Skull and Bones, Ubisoft's Open-World Pirate Simulator, is Officially Releasing this Year — When Exactly?

One of Ubisoft's games has recently escaped development hell and will be released later this year.

The popular game developer recently released a cinematic trailer detailing the release of its long-delayed pirate game, Skull and Bones, with its release scheduled in late 2022.

The game's development recently saw a flurry of activity, with a gameplay trailer leak showcasing its many features and mechanics.

Skull And Bones Cinematic Trailer Details

Skull and Bones' newly launched cinematic trailer reveals that it will be released on November 8 for the Xbox Series X and S, PlayStation 5, Steam, the Epic Games Store, Google Stadia, Amazon Luna, and Ubisoft Connect.

The game was originally revealed during E3 2017, but the game's development encountered many delays until it was unheard of for some time. People then began thinking that the game was in development hell, meaning it would never see the light of day again, despite Ubisoft's reassurances.

Ubisoft explained in its live stream showcasing the game that the delay was due to a change of angle, wherein the game's first incarnation has a less gritty and realistic experience than what Ubisoft's planning on releasing in November.

Skull and Bones is an open-world pirate role-playing multiplayer game, wherein the player, which is you, steps into the role of a lowly underdog who wants to rise the ranks and become one of the most infamous pirates to ever set sail in the Indian Ocean.

You will have to grow your legend through high-risk, high-reward contracts, take care of your ship and crew, craft new equipment and ships, and even ally with a friend to take down bigger prizes, which can be yours alone for the taking if you're dastardly enough.

However, failing a contract and getting defeated by the AI or one of your dastardly friends will cause you to lose infamy, the level progression mechanic in the game.

Fortunately, should you fail enough to cause your ship to sink, some of your cargo can still be retrieved. However, you have to get to where your ship was wrecked fast enough, or other players can take them from you.

Ship-to-ship is similar to that of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, where you can direct when and from which side of your ship can fire broadsides by aiming a crosshair on an enemy ship or player. Sinking them from afar only gives you a portion of the ship's cargo, while boarding maximizes the amount of loot you can acquire, though this wasn't shown during Ubisoft's live stream.

The game can be played and completed on your own or with other players, as it is a multiplayer game.

The End Doesn't Stop There

Ubisoft is expected to broadcast another showcase of the game during its next Ubisoft Forward event, which will take place on September 10 at 3 PM ET.

This time, however, Engadget mentioned that the second event would focus on Ubisoft's next entry in its Assassin's Creed series, which may be Assassin's Creed Rift and/or Assassin's Creed Infinite.