Far Cry 5 delayed to late March, The Crew 2 into first half of the next fiscal year

Delays for Far Cry 5 and The Crew 2 have been handed down by Ubisoft.

According to Ubisoft, it plans to invest in additional development time for Far Cry 5, which pushes it out of a late February release and into late March.

The Crew 2 has also been delayed into the first half of Fiscal 2018-19, rather than on March 16, 2018

Ubisoft is in the third quarter of the fiscal year, so The Crew 2 probably won’t release until sometime next spring, as fiscal year 2018-19 doesn’t start until the end of March.

The firm also said that “one of three” unannounced titles will now release in fiscal 2019-20 instead of the 2018-19 period.

“This decision is in line with our strategic vision of developing even more engaging and higher quality experiences for gamers,” said Christine Burgess-Quémard, Ubisoft’s Worldwide Studios Executive Director.

“Taking more time with Assassin’s Creed Origins enabled our talented development team to fully express their creative vision. As expected, this had a very positive impact on the game’s quality and largely participated to its commercial success.

“Taking a similar approach, we have decided to invest additional development time in three upcoming games.”

Far Cry 5 is now slated for release on March 27 instead of February 27, which in only a delay by a month, so that’s not to terribly bad.

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