubisoft was created as a family company, and our strong heritage helps us take a long-term view, prioritizing sustainable growth, creative ambition, and continuity over short-term cycles" before adding "I strongly believe that Christophe Derennes and Charlie are the right leaders as co-CEOs of Vantage Studios."

Right. Except the track record makes that a tough sell. Charlie Guillemot was given a studio head position right out of college. The only game that studio shipped was cancelled after one year and came with major controversy. He then left Ubisoft to start an NFT-focused company, had one other role at Ubisoft, and is now in charge of its biggest franchises.

That's the kind of career trajectory that, for most people in the industry, simply doesn't exist. And the people asking questions know it.

What About Guillemot Himself?

Guillemot is facing calls from union leaders and others to step down, amid the confusion caused by the company's cost-cutting moves and repeated strategic pivots over a short period of time. He didn't offer much in the way of reassurance on that front. The interview, conducted via email with Variety, read more like a carefully managed PR exercise than a candid reckoning with what's gone wrong.

He also gave the same line on the six cancelled projects that Ubisoft shared in its original January announcement, referring to "four unannounced titles including three new IPs, and a mobile title" alongside the Prince of Persia Sands of Time remake. Nothing new. No real accountability.

To be fair, there were a few genuinely interesting snippets buried in the interview. Ghost Recon got a namecheck alongside Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and The Division as a franchise Guillemot wants to grow, which is the closest thing to a new Ghost Recon confirmation we've had in a while. He also mentioned the steampunk MOBA March of Giants is still alive after Ubisoft acquired it from Amazon, and confirmed the Watch Dogs film has completed production.

The Far Cry TV series on FX also got a mention. That one has been in the works for a while now and stars an actor from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which is a genuinely interesting casting choice if nothing else.

None of this changes the fundamental problem Ubisoft is dealing with right now. A company in crisis, a CEO fielding questions about whether he should still be in the job, and a structural overhaul that has left hundreds of developers out of work. Two Far Cry games in development is fine news. But it doesn't paper over the cracks, and based on this interview, Guillemot isn't even trying to fill them.