Riders Republic proves that the open-ended racing format can still work, while simultaneously reminding us of how it can come up short.
Mario Party Superstars debuted in third place with six percent lower sales than Super Mario Party. Ubisoft's Riders Republic debuted in eighth.
Ubisoft has provided a new rough launch window for the persistently delayed remake, and confirms it will be out sometime in fiscal year 2022-23.
The free-to-play spinoff was originally supposed to launch before April 2022, but has now been pushed back and will target a launch in FY 2022-23.
The multiplayer title sees players competing in multiple sports across a large open world, including massive +50 player races.
The Viking-themed open world title in the franchise has been nothing less than a major success for the company.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot also says the game "will have a lot of narrative elements in it", as well as "lots of elements that already exist" in previous Assassin's Creed games.
"We will update you on our progress in the future and want to thank all of you for your unwavering support and patience," Ubisoft's message reads.
Ubisoft has been sending out emails to players who haven't finished Far Cry 6's lengthy campaign in an attempt to get them to come back to the game.
Ubisoft Massive will provide details on changes, like the Specialization Revamp, every month until the new content is revealed in January 2022.
Far Cry 6 also holds on to second position, while The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes debuts at No. 6.
A recent leak suggests that the action RPG's next expansion will take players to Norse mythology's Dwarven realm of Svartalfheim.
The live service title could also "remake and retell" the stories of older Assassin's Creed titles while providing a new, paid story overtime.
GamesBeat's Jeff Grubb claims that Ubisoft was testing a new game around E3 that had more than a passing resemblance to Splinter Cell.
The mode comes to the base game as a free update, but is also available on PC as a standalone purchase, with a console launch planned for 2022.
The title is currently in an "early phase of production" and sources seem to indicate that it could be developed by a studio outside of Montreal.
Ubisoft's multiplayer open world extreme sports title will also be available for free for up to four hours from October 21 to October 27.
Meanwhile, FIFA 22, Far Cry 6, and Metroid Dread have held on to the top three positions, where they were placed in last week's charts as well.
Though slated for launch in January 2022, Ubisoft hasn't provided a final date till now. An official announcement is still pending.
Metroid Dread sold nearly 87,000 units on debut, and has already become the fourth highest-selling Metroid game in Japan to date. Far Cry 6 also saw a strong debut.
