Ubisoft’s highly anticipated pirate action-adventure game, ‘Skull and Bones,’ is once again encountering a delay, as revealed in the company’s latest earnings report. This latest setback is not the first for the game, and it brings into question the release timing of another undisclosed “large” Ubisoft project.
A History of Delays for ‘Skull and Bones’
‘Skull and Bones’ has been no stranger to delays since its initial announcement back in 2017. Over the past year alone, it has missed three separate release windows: first, it was slated for November 8, 2022, then pushed to March 9, 2023, and now, it holds a more indefinite release window in the “early” part of fiscal year 2023-24, which commenced in April 2023.
In Ubisoft’s recent earnings report, dated October 26, it was revealed that ‘Skull and Bones’ is now expected to launch in Q4 2023-24, effectively narrowing the release timeframe to somewhere between January and March 2024. This latest delay extends the waiting period for eager fans, potentially by almost a year from the last expected release date.
The Mystery of the Unnamed Ubisoft Game
The report also references another “large game” that Ubisoft had initially planned to launch during the last quarter of the current fiscal year, ending by March 31, 2024. However, the company has opted to delay this undisclosed title to maximize its value creation. As a result, the release window for this game now spans from April 2024 to the end of March 2025. The report, however, does not specify the exact timing of this delay, leaving the extent of the postponement uncertain.
While the report doesn’t reveal the identity of the postponed game, it does confirm that several other Ubisoft titles, including ‘Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora,’ ‘Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR,’ ‘Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown,’ ‘Just Dance 2024,’ ‘XDefiant,’ and ‘The Division Resurgence,’ remain on track for release within the current fiscal year.
