Skull and Bones and Sonic Frontiers Are in the Same Boat
Despite a few disappointing delays, 2022 has been a pretty great year for video game releases. The start of the year saw Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Horizon Forbidden West, and Elden Ring release, and though the summer months haven't been quite as stacked, there have still been a ton of new releases, ranging from big AAA games like Mario Strikers: Battle League to Indie darlings like Cult of the Lamb and Rollerdrome. As the industry looks forward to the rest of the year, a few big names stand out, but two of which, Sonic Frontiersand Skull and Bones, stand out for the wrong reasons.
On paper, Sonic Frontiers and Skull and Bones have absolutely nothing in common. Developed by Sega and Ubisoft respectively, Sonic Frontiers is an open-world (ish) 3D Sonic title, and Skull and Bones is a ship-based naval game, focused on online multiplayer. However, digging a little deeper, the two big-name titles do have a few things in common, one of them being an extremely unfortunate release date.
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Despite delays on both parts, Skull and Bones and Sonic Frontiers are now both slated for a November 8 release date. Though the first week of November does have a few scheduled releases, it's nothing for either of these big-budget titles to worry about, with the strategy sim Humankind being the biggest name on the slate. However, the same can't be said for the rest of November.
Just a week after Sonic Frontiers and Skull and Bones releases, Obsidian Entertainment's bold new title Pentiment is set to release, which is sure to be a hit for Xbox and PC Game Pass. After that, Goat Simulator 3 lands, followed swiftly by Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which is one of the most
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