Ghost Recon Wildlands – Behind-The-Scenes Q&A With Creative Director Eric Couzian

There’s a new developer interview on the official site for Ghost Recon Wildlands, this time with Eric Couzian, the game’s creative director. Couzian’s answers offer some insight into what the environment is like behind the scenes, touching on subjects that include his influences, his early work at Ubisoft, and the challenges he faces daily as one of the leading talents behind a massive open-world game.

“The biggest lie would be to claim that a creative director makes everything by himself,” says Couzian. “It’s first and foremost a collective work. In the end, the final vision of the game is the sum of the work and the spirit of many passionate people who share the same ambitious dream at start.”

Set in a sprawling open-world version of Bolivia, Ghost Recon Wildlands pits up to four players against a drug cartel that has effectively taken over the country, and gives you the freedom to pursue missions alone or together, using a variety of methods to complete your objectives. Ghost Recon Wildlands is slated for release on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

You can read the full interview on the official site, and check out these stories for more on Ghost Recon Wildlands:

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Ghost Recon Wildlands

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands

Release date — TBA
Developer — Ubisoft Paris
Bolivia, a few years from now: this beautiful South American country has become the largest cocaine producer in the world. The influential and vicious Santa Blanca drug cartel has turned the country into a narco-state, leading to lawlessness, fear, injustice, and violence. The cartel is on track to becoming a major underworld power and global threat.

An all-out war is not the answer. A surgical, stealthy, lethal approach is the only way to stop the disease at its source. The Ghosts, an elite US Special Forces team, are sent behind enemy lines to wreak havoc, destabilize, and eventually break the alliance between the cartel and the corrupted government.

Facing an almighty enemy in a massive and hostile environment, the Ghosts will need to make critical moral choices and engage in tough battles to complete their mission – their grittiest and most dangerous operation to date.

ESRB Rating: RP
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