Far Cry 5 is the latest free game you can test out for yourself, courtesy of Ubisoft. The pretty-darn-fun 2018 story of cultists in Hope County will be available for you to download and play, free of charge, for this weekend only.
Sadly you won’t be able to keep the game, and it’s PC only, but hey, a (temporary) free game is a (temporary) free game.
Over on the “free” section of the Ubisoft website, the company explains the promo as follows: “Welcome to Hope County, Montana, land of the free and the brave but also home to a fanatical doomsday cult known as the Project at Eden’s Gate. Stand up to cult leader Joseph Seed, and his siblings, the Heralds, to spark the fires of resistance.
“The game will be fully playable from May 29th at 14:00 to May 31st at 19:00 (local time). Start your download Far Cry 5 right now and be ready when servers open.
“Once the free weekend is over your progression will be carried over if you purchase the game.”
Meanwhile, the future of the Far Cry franchise is still up for debate. Earlier this year, known industry insider and reliable source of leaks, Jason Schreier, claimed that the next Far Cry game is already in the works.
Schreier took to Twitter to comment on a then-recent Ubisoft earnings call, in which the company explained it would be launching five AAA games between April 2020 and March 2021.
At the time, we already knew that three of these titles included Rainbow 6 Quarantine, Watch Dogs Legion and Gods & Monsters. The fourth was the soon-to-be-released Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (though we didn’t know this at the time of the tweet).
Schreier claimed that the two mystery projects are none other than a new Assassin’s Creed (which was correct) and a new Far Cry (which has yet to be confirmed).
Knowing Schreier to be one of the most reliable sources of gaming news, and considering he was right about Assassin’s Creed, it’s looking more likely than ever that Far Cry 6 is coming.
Only time will tell for sure, of course, so the ball’s in your court, Ubi!
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