Ubisoft Reportedly Reboots Far Cry Multiplayer Shooter

After a period of silence, Ubisoft’s Project Maverick, an extraction-based multiplayer shooter spinoff of Far Cry, has reappeared with some positive news — it has reportedly been rebooted “after internal review.” 

According to several sources of Insider Gaming, last December, the core tech team Talisker, which was also the project name before it split up into two different games in December of 2023, was moved from Maverick to solely focus on supporting Blackbird, i.e., the main entry Far Cry 7, to ensure its development was on track. This is said to be the “final nail in the coffin,” leading to the decision to Project Maverick’s reboot.

Now, Ubisoft Montreal, the development team of both Blackbird and Maverick, will bring the multiplayer game, which was originally set in Alaska and requires players to fight one another, animals, and the harsh conditions of the environment to survive, to prototyping together with Ubisoft Sherbrooke.

There have been staff changes coming with this action as well, with a dozen or so developers at Ubisoft Berlin, who were supporting the games’ development, being moved to Blackbird. 

The reason behind Maverick’s reboot has not been disclosed. However, it’s understood to be a decision “made as a part of Ubisoft’s new strategy to streamline its teams and projects amid the company’s struggles.” Now that the game’s development is reset, it sounds unlikely that it’ll be launched in the planned 2026 release window. As for Project Blackbird, “some on the Blackbird project feel like a 2026 release date is still fairly optimistic, with the project bloating in headcount and budget.”