Ubisoft Roller Champions Game Hit With Another Delay

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While the Skull and Bones pirate game is often seen as Ubisoft's oft-delayed troubled project, it's not the only one. Roller Champions, Ubisoft's 3v3 multiplayer roller derby game, was announced in 2019 and has struggled to come together in the years since. While there were indications that Roller Champions would be arriving soon to start off 2022, it seems there's one last delay in store before Ubisoft will be ready to deliver it. Roller Champions' launch has been pushed back once more, hopefully for the last time.

In an announcement that wasn't shared widely, Ubisoft reportedly told the Discord community for Roller Champions that it wouldn't arrive before March 31 as previously announced. Instead, Roller Champions is being targeted as a late spring release, which likely means it'll be targeting June. Another Roller Champions delay isn't impossible, of course, given the project's struggles up to this point. At that point, however, it becomes more of a question of if, not when.

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Ubisoft did provide a very general reason for the delay. It describes the situation asRoller Champions needing more time to deliver a «successful game» that can «properly honor» the excitement fans have for the project. It's referring to players who have participated in the game's past tests, which include a pre-alpha demo released in 2019 and a 2021 beta test.

Given the lack of specificity in the explanation for the delay, there's a lot of room to speculate. It's possible that feedback from the beta is being addressed, or simply that the game isn't as polished as the development team would like. It's also possible that Ubisoft would rather launch Roller Champions after a lengthy marketing