Is Ubisoft Crazy Enough To Release Western Far Cry 5 To Clash With Red Dead Redemption 2?

When Rockstar announced that it was developing Red Dead Redemption 2, fans of the hit Western shooter burst into ecstatic jubilation. Finally, a new game from the developers of one of the industry’s best titles about Cowboys, redemption, and betrayal is coming. With this in mind, it would be insane for any company to release a game with the same setting and style so close to RDD2’s release date, and yet this is exactly what Ubisoft is reportedly going to do with the next Far Cry game.

The rumor mill has been working overtime recently, starting with the reports last week that a live-action trailer was being shot in Montana. The film has a Western theme, with a major feature being a church. At the time, practically everyone assumed that it was going to be for Rockstar’s RDD2, but this might not be the case.

Jeff Guillot is a producer of the film and when he was asked what it was about, he said that it was for a video game that will be released in September and that it was a Spaghetti Western. Guillot also mentioned that it was a sequel to an existing franchise and covers an area ranging from California to Montana.

What makes some question the premise that this was for RDD2, however, are several factors that contradict the rumors. For one thing, VG247 points out that Guillot had collaborated with Ubisoft before to create live-action films for its video games. Another reason is Ubisoft’s survey when Far Cry 4 was released, asking players what the next game’s settings should be and one of the options was “a Far Cry game in the Spaghetti Western style set in the late 19th century.”

If this ends up being the case and Ubisoft really is thinking about releasing a Western-themed Far Cry 5 in September, it would place the game in direct competition to RDD2. Considering the declining state of the franchise compared to Rockstar’s offering, this might result in another Titanfall 2 sales bomb.