A brand new report has claimed that Ubisoft is engaged on a brand new battle royale that is “closely impressed by Apex Legends”. It’s apparently being labored on underneath the venture title “Scout”, and has been in growth for a couple of years.
Reported by Insider Gaming, sources the outlet spoke to assert that it’s going to function “very related” characters to Apex Legends, with its personal spin on widespread characters like Pathfinder, Lifeline, and so forth. One anonamous supply that spoke to Insider Gaming said: “I feel the aim is to capitalize on the participant rely of Apex dropping and them [Ubisoft higher-ups] pondering there’s room available in the market for one more hero Battle Royale.”
This report comes shortly after large developments at Ubisoft, with the corporate just lately splitting off its main IP into a brand new subsidiary that is owned partly by Tencent. It is unclear whether or not the place this “Challenge Scout” would fall within the cut up, however given it is apparently been within the work for a for years it is protected to imagine that it has been faraway from any company-wide technique shifts. No less than for now.
This nevertheless is not the primary time Ubisoft has tried its hand at placing out a battle royale. Hyper Scape was its first actual try at such a enterprise, a reasonably respectable however tragically quick lived free-to-play FPS that did not fairly handle to construct sufficient of a neighborhood to warrant its continued existance. Nonetheless, we’re a great distance from 2020 when Hyper Scape got here out, so this is hoping that this Challenge Scout does higher. That’s, if it exists, and really comes out.
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