Ubisoft's upcoming game, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, has been seeing quite a bit of attention recently. Between the beta numbers breaking records at Ubisoft and the season pass being detailed, the game has been making headlines.
Unfortunately, the latest headline for Ghost Recon: Wildlands isn't about the game itself, but at how Bolivia is unhappy with their representation in the game.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands is set in Bolivia, in the near future where the Mexican drug cartel has worked their way into Bolivia and made the country the largest producer of cocaine. Looking to combat the new narco-state, the United States sends a special ops unit to destroy the cartel.
Apparently, Bolivia doesn't like their status in the upcoming game – according to a report from Reuters. Bolivia's Interior Minister, Carlos Romero, has reported that Bolivia delivered a letter to the French ambassador asking that the French government intervene with Ubisoft's game.
"We have the standing to do it (take legal action), but at first we prefer to go the route of diplomatic negotiation," Romero said.
They are looking to go the more diplomatic route, but if it doesn't work, they will be taking the legal route. It appears as though Bolivia wants the French-based studio to not paint Bolivia in such a way.
Ubisoft has issued a statement saying that they picked Bolivia because of how beautiful its topography is and stressed that the game is a work of fiction.
“While the game’s premise imagines a different reality than the one that exists in Bolivia today, we do hope that the in-game world comes close to representing the country’s beautiful topography,” Ubisoft said, also stressing the game is “a work of fiction.”
Ghost Recon Wildlands is releasing on PC, PS4, and Xbox One next week, on March 7.
