Ubisoft bags Far Cry rights

I was disappointed when this happened. The Ubisoft Far Cry games for the consoles paled in comparison to the original pc game, and Far Cry 2 was a letdown. Far Cry 3 is looking extremely promising, though. I have high hopes for it.

After the absolutely astounding Rainbow Six: Vegas (i hated all Rainbow Six games until Vegas, and Vegas is now one of my favourite shooters ever), i have high hopes for the future of Far Cry. Good luck to them.

Hope this doesn`t mean future Far Cry games will stray away from it`s origins.

I hope my PC can make this add on... And when will it cooome :?

Ubisoft time for Far Cry 2 on PC & 360!! Then we can savour the game in true next-gen rather then the limbo that it's in right now. Oh and if EA got the rights it would have somthin to do with need for speed or medal of honor because all EA can do is make half arsed action games.

This means no Far Cry Two, only sub-standard Xbox360 games.

you should make all parts of FarCry for pc, what took you so long.i wating it for long time mannnnnn.

hmmm....im not sure what to think of this..but im glad EA and their grubby paws dont have it:P

Cool. At least it keeps the franchise away from EA for the time being. Now Ubisoft, go and make me Far Cry 2 for the PC! :p

good for them. there isn't much left to get out of farcry though. have they not seen cryengine2??????

I thought Ubisoft already owned Far Cry. I though Crytek gave them that after the first Far Cry on PC. FCI on the 360 has great multiplayer, btw.

Go Ubisoft Montreal! Can't wait for CrySis either.

Crysis is caming for Xbox 360...baby !

Whaaa expansion packs?...i didnt know anything far cryish was comming out...wierd

Ubisoft? Kill the series? They made the best entry in it so far. Besides, they've been hit-hit-hit with their IPs recently. King Kong may have been short, but I'll be damned if it wasn't a great ride. I'm happy to hear that Ubisoft is stepping up and providing competition with EA. EA just makes me angry whenever I see them buying up companies and properties to turn around and destroy the studios, like Westwood, among others.

Dangit! Ubisoft is most likey going to kill the series. Crytek will go on to bigger and better things (crosses fingers).

Ubisoft has no talent when it comes to the Far Cry series, unfortunately. Instincts proved that. I absolutely love the original Far Cry, but Ubisoft's attempt was a huge disappointment.

Hmm, the CryEngine is pretty good - it should have some good applications. Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon games could benefit. Even perhaps, Beyond Good and Evil (hopes)

it's all good for me, i'm going to study at ubisoft Montreal and this means we might be able to publish our end-of-studies projects as stand alone games!!! and danmp18 yes Ubisoft can do a Farcry 2 on PC/consoles since it has all the rights to that engine and is currently also forming engineers to improve the engine for the needs of the projects being developped both in house and at their new campus.

Yeah I can finally right something!!! As for this bit of news, I can't wait to see what Ubi can do wiith this franchise.

No, they got the rights for CryEngine: Far Cry Edition. So CryEngine2 is all EA.

I'm confused, they own the rights to Cryengine and Cryengine2? cause Crysis is Cryengine2 and EA published.

"Technically, Ubi has the rights to the Cryengine which is being used in CrySis, since the deal encompasses all intellectual property." SithLordKiller Actually NO. That post was carefully worded b/c Crysis will use the new CryEngine 2 not the old CryEngine "Far Cry version". So EA is still in the clear with this one. Too bad for Ubi - I always liked them.

I'd like to see Far Cry 2 now with an all new engine for the next gen consoles.

More competition for EA is great news for us. Companies need others to push them to put out better products. Just look at the EA-Madden disaster - without 2K games to push them, EA is just gonna put out the same Madden crap for the next 4-5 years.

CryENGINE for Splinter Cell? sign me up...whenever the PS3 version is released.

Well, it's good that Ubisoft secured the rights however they are mentioning that it is all in the wake of Crysis being secured by EA. It will be interesting how this whole situation plays out. Technically, Ubi has the rights to the Cryengine which is being used in CrySis, since the deal encompasses all intellectual property.

I wanna play Crysis!!! It looks sweet!!!

its all about having the right to buy and sell the IPs you develop. Its especially important for major publishers to own the IPs to their successful games.

Is this good or bad?? I'm in confliction right now?