Over the weekend, we told you about a side mission in Watch Dogs 2 which teased some upcoming Ubisoft titles, and Kotaku now reports that the sci-fi title is indeed real. Called Pioneer, it's a space exploration game which may actually be in some serious trouble. The site has reached out to various sources that tell them the game has reached some developmental hurdles which muddies its future.
"The project was supposed to be announced next year," one source tells them, adding: "That won’t happen now and Pioneer is now being ‘retooled’." That's not a positive update, and a second source elaborates on that, by stating: "When they decided to make the easter egg in Watch Dogs 2 they didn’t know it was going to be like this so it’s a bit awkward." That's not exactly a positive update!
So, will Pioneer actually happen? That's no longer clear, and it's certainly possible that it could be shelved depending on the seriousness of these issues. It may be a while until we hear anything definite anyway, but it now looks like Ubisoft jumped the gun by teasing a title they're clearly nowhere near ready to debut. What do you guys think? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.