New Far Cry Game in Development Based on Foundations of Maverick – Rumor
The report has indicated that Maverick has left behind its previously-planned extraction shooter mechanics to focus on emergent storytelling.
Maverick
Released Apr 13, 2020
Maverick is an action game that arrived on PC in April 2020. Recent coverage indicates the title was originally conceived as a Far Cry extraction shooter spin-off in development at Ubisoft, but that version has since been canceled. According to reporting, Ubisoft has pivoted to a new Far Cry spin-off built on Maverick's foundations, though this upcoming project will abandon the extraction shooter format in favor of emergent storytelling mechanics instead.
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