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Skull & Bones (2024)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_%26_Bones_(video_game)
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/skull-and-bones
https://skullandbones.fandom.com/wiki/Skull_%26_Bones
Skull & Bones is an upcoming action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Singapore and published by Ubisoft. The game is set to release sometime after March 2022. The game revolves around piracy and naval warfare.
Skull & Bones is a tactical action game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. Players take control of a customizable pirate captain, and may choose to sail the Indian Ocean by themselves and set off on a single-player campaign, or gather up to five other players to ally in player versus player gameplay in Disputed Waters.
Wind positioning can be assessed to gain an advantage in battle. Players may collect additional ships throughout the game, such as sloops-of-war, frigates and brigantines, whose weapons include mortars, broadside cannons, and rockets. Ships can be charged into with brute force and boarded. The rate of inflicted damage is gauged by the health bar. A core component is the multiplayer mode Loot Hunt, where two groups of players are challenged in treasure hunting to further accumulate their riches. Each given ship's crow's nest is scalable for use as a lookout pointand spyglasses can be availed of as well. Microtransactions will be an added feature.
Skull & Bones is the first video game led by developer Ubisoft Singapore, which drew inspiration from the naval battles of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_IV:_Black_Flag
Skull & Bones (2021) youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr2HzbLYA4lo23fgnMDb5RA
Skull & Bones Expected Platform(s):
Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series X
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Release: TBA 2023
EDIT: February 16, 2024
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
An Update on Skull & Bones
https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/56OPWg2TTgiV54dCwBAHP2/null
September 9, 2020
ubisoft
What Happened To Ubisoft's Skull and Bones? (Skull & Bones Reboot)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QCQn_iYSVU
OpenVision
Jan 29, 2021
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Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/370010/Skull__Bones/
(entry removed from Steam)
https://steamcommunity.com/app/370010/discussions/
Genre: Action
Release Date: SOON TBA
It is the Golden Age of Piracy. Renegade captains command the most powerful weapons on Earth: warships. In Skull & Bonesâ„¢, sail to the Indian Ocean, an untamed frontier of lavish riches populated by colonial empires & wealthy trading corporations.
About This Game
It is the Golden Age of Piracy. Renegade captains command the most powerful weapons on Earth: warships.
To go from underdog to pirate king, you must master sailing and naval combat while building powerful alliances no one can take down.
SAIL INTO AN OPEN WORLD OF MULTIPLAYER CONFLICT
• Test your pirate skills by competing against both powerful factions and rival players for the riches of the Indian Ocean.
• It’s your choice: hunt solo as a lone wolf, or team up with a pirate gang and dominate across different game modes.
EXPERIENCE NAVAL COMBAT REDEFINED
• Become the ultimate pirate with Skull & Bones' RPG-like progression system. Choose the ship best suited to your playstyle & upgrade it, using the loot you have plundered. Make the best choices for your equipment, weapons & crew.
• Harness the innovative wind system in order to approach combat your way with a wide number of tactical options at your disposal.
FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD
• As you venture forth, you’ll discover the Indian Ocean is never tranquil and that the PvPvE shared world of Skull & Bones is systemic and ever-evolving.
• Fortunes will give insight into changes in Weather, Conflict, and even upcoming Cataclysms.
System Requirements
Minimum:
DirectX: Version 12
Exact System Requirements TBA
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Some info on the Game Development Status,
not looking good
Multiple Reboots or restarts on reboots,
Changes of Development leads & people,
lack of focus, game design essentially still not nailed down etc.
a very troubled development that has burned through a lot of cash
Apparently Unbisoft took development aid money from the
Singapore Government, so have to ship something, even if bad.
Otherwise this game would have been cancelled already
with any other game developer.
Ubisoft's Skull and Bones Development Has Been An Anthem Level Nightmare According To Former Devs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PByw-bYE5mQ
YongYea
Jul 21, 2021
Skull & Bones Might Never Come Out, Was First Black Flag DLC (Skull And Bones Gameplay)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE0d7DlHxeE
JorRaptor
Jul 25, 2021
This is the original source article for the above commentary on the
Game development Status
First It Was An Assassin's Creed Expansion, Now It's Ubisoft's 8 Year Nightmare
Inside Ubisoft Singapore’s struggle to ship Skull & Bones
https://kotaku.com/first-it-was-an-assassins-creed-expansion-now-its-ubis-1847326742
ByEthan Gach
7/20/21
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Skull & Bones Getting Closer To Release? (Entering Beta Phase)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZOS5k_DTyk
Podcast Now PLUS
15 Nov 2021
entering it's beta phase soon?
