After the Summer Game Fest 2022 a few weeks ago, the month of July still seems to be loaded with announcements on the video game side. This is particularly the case for Skull and Bones, presented soon by Ubisoft.
[Mis à jour le 6 juillet 2022 à 15h19] Yaarr! The pirates are back. Ubisoft recently announced that it has chosen July 7 for the presentation of Skull and Bones, its original creation immersed in the heart of the world of late Renaissance piracy. Finally, privateers and other buccaneers have never really gone far, despite the fact that Skull and Bones has undergone a complicated development since its announcement at E3 in 2017. The title now developed by Ubisoft Singapore was originally planned for the third quarter of 2022, and remains announced for the second part of the studio’s fiscal year, namely still October 2022 and March 2023. Last I heard, Skull and Bones will be a third-person tactical action adventure game , putting you in the shoes of a customizable ship captain. We take stock of everything we know about the game a little further down in this article.
Ubisoft has finally planned to unveil its next original title Skull and Bones during a live broadcast on Youtube scheduled for July 7, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. (French time). Developed by Ubisoft Singapore, the game should finally offer us some gameplay images and something to feed our expectations before its release. So far, the only footage of the game that has been seen (very briefly) on the web has been six minutes of gameplay from what appeared to be its tutorial. No doubt this Thursday’s presentation will contain more images and information to get your teeth into. You can watch the game’s presentation live above or on Ubisoft’s official YouTube page.
Not much information has managed to escape from the holds of Ubisoft about Skull and Bones. Development of the game originally began in 2013, as a single-player and then multiplayer expansion of the revered Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. According to Kotaku, the game underwent many changes during its creation, both in terms of its realization and its gameplay. Chaotic and expensive development, described by a Ubisoft employee as “a classic case of bad management for eight years” which would have cost Ubisoft more than 120 million dollars according to the American video game investigation newspaper.
The game would have married in turn different concepts, that of a game of naval battles, a survival game on dry land or even an amphibious adventure in the manner of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag. As for the current state of the game, Mystery Mystery, although it is known that it will feature a single-player campaign in addition to a multiplayer player versus player mode. According to reports from some respected insiders, the game will consist of exploration, ship management, and naval combat. No mention has been made of hand-to-hand combat or boarding battles as of yet, much to the chagrin of many fans.
As for a release date, we told you in the introduction but nothing is yet carved in stone on the side of Ubisoft. The game had a chaotic development, passed from hand to hand since 2013 before ending up as Ubisoft Singapore’s first major project. Decision-making changes that resulted in a severe delay to the game, first announced at the E3 2017 show. But for now, Skull and Bones is still scheduled for the second half of Ubisoft’s current fiscal year. , understand end of 2022 beginning of 2023. This Thursday’s gameplay presentation could well answer questions about the game’s release date.