Ubisoft is having a lot of issues as a company right now, from a mass exodus of developers to a controversial non-fungible token (NFT) push that went down poorly with the majority of the gaming community. But, something you may have forgotten happened in 2021 is that Ubisoft unveiled its plans for the future of the Tom Clancy franchise – and no one seems to be overly keen on what the French publisher has in store.
With a new focus on free-to-play, competitive multiplayer experiences, Ubisoft unveiled three new Tom Clancy-branded games this year: The Division: Heartland, XDefiant, and Frontline. Ever since their respective unveilings, these games haven’t really been seen or heard from (bar a few developer updates on XDefiant). The reception to Frontline, in particular, was so poor that its technical tests and playtests for the public were cancelled just days after the game was unveiled.
