Far Cry 7 and Maverick Leaks: Everything We Know About the Sons of Truth Story and the Alaska Extraction Shooter

Ubisoft still hasn't officially announced its next Far Cry game, but leaks have been piling up for nearly three years now, and the picture is finally starting to come together. There's an important detail that a lot of coverage glosses over: these leaks actually describe two separate games, not one. Here's a clear breakdown of both, and what's rumored for each.

Blackbird vs. Maverick: Two Different Far Cry Games

Both projects reportedly began life under a single codename, Talisker, before Ubisoft split development in early 2023 into two standalone titles:

• Project Blackbird — the mainline single-player Far Cry 7, built around the Sons of Truth cult, the family rescue story, and the 72-hour countdown clock.
• Project Maverick — a standalone PvEvP extraction shooter set in the Alaskan wilderness, built around scavenging, safehouses, weapon durability, and dangerous wildlife.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed in a February 2026 interview with Variety that the company has "two very promising projects" in development under the Far Cry brand, which lines up with this two-game structure.

Far Cry 7 (Blackbird): The Sons of Truth and the 72-Hour Clock

According to insider Tom Henderson's reporting, Far Cry 7's story centers on a wealthy family kidnapped by a cult called the Sons of Truth, led by a conspiracy theorist named Ian Duncan. Different leaks have referred to the family under different names (the "Bennetts" and the "Beckett family" have both surfaced), so this detail should be treated as unconfirmed until Ubisoft weighs in.

The most talked-about mechanic is the countdown: players reportedly get 72 in-game hours, roughly 24 real-world hours, to rescue their kidnapped family members before the story window closes. A wristwatch on the player character tracks the remaining time, and the clock only pauses inside safehouses — it keeps ticking through combat, exploration, side missions, and travel.

The rescue structure is non-linear. Family members can reportedly be found and saved in any order, and depending on player timing and choices, some can permanently die, which affects how the story plays out. A new interrogation mechanic is also rumored, where captured enemies might give up information, lie, stay silent, or even escape.

A leaked one-minute audio clip surfaced in May 2026 featuring an increasingly intense ticking-clock sound, which many took as further confirmation that the time-pressure mechanic is real. The game is also reportedly moving to Ubisoft's Snowdrop engine (used in The Division and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora). and is said to be set in New England rather than a tropical location, a notable shift for the series.

Maverick: The Alaska Extraction Shooter

Maverick is the PvEvP side of the leaks, and it's had a rockier development road. It's described as a scavenge-and-extract survival shooter set in the Alaskan wilderness, where players fight each other, AI soldiers, and wildlife while managing harsh weather conditions.

Leaked details point to several survival-shooter staples:

• Scavenging and extraction — drop in, loot resources, and get out before something (or someone) kills you.
• Wildlife encounters — grizzly bears and wolves have both appeared in leaked gameplay and screenshots, with foxes and deer also rumored as part of the wilderness ecosystem, some hostile, some just adding to the environmental danger.
• Weapon durability — gear reportedly degrades with use, adding pressure to resource management.
• Safehouses — extraction points or safe zones where players can regroup, though it's unclear if these tie into the same clock mechanic as Blackbird.
• Permadeath and backpack management — early reporting described contract-style missions and loot-based progression similar to other extraction shooters like Escape from Tarkov.

Maverick's status has been the more uncertain of the two projects. In December 2024, Ubisoft reportedly pulled developers off Maverick and moved them to Blackbird to keep the mainline game on schedule, sending Maverick back to prototyping at Ubisoft Sherbrooke. By late 2025, some reports even suggested the team hadn't found a satisfying gameplay loop and that cancellation wasn't off the table. More recent reporting into 2026 suggests development has continued in some form, but Insider Gaming's own sources have described it as still "a couple of years away."

Release Date: Where Things Stand

Both games were originally targeted for a fall 2025 release before being pushed to 2026. As of the most recent reporting, Blackbird (Far Cry 7) is reportedly in active playtesting, with testers describing the gameplay and revamped movement mechanics, including tactical sprinting, sliding, and vaulting, favorably. However, insiders have also cautioned that even a 2026 release for Far Cry 7 is "optimistic" given the project's growing scope, and Henderson noted in April 2026 that development has been rocky. Maverick remains further out, with no solid release window reported.

Should You Trust These Leaks?

Insider Gaming, Tom Henderson, and leaker Rogue have a strong track record on Ubisoft leaks specifically, which is why these details have held up and expanded over nearly three years rather than being debunked. That said, nothing here is official. Ubisoft has not announced either game, and details like the family's name, exact setting, and final mechanics could still change before any real reveal. Treat this as a developing story, not a locked-in feature list.

We'll keep this page updated as new Far Cry 7 and Maverick details surface.