What you need to know
- Ubisoft has rescheduled Skull and Bones for March 9, 2023.
- It was initially scheduled for Nov. 8 on Stadia and PC as well as consoles.
- Stadia releases typically do not receive betas before release. The publisher said that more time is required for polish.
Publisher Ubisoft has delayed multiplayer pirate simulator Skull and Bones once more. It will be released in November, but it will not be available for download until early next year.
The game was first announced at E3 2017 and has been delayed many times. Skull and Bones was announced at the E3 2017 conference. Stadia for Nov. 8 on the same date alongside PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5 Last July. The publisher now gives a new date as March 9, 2023.
Ubisoft confirmed that the delay was in a blog post(opens new tab)After a Kotaku reportThe developer team had been “hard at work polishing, balancing and finishing the game” before the launch of the game. They would require more time.
“We’re very eager for you all to get your hands on Skull and Bones and dive in headfirst to the dangerous and exciting world of building your own pirate empire,” Ubisoft said. “To give you the best possible experience we’ve decided to take a little more time to make sure we can deliver exactly that.
Ubisoft announced that Skull and Bones would soon be open beta and would release more details at a later date. Open betas for games rarely come to Stadia, however.
There is no big release on Stadia in 2022 due to this delay. This is especially disappointing after Google promised that 100 more games would be added to the platform in 2018. Only 50 games have so far been announced. Ubisoft will still bring Just Dance 2023 to Stadia, but it is likely to be the biggest Stadia title for the remainder of the year. This week’s release.
