Skull & Bones was touted by Ubisoft as being a AAAA experience, marking the first game to have released with such a moniker. Of course, we now know that this was far from the case, with sentiment surrounding the game being less-than-stellar. While the game failed to grab an audience …
Read More »Skull and Bones will be free to play next week
While Ubisoft has tried to save face and claim that Skull and Bones is in fact doing well, the fact is, the game launched to very poor reviews and barely anyone has been talking about it since. Ubisoft is still hoping to win some gamers over though, with plans for …
Read More »Skull and Bones reportedly has less than one million players, free trials included
According to recent reports, Skull & Bones has failed to attract a significant number of players. As it seems, the game has not reached 1 million players yet, with around 850,000 players, including those playing it through the eight-hour free trial period. As per Insider Gaming, one significant factor behind …
Read More »MSI’s latest bundle brings a free copy of Skull and Bones with PC hardware
MSI is back with a new game bundle. This time around, the company is partnering up with Ubisoft, offering up free codes for Skull and Bones when buying select MSI PC components, including motherboards, PC cases, power supplies, liquid coolers, and graphics cards. Skull and Bones lets you take on the …
Read More »Halo Infinite, Banishers, Skull and Bones and more join GeForce Now this week
Microsoft signed an agreement with Nvidia last year to start bringing Xbox's first-party PC games to the GeForce Now cloud streaming service. We're seeing the rollout continue this week, with Halo Infinite finally joining the GeForce Now library. Halo Infinite, the Steam, Windows Store and Game Pass versions, are now …
Read More »Nvidia’s latest driver brings optimisations for Skull and Bones, as well as new DLSS titles
There are several big games launching this week and as usual, Nvidia is prepared with a GeForce Game Ready graphics driver. The latest GeForce driver brings support for new releases like Skull and Bones, which finally lands on PC and consoles this week after a decade of development. The latest …
Read More »Ubisoft CEO claims Skull & Bones is a “Quadruple-A game”
Skull and Bones has had an incredibly turbulent development. After being delayed over half a dozen times and pushed back years beyond its initial release date, the multiplayer Ubisoft pirate game is finally actually launching on the 16th of February. That said, excitement surrounding the game has been minimal, but …
Read More »Skull and Bones is Finally officially releasing in February 2024
Skull and Bones has had an incredibly turbulent development. After being delayed over half a dozen times and pushed back years beyond its initial release date, the multiplayer Ubisoft pirate game looks to finally, FINALLY be arriving early next year – with an official launch date having been announced at …
Read More »Skull and Bones to finally launch in February
Stop me if you've heard this one before … Skull & Bones finally has a release date. While Ubisoft hasn't announced it officially yet, playtests are underway ahead of a supposed February launch. After a huge number of delays, Ubisoft finally seems to be getting its online pirate game, Skull …
Read More »Skull and Bones continues to sit in development hell as new delay announced
There was a time when people were generally looking forward to Skull and Bones but years of delays and reboots to the project have dampened that considerably. Still, Ubisoft is forging ahead with it, but it won't be releasing this year. After being swiftly delayed out of 2022 last year, …
Read More »Skull & Bones has lost its third creative director
While it looked like Skull & Bones was finally going to release a year ago, Ubisoft eventually chose to delay the game once again. Now according to a new report, the game's current creative director, who rebooted the project years ago, has left Ubisoft. According to sources speaking with Kotaku, …
Read More »Ubisoft reportedly “got laughed at” while trying to propose mergers/acquisitions
In recent years we have seen a renewed focus by major gaming companies to merge with or acquire smaller developers and publishers. Ubisoft has supposedly been proposing a number of potential acquisitions and mergers with various parties, however they reportedly “mostly got laughed at.” In a Tweet released by Jeff …
Read More »Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones is no longer releasing in 2022 following closed beta feedback
Skull & Bones has already had multiple release dates, and multiple delays over the last five years. The game was supposed to finally release in just a handful of weeks, but now at the last minute, the game has been delayed once again. Initially scheduled to arrive in early November, …
Read More »Ubisoft is bumping up the price of new ‘AAA’ games to $70
Ahead of the PS5's launch, Sony announced plans to increase the cost of its first-party titles from $60 at launch to $70, pointing to the "rising cost of game development" as the primary reason. We've seen a few publishers jump on this new price standard already, including the likes of Take-Two and Square Enix. Now, Ubisoft is joining that growing list.
