Ubisoft has officially revealed Far Cry 5.

The French company exploded the game onto the internet with a ton of videos and screenshots out of the upcoming game. Our main enemy is going to be a fanatical doomsday cult called Project at Eden’s Gate, who wants to take over the fictional Hope County in Montana, US. Quoting the press release: „Under siege and cut off from the rest of the world, players will join forces with residents of Hope County and form the Resistance. The fight against the cult will take players to unique locations throughout Hope County that provide different gameplay experiences. During their journey, players can fly planes to engage cult forces in aerial dogfights across Big Sky Country. While tracking down cult members and gathering resources for survival across farmland, forests, mountains and rivers, players can get behind the wheel of iconic American muscle cars, big rigs, ATVs, and boats. Vehicles also provide refuge when under attack by animals or as a way to quickly escape when things don’t go as planned.

To take down the cult, players will need to utilize any and all weapons at their disposal, including ranged weapons such as guns and grenades and melee weapons like a sledgehammer or baseball bat. Additionally, players can recruit Guns for Hire from a large cast of characters, or even Fangs for Hire, specialized animals like bears and cougars to complement players’ playstyles whether they’re going in stealthily or forcefully. How players approach each situation, and the chaos they create in Far Cry 5 is up to them. Far Cry 5 will also see the return of the map editor, giving players the opportunity to create and play an infinite amount of new playgrounds. The map editor will include new features that add a new dimension to the content created by fans, with more details coming soon.”

The story and our character are mostly up to us: for the first time, we can create our custom person and his/her plot. The basics are there: we are a young deputy officer with Joseph, the cult leader being our main target. They kidnap us and beat us up to a bloody pulp, and then we go for the revenge. (Yawn.) We can fully play the campaign in co-op, however.

There will be at least three characters helping us taking Hope County back: Pastor Jerome went full-on Tarantino by replacing his Bible with a Glock, as well as throwing the cross for a pair of shotguns. Mary May doesn’t want her salon to be taken by the cult, and she’s ready to turn his stock of beverages into Molotov cocktails. Nick Rye likes family, military, and planes – his plane is weaponized, out of pure self-defense.

Xbox One owners can already preload the game (!?), which will have a Deluxe and Gold Edition:

Far Cry 5: Deluxe Edition – $69.99: Includes immediate access to additional weapons, explosives, vehicles, and skins:

The Big Game Hunter Pack

The Ace Pilot Pack

The Explosive Pack

The Chaos Pack

AR-C Assault Rifle & .44 Magnum Handgun with unique skins

Far Cry 5: Gold Edition – $89.99: Includes all Deluxe Edition add-on content, plus the Season Pass.

The game’s indeed not out in 2017 – Ubisoft will release it on May 27 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC!