Delayed Once Again: Skull and Bones Pushed to Early 2023-2024

Ubisoft has once again delayed Skull and Bones to early 2023-2024. This means that their online pirate game will launch in the company’s next fiscal year, which starts after April 1. 

“We believe players will be positively surprised by its evolution. We have decided to postpone its release in order to have more time to showcase a much more polished and balanced experience and to build awareness. Skull and Bones will now be released early 2023-24.” Ubisoft said in a press release. 

This project has gone through years of delays as it was first released way back in 2017 during Ubisoft’s E3 presentation. Its first release window was 2018 but delays pushed it multiple times due to a change in vision to additional polish. In 2022, it felt like Ubisoft Singapore was all set to launch the pirate game as it was heavily marketing the game and gave it a November 8, 2022 launch. By September, Ubisoft delayed it again and moved it to March 9, 2023.

Now, this latest delay puts Skull and Bones to be released sometime after April 1. 

Skull and Bones is set in the 17th century and you take the role of a pirate captain making a name for themselves as they navigate the Indian Ocean. Gameplay is all about naval combat and the project was inspired by the reception of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag’s naval gameplay.

Ubisoft Singapore is the team helming this project and is planning a beta for the online game. Their livestream show for the game called The Deck will air its first episode for 2023 on January 13, so we’ll likely be given more information about the game this week. 

Skull and Bones is planned to release on PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X |S, and PC.

The press release released by Ubisoft also shared that three unannounced projects were canceled. 

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