Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Frontline

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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Frontline
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Developer(s) Ubisoft Bucharest
Publisher(s) Ubisoft
Series Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
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ReleaseCancelled
Genre(s) Battle royale
Mode(s) Multiplayer

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Frontline is a cancelled live-service first-person massively multiplayer online PvP class-based tactical shooter battle royale game by Ubisoft announced on October 6, 2021. It was under development for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, plus Amazon Luna and Google Stadia. [1] [2] [3] On July 21, 2022, Ubisoft announced that it had cancelled development of the game. [4]

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Development and cancellation

The first trailer received a huge number of dislikes on YouTube. [5] Ubisoft promoted a giveaway for Ghost Recon's 20 years anniversary. [6]

Because of an undisclosed reason, possibly the negative public reception, Ubisoft cancelled the alpha test and delayed it indefinitely. [7]

On January 28, 2022, Ubisoft launched a closed beta for the game under confidentiality agreements, although gameplay soon leaked onto Twitch. The footage was heavily criticized for being visually and conceptually similar to Call of Duty: Warzone , another free-to-play battle royale game.

In July 2022, Ubisoft announced that it had cancelled the project. [4] [8] [9]

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