Skull and Bones Delayed for a Fifth Time, Now Launching March 9, 2023

One of essentially the most anticipated titles from Ubisoft has sadly encountered one other setback. After an initial leak that was reported by Kotaku, Ubisoft let the cat out of the bag and certainly confirmed that Skull and Bones has been delayed until March 9, 2023. That’s a full 4 month distinction than the earlier date that the title had,  November 8, which was additionally solely a few months away from now. For these maintaining rating at residence, that is now the fifth delay of the sport, an indication of the arduous growth cycle the title has been going by way of.

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Thankfully, Ubisoft states that the title’s growth is now within the residence stretch. According to the writer, the delay was in order that they’ll “further polish and balance the experience” after getting extra suggestions from technical assessments and closed betas. Ubisoft additionally talked about that Skull and Bones will likely be getting an open beta that will likely be happen someday within the “near future.” The writer states that they’ll share extra information on the best way to register for the open beta quickly.

As we’ve already talked about, Skull and Bones has been by way of a really lengthy and tough growth cycle. Initially revealed at E3 2017, Skull and Bones was given a tentative time-frame launch of Fall 2018. The recreation obtained its first delay the next 12 months, giving it a tentative time-frame of 2019. However, that quickly grew to become a query mark as we entered the 12 months 2019, as the sport nonetheless had no concrete date regardless of the persevering with growth. Then it was delayed once more, this time till 2020, after which as soon as once more only a few months later into the fiscal 12 months of 2021-2022.

Then, after what appeared like an eternity, Skull and Bones lastly entered into the Alpha stage of growth. A bit of greater than a 12 months later, it was given the aforementioned November 8 launch date, till this week with its fifth, and hopefully remaining delay. Skull and Bones will now formally launch on March 9, 2023 for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/Series S, and PC.