Ubisoft’s Project Q was revealed in April 2022 after a number of leaks. At the time, it was described as a “crew battle area” game with “a wide range of PvP modes” that was in “early growth.”
Now Ubisoft say that they’ve cancelled it.
“We can verify we’ll now not assist the event of Project Q with a view to deal with precedence tasks, to which our groups are being reallocated,” an Ubisoft spokesperson advised VGC, after leaks over the cancellation earlier within the week.
Project Q was first revealed through a GeForce Now leak in November 2021, earlier than alleged footage (since eliminated) leaked out the next 12 months. These leaks ultimately led to Ubisoft confirming the game’s existence.
Ubisoft have been on a cancellation spree of late, with three unannounced tasks cancelled final week. The cancellations come as Ubisoft say they’re going through “worsening macroeconomic situations” and are enterprise “focused restructuring” – eg. layoffs. This information led to a French union calling for Ubisoft Paris staff to strike, and anger at the way it was communicated led to Ubisoft CEO apologising in a ‘I’m sorry you’re feeling that means’ means. Employee group A Better Ubisoft continues to marketing campaign for a greater response to many allegations of a poisonous office tradition inside the writer.
Project Q appeared to suit inside Ubisoft’s much-stated ambition to transition in the direction of extra stay service games, however the studio would not have an excellent observe report within the house. Their battle royale, Hyper Scape, failed to search out an viewers and closed down, and their Ghost Recon battle royale was canned earlier than closed testing started.
It’s not unusual for game tasks to be cancelled throughout growth, however Ubisoft do appear to announce, cancel, or indefinitely delay extra games than most.