Skull & Bones' Release Date Is Reportedly Surprisingly Close

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Reports suggest that Ubisoft's open-world pirate game Skull & Bones has a surprisingly close release date planned. The game was first announced back in 2017, but a troubled production has apparently led to development being reworked and restarted several times since. Recent rumors have pointed to a Skull & Bones reveal in July, and now sources claim that the game's release date could actually be imminent.

When it was first announced, Skull & Bones was billed as a spiritual successor to Ubisoft's 2013 game Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag. The beloved entry in the long-running historical sci-fi series brought players to the Golden Age of Piracy, allowing them to sail across a massive Caribbean open world to explore tropical islands and plunder loot. Early reports suggested that Skull & Bones would focus entirely on multiplayer naval combat, abandoning Black Flag's on-foot island exploration, but more recent rumors point towards a single-player campaign and character customization. A recent Skull & Bones game rating hints at an impending release date, but no official announcement has been made by Ubisoft.

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According to Twitter user Aggiornamenti Lumia (via Eurogamer), Skull & Bones is set to release on November 8, 2022. The Italian blogger is known for reporting on new Xbox and Microsoft Windows digital storefront releases, suggesting that the release date was gleaned from one such marketplace. Well-known industry insider Tom Henderson has also backed up the claim, adding additional validity to the November 8 release date. As of now this upcoming release date is a mere rumor, but if Ubisoft truly intends to release Skull & Bones within five months it can