It looks like a certain battle royale, but they really don’t want you to think that
Ubisoft playfully confirmed over the weekend that they’re working on a much-leaked MOBA dubbed ‘Project Q’ ,tweeting“So, we heard you heard…” The game, which Ubisoftinsist isn’t a battle royaledespite its strong resemblance to other battle royales thatshall remain nameless, is still early in development. Ubisoft have nowoffered up registration for testing and updatesthrough Ubisoft Connect.
Project Q will presumably be given a better name before release, like NotFite or something. Ubisoft have so faronly described Project Q as “FUN!”and say that it’s a team battle arena containing “a variety of PvP modes”. Oh, and that there’sno plan to implement NFTs. Ghost Recon Breakpoint playersweren’t too keenon Ubisoft Quartz, Ubisoft’s first attempt at introducing NFTs into their games. Apparently, Ubisoft think people“don’t get”the appeal of blockchain.
The existence of Project Q has leaked what seems like umpteen times since the tail end of last year. Back in November, Project Q wasone of a list of codenamed Ubisoft games in developmentthat emerged from a huge GeForce Now leak. No further details were forthcoming at the time. Alice O reported on the wider list of GeForce Now leaks, some of which – likeGod Of Warand theclassic GTA remasters– have since been released.
Over the weekend,eXputer posted footagepurportedly of Project Q that was sent to it by a source who wanted to remain anonymous. This footage has spread around, and must have convinced Ubisoft they might as well go with it and go public.
Ubisoft werecriticised by employee group A Better Ubisoftat the end of October for a “weak response” to allegations of abuse of the company’s workers since they arose 16 months before.
