Gameplay Screenshot of Ubisoft’s Canceled ‘Project U’ Leaks Online

A gameplay screenshot of Ubisoft’s canceled sport, Venture U, has leaked on-line, revealing what the sport may have been.

Ubisoft’s Venture U

The screenshot of Venture U’s gameplay got here from X person Kran, who requested whether or not posting a picture of the sport would violate his NDA if the sport has been canceled.

Insider Gaming reported that Venture U was present process a significant restructuring in late 2024, as Ubisoft felt PvE video games may nonetheless achieve success. Nevertheless, Ubisoft seemingly couldn’t discover the enjoyable issue within the mission and canceled the game in early 2026 amid an organization restructuring.

Venture U was a considerably uncommon PvE sport, the place ten groups of 4 would battle it out in PvE fight in opposition to progressively harder enemies as they progressed by the map’s zones. Playtesters cited the sport as enjoyable, however Ubisoft struggled to find its replayability.

Beforehand codenamed Pathfinder, the sport was canceled after round seven years of improvement due to how gamers have been meant to navigate the map. It’s unknown how a lot the mission price Ubisoft, however Ubisoft sources mentioned the sport was a relentless headache for builders and went by numerous points due to a scarcity of total path and imaginative and prescient. Early variations of the sport say the video games map constructed on prime of Ghost Recon Wildlands’ map, in an try to avoid wasting improvement time and prices.

The newest iteration of the sport’s enemies drew heavy inspiration from the machines in Guerrilla Video games’ Horizon sequence in an try and try to give gamers extra causes to latch onto the sport.

In 2025, the game’s intro cinematic leaked on-line, and Ubisoft has since eliminated it through DMCA.

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