Recently, in an XboxEra podcast, industry insider Jeff Grubb claimed that Roller Champions would get canceled three months after its launch. According to the insider, Season 3 would be the last season in the game. However, today, Ubisoft has come forward and shot down this rumor via a tweet, confirming that Roller Champions will not be canceled. They also reaffirmed that the publisher will continue to support the game.
The dev team came forward to give a statement:
Hello Champions! Let’s clear it out of the way first, Roller Champions isn’t getting cancelled, and Ubisoft fully supports it.
You can rest assured we’ll keep you updated as we roll forward.
Full statement: pic.twitter.com/U8mfQRZRoH
— Roller Champions (@RollerChampions) July 25, 2022
“Let’s clear it out of the way first. Roller Champions isn’t getting cancelled, and Ubisoft fully supports it. What the Roller Champions dev team is doing is making sure we focus on what our players have told us needs improvement, and that supersedes all other priorities.
What does that mean?
It means we’re extending Disco Fever’s length. We are doing this for two main reasons:
- We will push out a patch that includes cross-invites so that we can deliver o the game’ promise as being a resolutely social experience. We will announce when this patch comes out as soon as it is validated and good to god.
- We will take enough time to solve the issues our players have voice as irritants before we release our new season. The Cross-Invite patch will include fixes, but we will be working on more improvements aft its release before we launch the next season.
As far as content is concerned, we can tell you that we’ve got exciting stuff planned for the next seasons. We strongly believe however, that before we release new content, we’ve got to do right by our players, hence why we are taking the time needed before we do.
You can rest assured we’ll keep you updated as we roll forward.”
In recent Ubisoft news, the publisher canceled four projects including Splinter Cell VR and a Ghost Recon spin-off, while also delaying Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Roller Champions is free-to-play and available for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.