When the mercenary contracts severe malaria and botches the assassination, he is forced into working for the warring factions, all-the-while battling his disease malaria and going on a quest to track the Jackal down. The player assumes the role of a mercenary who is sent to the country to assassinate a notorious arms dealer known as the Jackal. The game takes place in an unnamed war-torn African country. Crytek, the developer of the original Far Cry, was not involved in its development at all as it no longer owns the Far Cry franchise. It was made available on Steam on October 22, 2008. It was released on October 21, 2008, in North America and on October 23, 2008, in Europe and Australia. It is the sequel to the original Far Cry, a game produced by developer Crytek. Action, first-person shooter, sandbox Far Cry 2 (frequently abbreviated FC2) is an open world first person shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal, and published by Ubisoft.