Tom Clancy’s The Division and Rocksmith hit by same problems as Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3
French video game group Ubisoft cut its full-year forecasts on Thursday as it pushed back three major new releases to the next fiscal year. Free-to-play game “Tom Clancy’s The Division Heartland”, slated for release in 2021-22, is now expected to premiere over 2022-23, Ubisoft said, along with “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” and “Rocksmith “, two titles that had been already delayed this year.
Though Ubisoft posted record bookings last year as coronavirus-related lockdowns forced people to move to at-home entertainment, the health restrictions also meant a slowdown in production efficiency across the industry, with later global supply chains issues and electronic components’ shortages scaling back gaming equipment output.
Back in July, Ubisoft delayed the release of sports game “Riders Republic” and multi-player shooter “Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Extraction” to October and January respectively.