Think i'll follow the trend of posting my most played games, would be cool to compare them at the end of the year to see what has changed 

1821 hours: Sea of Thieves
1033 hours: Halo: The Master Chief Collection
294 hours: Destiny 2
207 hours: Halo Infinite 
188 hours: Halo 5: Guardians 
135 hours: Fall Guys
122 hours: Anthem
108 hours: Rare Replay
104 hours: Borderlands 3
103 hours: Minecraft: Xbox One Edition
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93 hours: Sunset Overdrive 
87 hours: Super Lucky's Tale
85 hours: Saints Row: Gat outta hell
79 hours: Kingdom Hearts 3
73 hours: Dying Light 2: Stay Human
60 hours: Saints Row the third: remastered 
59 hours: Gears 4
56 hours: Saints Row IV: Re-elected
53 hours: Borderlands the pre-sequel
52 hours: Danganronpa: Trigger happy havoc
51 hours: Crackdown 3
51 hours: Dying Light

Disclaimer as always, some game have idle time due to not closing them out, most notably Super Lucky Tale lmao

How exactly would making a very successful new IP inspire them to work on an old IP...that isn't even theirs...?

Yeah I'm sure that's the reason... you just really liked it huh. 1821 hours in SoT... you def gonna return bruh. 

Oh Ubisoft, what are we going to do with you. New Far Cry leak out today with several interesting details:

• No Far Cry spinoff currently in development, which is odd because there was a spinoff between 3 and 4, between 4 and 5, and between 5 and 6, but now there won't be one between 6 and 7.
• 2 Far Cry games currently in development. They were originally intended to be packaged together as Far Cry 7, but now Ubisoft has split off Far Cry 7's multiplayer mode into a standalone game focused on "extraction"
• The standalone MP game is set in Alaska, so it stands to reason that 7 is as well, since they were originally planned to be part of the same Far Cry 7 package. Alaska was previously an option on Ubisoft's most recent Far Cry setting survey.
• Ubisoft is dropping Dunia, the offshoot of Cry Engine which has been used on Far Cry ever since Far Cry 2. Instead the 2 games are built on Ubisoft Massive's Snowdrop engine, which was previously used on The Division and is currently being used on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Massive's Star Wars game.
• Both 7 and the standalone MP game are currently aiming for release in 2025

Ubisoft, when you are struggling financially to the degree you are, how did you think it was a good idea to have no Far Cry spinoff in development? Now your only AAA releases for 2023 are looking to be AC Mirage, Skull & Bones, and maybe Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (doubtful that one will actually release this year since we have yet to see gameplay for it, just an in-engine teaser trailer). A good Far Cry spinoff like that Jurassic Park like island one from the Far Cry setting survey before last, or Blood Dragon 2, could have given you a another AAA release for the year and a much needed cash infusion.