"The developers explained that after the original Far Cry as well as TV series such as Lost and Survivor, the tropical island setting was no longer seen as exotic. So after a suggestion by their art director, Alex Amanico, they decided that Africa would be the perfect setting (Yay for us!)."

"Ubisoft then bought the rights entirely from Crytek in 2006, before releasing the critically abhorred Far Cry Vengeance for the Wii's launch. Since then it's all been quiet on the series' front (not counting Uwe Boll's movie adaptation), until the not-so surprising confirmation last year that Far Cry 2 was in development for PC (the PS3 and 360 versions were confirmed earlier this year). It is being developed by Ubisoft's famed Montréal studio - by the team who developed the average console i..."