Read More »Skull and Bones gets surprisingly high PC system requirements
After years of delays, Skull & Bones is finally heading to PC and consoles in November. Now with plenty of time to spare, Ubisoft has announced the PC system requirements for the game, alongside a list of PC-specific features. PC players can expect ray-traced Global Illumination, HDR support, key rebinding, …
Read More »Skull and Bones director goes in-depth on multiplayer-first approach
Somewhere during one of several reboots for Skull and Bones, the game transitioned into a multiplayer-first title. Now, the game's director, Ryan Barnard, has given us more insight into what that means, noting that while the game has an ‘underlying story', narrative is not a focus of the game. Speaking …
Read More »Skull and Bones gets new gameplay trailer and November release date
Just as promised, last night Ubisoft officially re-revealed Skull and Bones with a fresh new gameplay trailer and a release date. After nine years of development and multiple delays, Skull and Bones will finally release on the 8th of November. Skull and Bones is set in the Indian Ocean during …
Read More »Ubisoft will re-reveal Skull and Bones tomorrow
It's finally time to see Skull and Bones in action. Following on from multiple leaks in recent months, Ubisoft has confirmed plans for a Skull and Bones re-reveal, taking place tomorrow evening...
Read More »Ubisoft’s Avatar game, Skull & Bones and Mario + Rabbids all scheduled to release within a year
Ubisoft held its earnings call this week, and with it being the first earnings report for the new financial year, Ubisoft also gave investors some much needed updates on the upcoming release schedule. For starters, Skull & Bones should finally release this year, and other anticipated titles, like Mario + Rabbids: …
Read More »Ubisoft is planning a ‘massive’ games showcase
According to a new leak, Ubisoft is planning its own games showcase, and it could be one of the publisher's biggest in years. So far, there are 20 known projects in the works at Ubisoft, ranging from already announced titles like Avatar and Assassin's Creed Infinity, to unannounced games like …
Read More »Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones will be a “multiplayer-first” game
Skull and Bones has been delayed repeatedly, but it seems that we'll finally get the chance to play it within the next year, as Ubisoft confirmed plans to release within the next fiscal year (April 2022 to March 2023). As expected after multiple reboots, the game will now be a …
Read More »Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones has been delayed again
While last year Ubisoft seemed confident that Skull & Bones would make a big return this year, that has now changed. The open-world Pirate game has been delayed once again, pushing its release into the 2022-2023 fiscal year. During Ubisoft's earnings call last night, Ubisoft stated that Skull & Bones …
Read More »Managing Director of Skull and Bones studio is no longer at Ubisoft
Skull and Bones has been in development for a long time now and has often been the subject of delays. This week, the development team is seemingly getting a shake-up, as it has been reported that the studio head overseeing the project has been fired. An internal email sent to …
Read More »Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones will reappear in 2021
Skull and Bones has been floating around internally at Ubisoft for most of this current console generation, the title even came close to releasing at least a couple of times. It has been a while since the last update on the game, but that changes today with a new note …
Read More »Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones delayed but four new games are coming in its place
We've got E3 coming up very soon and Ubisoft has already given us a good idea of what to expect from them in 2019. During its latest quarterly shareholders report, Ubisoft confirmed that Skull & Bones has unfortunately been delayed again, pushing it out of the 2019-2020 fiscal year. However, …
Read More »Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones won’t just be PvP, a campaign mode is included
At E3 this year, one of Ubisoft's surprise announcements was Skull & Bones, a game essentially built around the pirate ship combat introduced in Assassin's Creed: Black Flag. When the game was presented, we only really saw the PvP portion of the game. However, it turns out there will be …
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