Ubisoft's Pirate Game Skull & Bones Gets Rating Following Leaks
The long-in-development multiplayer pirate sim Skull & Bones has finally gotten an official rating by the ESRB. Ubisoft announced the sea-faring title back in 2017, instantly drawing comparisons with Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, featuring players sailing the oceans on majestic pirate ships and challenging each other to intense battles. Players will also be able to build their own pirate hideouts and recruit crewmembers as they strive to form a mighty and feared pirate empire.
While this exciting premise has drawn plenty of attention, Skull & Bones has seen more than its fair share of delays over the past few years. It was first held back from its original 2018 launch date, then delayed even further after Ubisoft announced that Skull & Bones would be completely rebooted from the ground up to resemble a cross between Fortnite and Sea of Thieves. More complications came when the game's managing director, Hugues Ricour, was removed from Skull & Bones’ development team following several allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct back in 2020, and Skull & Bones lead director Antoine Henry departed from Ubisoft earlier this year. These shake-ups in the game’s development staff at Ubisoft Singapore have led many to wonder if Ubisoft would cancel the project outright, but the publisher has remained committed to releasing Skull & Bones at some point in its new 2022-2023 launch window.
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Skull & Bones is now one step closer to seeing release thanks to a new official rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board, as reported by VGC. This comes after similar reviews in both Brazil and South Korea, with the ESRB rating Skull & Bones M for Mature due to
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