A recent Square Enix financial report has revealed that the next entry in the open-world sandbox franchise, Just Cause, is in development.
The statement in the report reads; “We especially revisited our studio and title portfolios from the perspective of stepping up our offering of online titles that we develop for the North American and the European market. We want to focus on creating new titles that align with our strategy, including ones that leverage new IP. The Just Cause franchise will remain our IP, and we are at work developing a new title in the franchise.”
From the above statement, it seems like Square Enix will be taking a more online-focussed approach with its next Just Cause release.
The last entry in the Just Cause franchise was 2018’s Just Cause 4, which released to a mixed critical reception. One common point of contention was the game’s technical issues and lack of innovation. Although its open-world sandbox and destruction remained a point of praise,…
