Skull and Bones now has an ESRB rating
Ubisoft's seafaring adventure, Skull and Bones, has been rated "Mature" by the ESRB.
It'll be good news for pirate-loving players who've been waiting some time for information about Ubisoft's all-new IP, Skull and Bones (opens in new tab), which - at the time of writing - still doesn't have a release window, let alone a solid date (although rumor has it, that may be about to change (opens in new tab)).
"This is a naval-combat action game in which players assume the role of a shipwrecked outcast on a journey to become a pirate captain," the description on the ESRB website (opens in new tab) explains, giving us a sneak insight into the game's gameplay and mechanics.
"As players take on missions, they can explore settlements and engage in dramatic sea battles. From a first-person perspective, players command their crew to shoot cannons at rivals (e.g., warships, merchant ships, settlements/forts) in attempts to obtain loot/goods.
"Enemy ships can be rammed and boarded, resulting in brief cutscenes of crew members shooting or slashing at each other. Combat is highlighted by gunfire/cannon fire, explosions, and blood-splatter effects. Some territories depict corpses impaled on spikes or hanging from nooses; beaches may depict corpses and large bloodstains in the aftermath of battle."
We even get a little information about the settlements we may visit, too, which sound like they'll include opium dens and brothels, the employees of which will shout saucy stuff at us to shiver our timbers.
Of course, this isn't the first time Skull and Bones has gone before a country's rating board, and it's already received classification in Brazil and, last month, Australia (opens in new tab). It does, however, suggest the game is coming
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