Ubisoft has confirmed that it has canceled its arena-based PVP game, Project Q. A Ubisoft spokesperson confirmed to VGC that the company "will no longer support the development of Project Q in order to focus on priority projects."
Ubisoft first revealed Project Q back in April 2022 when the title entered the playtesting phase. While the Paris-based game company had at least a dozen of incomplete battle royale games in its production line, Project Q was not a game of the same genre as the company clarified that it was a "team battle arena" title with "a variety of PvP modes." And now, a year after its first appearance, Project Q is getting the same treatment as several other unannounced projects.
At the time of writing, Ubisoft has not revealed whether Project Q is one of its three canceled games, though. If not, it means that the French game giant has discarded at least four different games in the span of a year.
It is worth noting that the cancelation news came from the game's Discord server. According to Insider Gaming, Ubisoft announced via the Discord channel that the closed tests of the game were canceled as "Project Q will no longer continue development." Following the announcement, the company also posted that it was shutting down all communication channels about the game, and thanked players for their contributions.
Even though Project Q is now canceled, Ubisoft's plate is still filled with a myriad of projects including the six-time-delayed Skull and Bones, the long-awaited Beyond Good and Evil 2, and the enigmatic Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Earlier this week, the company shared that it would be implementing "a set of measures dedicated to strengthening its long-term worth and value-creation prospects," and pulled the plug on Ghost Recon: Frontline and Splinter Cell VR, alongside other titles.
Yet the current turmoil at the company does not seem like it will stop anytime soon. Recent comments coming from CEO Yves Guillemot fueled the fire and caused Ubisoft Paris employees to prepare for a strike. Even though Guillemot apologized and clarified his words, it seems like the ongoing crisis will continue to escalate as the company has delaying or canceling games on a regular basis for the last six months.
Two of the company's recently released games, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Just Dance 2023, failed to meet the company's expectations as well. Ubisoft stated that they were "surprised" due to the games' "underperformance in the final weeks of 2022 and early January."
On the other hand, the troubled game-maker is still developing another co-op shooter titled Project U and reaffirmed that they are still developing Beyond Good and Evil 2 despite delays and cancelations.