Skull and Bones is entering BETA (skull and bones News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4y8Q7aZ1mQ
AerO R2
14 Nov 2021
skull and bones will enter its first stage of beta
(internal beta - Early Test version) in the first quarter of 2022 ? |
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Skull and Bones sailing into 2022, but Ubisoft announces new production milestone
https://www.gamesradar.com/skull-and-bones-release-date-gameplay-trailer/
By Rachel Weber October 28, 2021
Skull and Bones will bring the swashbuckling in 2022
Skull and Bones, that online pirate game from Ubisoft that you might well have entirely forgotten about, is still very much alive. At least according to the latest update from Ubisoft Singapore.
You'd be forgiven for worrying, as the game was first announced in 2017, and press even got to play it in 2018, but then Skull and Bones disappeared below the waves and it seemed, into Davy Jones' locker. Then in 2020 it was revealed the game was still in production with "new vision" to guide it, and latest reports suggest we could see it next year.
When we last saw the game, it was all the naval warfare of Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag with plenty of added extras like different pirate factions and loot to plunder. Three years later, it's hard to know which of those elements remain.
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Skull and Bones now won't be released until at least 2022. The news was revealed via the most recent Ubisoft financial update to investors. "Skull and Bones will now be released in 2022-23," it said in its earnings report.
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Now Skull & Bones has lost its co-director
UBISOFT’S LONG-IN-DEVELOPMENT PIRATE GAME STILL REMAINS OUT OF SIGHT, 5 YEARS AFTER ITS REVEAL
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/now-skull-bones-has-lost-its-co-director/
Andy Robinson
5TH JAN 2022
Ubisoft’s long-in-development pirate game Skull & Bones has lost its associate game director.
Antoine Henry, who according to his LinkedIn profile has worked on the Ubisoft Singapore project across two stretches since 2014, announced his departure from the company this month.
“Goodbye Ubisoft! After nearly 15 years, today was my last day,†he wrote. “I’m thankful for the people I’ve met and what they brought me professionally and personally. Hopefully I was able to give back a little bit.â€
Henry’s departure is the latest setback in what has been an infamously turbulent development history for Ubisoft’s pirate title.
Announced at E3 2017, Skull & Bones is the first title led by Ubisoft’s Singapore studio. It was originally scheduled for a late 2018 release, but it has now been delayed in four consecutive years.
Ubisoft said in September 2020 that it was pursuing a “new direction†with Skull & Bones. Confirming an earlier VGC exclusive, the game’s new creative director Elisabeth Pellen said Ubisoft Singapore had “dreamt something bigger†and that fans would see the game again sometime in 2021.
Most recently, Ubisoft announced in May that Skull & Bones would be released during its next fiscal year beginning in April 2022.
It was reported last summer that Ubisoft Singapore was under investigation due to allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination.
Last year, Ubisoft Singapore managing director Hugues Ricour was replaced following misconduct allegations and left the studio, but he continued to remain employed by Ubisoft. |
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Skull & Bones Release Looks Even More Unlikely After Dev Exit
https://screenrant.com/skull-bones-director-leaves-ubisoft-release-unlikely/
After eight years in development, a Skull & Bones release date looks even more unlikely after another lead game designer has exited Ubisoft.
BY ALDEN ETRA
Jan 6 2022
The release of Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones seems more unlikely after the game's director exited Ubisoft. The open-world pirate game began development in 2013 but Skull & Bones has remained in purgatory for years, with numerous delays, lack of direction, and consistent developer changes seemingly interrupting any concrete progress on the game. A Skull & Bones release was originally scheduled for late 2018 on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, but it suffered several delays due to the emergence of a new vision for Skull & Bones from the Ubisoft development team.
