Our latest coverage of Skull and Bones.
Insider sources revealed that Ubisoft has locked down a new launch date for Skull and Bones after the French publisher postponed its launch again last month. It’s reportedly now narrowed down the release date to February 16th, in what will hopefully be the final time that the studio announces a launch date for the long-delayed pirate MMO. Skull and Bones’ [...]
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When Ubisoft kicked off closed beta testing for Skull and Bones a few months ago, it looked like we were finally going to see the pirate game launch in a few months’ time. Unfortunately, the long-delayed sea-faring game’s launch has been pushed back once again. The latest launch window was set for sometime within the third quarter of Ubisoft’s 2023-2024 [...]
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Skull and Bones’ long-delayed closed beta test, while brief, turned out to be a relative success with no major issues reported over the four-day playtest. Testers, however, apparently made the most out of those four days, waging nearly 550,000 naval battles that resulted in the sinking of over 750,000 ships. Ubisoft also reported that players collectively sailed a distance equal [...]
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After a total of six delays and some time spent gathering dust on Ubisoft’s digital back shelves, Skull and Bones has finally begun closed beta testing. The pirate-MMO-turned-multiplayer game was first announced at E3 2017 back when E3 was still a thing, and after an extremely arduous development journey, those who received a closed beta invite (or received one from [...]
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After multiple delays, Ubisoft is finally preparing to set sail on the maiden voyage of its upcoming multiplayer open world adventure game, Skull and Bones. Those who were lucky enough to receive an invite to this week’s closed beta test can now pre-load the game through the Ubisoft launcher. The closed beta test is set to open its doors on [...]
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Skull and Bones might just finally be moving on to closed beta testing after having been delayed six times since it was first announced at E3 2017. Ubisoft even opened pre-orders for the highly-awaited pirate MMORPG but quietly refunded all purchases a few months later. However, it looks like Ubisoft is finally ready to take the next step in the [...]
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It’s been a month since Ubisoft announced that it was delaying Skull and Bones for the sixth time since it was first announced at E3 2017. The dev team has reportedly made good use of the extra time to improve and polish the long-delayed pirate MMORPG, as revealed by Ubisoft CFO Frederick Duguet during the company’s latest quarterly investor call. [...]
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After delaying Skull and Bones for the sixth time, Ubisoft has once again dashed the hopes of one group of players hoping to see the pirate MMORPG launch within their lifetimes. The studio is reportedly issuing refunds for all pre-orders of the game on the PlayStation Store with no prior announcement. Players have also confirmed that the game is no [...]
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Ubisoft has followed up last week’s announcement that it was delaying Skull and Bones for the sixth time with a developer stream that dives into the pirate MMORPG’s storyline. During the stream, Narrative Director Joel Janisse talked about how the game’s story will unfold as players progress through the game. As with most MMORPG’s, this will be done through story [...]
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Just when we thought that we we’ll finally be able to set sail in Skull and Bones in a few months’ time, Ubisoft has gone ahead and postponed its launch again. This marks the sixth time that the highly awaited pirate MMORPG’s release has been delayed in as many years. Skull and Bones was first announced at E3 2017 and [...]
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