Far Cry Bundles Announced For US and Europe

Update 2: Ubisoft has confirmed Far Cry: The Wild Expedition has been delayed by a week and will now be available on February 21, rather than on February 14.

Far Cry Classic however, is available on Xbox 360 from today rather than tomorrow. Original story, including details on the contrasting European and North America bundles, follow below.

Update 1: Ubisoft has revealed the existence of two separate Far Cry bundles - one for North America, another for Europe.

The North American version is called Far Cry Compilation, and will bring together Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3 and the recent spin-off Blood Dragon for $39.99 when it's released exclusively on PS3 on February 11.

The European version, meanwhile, is Far Cry: The Wild Expedition. It's set to include the three games mentioned above with the additional bonus of Far Cry Classic. Far Cry: The Wild Expedition will be available on February 14 in Europe for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC for £29.99.

Alongside this, Ubisoft has also revealed Far Cry Classic will be available as a digital standalone title on XBLA and PSN a couple of days earlier on February 12 at £7.99.

Original story follows.

NOTE: This article has been changed from its original publication, as the European and North American plans for a Far Cry compilation pack do not match up as originally outlined. We will continue to follow this story and report back once we have full details from our contacts at Ubisoft.

Original story: Ubisoft has announced Far Cry Compilation, a collection of several games in the series.

Due out on February 11 in North America for $39.99, the bundle is set to include Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3 and the recent spin-off Blood Dragon.

Reports from Eurogamer list a product called "Far Cry: The Wild Expedition", due out February 14th, that supposedly includes a version of the original Far Cry as well as Far Cry 2, 3, and Blood Dragon. CVG elaborates that Far Cry: The Wild Expeditions was listed (with pricing and date information) on official Ubisoft retail release calendars; the site was able to confirm with its Ubisoft contacts that Far Cry: The Wild Expeditions is planned for Xbox 360 and PC as well as PS3 and is supposed to include all four products. It is unclear why the North American Far Cry plans only included a PS3 release, and why no mention of Far Cry Classic was made in the Far Cry Compilation announcement.

A listing for a product called Far Cry Classic was once listed on Xbox.com as an XBLA title as part of the 2013 Summer of Arcade (the listing has since been pulled,) and Ubisoft also released to the press at E3 2013 official poster art and production assets from this product, but as of this writing, the title was not formally "announced" with any release date or platform plans (beyond Xbox 360, unless it is an exclusive release) outlined; requests for a status update about Far Cry Classic from Ubisoft were met with the response, "No news on [Far Cry Classic] at this time".

We've reached out to Ubisoft for further specifics about Far Cry Compilation, Far Cry Classic, and Far Cry: The Wild Expedition, and will update when we hear back.

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