Not a lot is known about Skull & Bones, however, scarce details have surfaced. In July of 2020, an anonymous source claimed that Ubisoft rebooted Skull & Bones’ development to better fit its portfolio, with the source saying the game was becoming a cross between Fortnite and Sea of Thieves. This was a massive change from the original Skull & Bones design, with sources claiming it was supposed to be a pirate-themed World of Warships. Since then, Ubisoft has restarted Skull & Bones development from scratch on numerous occasions. A few months ago, industry insider Tom Henderson reportedly revealed additional details about the game, claiming Skull & Bones centers around completing quests and earning money to customize and upgrade a pirate ship. Henderson also claimed that Skull & Bones’ setting is based on Madagascar and Mozambique.
Though some details have been promising, it seems another developer exit could make a Skull & Bones release even more unlikely. According to his LinkedIn profile (via TheGamer), game director Antoine Henry has left Ubisoft. “Goodbye Ubisoft! After nearly 15 years, today was my last day,†he wrote in his goodbye post.
"I'm thankful for the people I've met and what they brought me professionally and personally. Hopefully, I was able to give back a little bit. On to new exciting adventures very soon!â€
There aren’t any additional details regarding what Henry’s “new exciting adventures†are, and Ubisoft hasn’t made any official announcement about formally replacing Henry on the Skull & Bones development team.
Considering Skull & Bones’ development turmoil, it’s unclear whether the game will ever get an official launch date. Antoine Henry was a key part of Skull & Bones’ development since 2014. Having started at Ubisoft in 2007 with Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, Henry worked his way through several big Ubisoft titles including two more Rabbids games, Just Dance 4, and Watch Dogs. He acted as a lead game designer for Skull & Bones until he was promoted to associate game director in 2017. While he did stop development on Skull & Bones to work on Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Henry returned to the open-world pirate game in 2021.
So far, Skull & Bones has reportedly cost Ubisoft over $120 million. With over eight years of development and no news of a potential launch date, it seems a Skull & Bones release is still far away if it arrives at all. Unless Ubisoft can stick with a design rather than restarting from scratch again, it’s likely Skull & Bones could remain lost at sea.
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Why Ubisoft Won't Scrap Assassin's Creed Spin-Off Skull & Bones
https://screenrant.com/skull-bones-assassins-creed-ubisoft-singapore-live-service/
Despite being over-budget and lacking a clear gameplay direction, Ubisoft has reason to make sure the online multiplayer pirate game ships.
BY CAITLIN GRIEVE
JUL 21, 2021
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none of Skull & Bones' many executives want to take the blame for such a massive project failing.
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Ubisoft Singapore receives subsidies from the government. In return, Ubisoft Singapore agreed to hire a certain number of local workers, but also to produce "original brand new IPs in the next few years." |
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After years of delays, Ubisoft’s Skull & Bones gameplay leaks
https://www.polygon.com/23048670/skull-and-bones-gameplay-leak-ubisoft
By Ana Diaz
Apr 29, 2022
Video shows off ‘infamy’ system and crafting
Ubisoft's New Game Looks ROUGH! - Skull and Bones Leaked Gameplay Thoughts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hasGHRc4KA
DreamcastGuy
2 May 2022
runtime 8:51
Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones finally seems to be emerging from the depths of development hell. As reported by Kotaku, test footage has leaked online, showing off the biggest glimpse of the live-service pirate adventure that’s been seen since its announcement at E3 2017.
In the video, a voiceover explains some of the core details of Skull and Bones. A stat called “infamy†is used to gauge how good players are at being a pirate. Players can increase their infamy via raiding ships, completing contracts, and finding hidden treasure. Higher tiers of infamy grant players access to more difficult bounties and contracts, and failure will result in the loss of some infamy.
Players will start with a modest pirate ship that they can then upgrade with scavenged materials. It’s the captain’s job to ensure their ship is stocked with food, water, and ammo lest they run the risk of their crew mutinying from a lack of provisions.
Skull & Bones
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr2HzbLYA4lo23fgnMDb5RA
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Skull and Bones: Everything we know so far
https://www.gamesradar.com/skull-and-bones-guide/
After a sixth delay,
Skull and Bones is now slated for an early 2023-24 release date,
early 2024 most likely, subject to change
2023–2024 fiscal year
no new release date has been given.
EDIT: February 16, 2024
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