Ubisoft has confirmed that leaked footage of a new unannounced project codenamed Project Q is real.
The confirmation comes just hours after footage of the match – reportedly taken from Team Battle Arena’s first closed beta – was shared online.
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“So, we heard you heard…” Ubisoft acknowledged on Twitter that the leak was indeed real. “Introducing Codenamed Project Q, a team battle arena that allows players to truly own the experience! The game is in early development and we will continue to test it, so for now all you can do is sign up for the upcoming beta.
“This is not a battle royale, by the way. The game will feature multiple PvP modes with one goal: fun!” another tweet clarified.
So, we heard you heard… 🤷
Release codenamed “Project Q”, a team battle arena that allows players to truly experience! The game is in early development and we will continue to test it, so for now all you can do is sign up for the upcoming test: https://t.co/TMRKwiUzbJ pic.twitter.com/hZ40OkPdum
— Ubisoft (@Ubisoft) April 23, 2022
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Perhaps most interestingly for a company that is thoroughly engaged in controversial NFTs and blockchain technology, Ubisoft has added another tweet To the thread, it was confirmed from the outset that Ubisoft had no “plans to add NFTs to this game.”
If you’d like to participate in the closed beta, head over to the game’s registration page to confirm that the PvP game is heading to Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS5, and PS4. You can also play on PC via Ubisoft Connect.
Interestingly, the registration page appears to have been updated to remove details about the new game, but initially it said Project Q was an “innovative and modern PvP battle arena game” in “early development”. The closed beta is reportedly the game’s “first playable closed beta” to gather player feedback on “the game concept and core gameplay experience.”
Back in September, a data-mining of Nvidia’s GeForce Now service leaked a bizarre list of PC games. At the time, Nvidia responded to the leak by calling the games “speculative” and “for internal tracking and testing only,” although the various items on that list were reported to be real — even if in some cases outdated .
However, Ubisoft is pulling the Streisland effect by issuing a DMCA notice to data miners, leaving us in no doubt that at least one of the Ubisoft games on the list — Project Over, Project Q, Project Meteor, and Project Orlando — is legitimate project. Whether Project Q is the only and only accurate leak on this list remains to be seen…
