Avatar Game, Skull & Bones, Mario + Rabbids 2 Given Release Window
On a May 11 earnings call, a Ubisoft executive has confirmed that Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, and Skull & Bones are all expected to release during the company's current fiscal year, narrowing the window in which gamers can expect their individual release dates to land. More specifically, it was clarified that all three are targeting a release date some time in the second half of the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is current-gen exclusive and based on the film franchise created by director James Cameron, which will be releasing its second of five planned movies in December 2022. Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope is the sequel to 2017's Ubisoft and Nintendo collaboration, delivering tactical, turn-based combat featuring characters from the Super Mario and Rayman franchises. Skull & Bones is still the most nebulous of the three, despite being in production for quite a while. The multiplayer-focused pirate game was originally conceived to build on the success of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag's naval combat, but has floundered in development for nearly a decade.
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Ubisoft's fiscal year will end on March 31, 2023, putting its halfway mark at the beginning of October 2022. There has yet to be more specific information, but this window is in part a reassurance on the company's plans to launch Skull & Bones despite delays. Ubisoft's earning report states Frontiers of Pandora, Sparks of Hope, and Skull & Bones are the publisher's top three premium releases when it comes to sales expectations. The earnings report itself can be found on the Ubisoft website, with Video Games Chronicle reporting that it
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