With Skull and Bones now set for March 2023, could Assassin's Creed Mirage get delayed to second half of next year?
The French publishing giant, Ubisoft, recently delayed another one of its flagship titles, Skull and Bones, which was previously supposed to be released later this year, in the month of November. However, it was pushed back to March 2023 to give the developers more time to fine-tune its technical aspects and gameplay balancing ahead of its launch.
Skull and Bones is not the only game Ubisoft has delayed this year. The upcoming Avatar game from Ubisoft Massive, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora was previously speculated to be released this year, but has been delayed to 2023.
It is not uncommon for big AAA releases to get delayed, and often, it is much better than a rushed, half-baked product. However, Skull and Bones was already delayed for more than half a decade, with the game officially being announced way back in 2017. It was only recently given a confirmed release date along with an extended gameplay preview.
Ubisoft delaying its big flagship titles also raises concerns for other games that are in development under the publisher, such as the recently announced Assassin's Creed Mirage, which is scheduled for a 2023 release.
Initially planned as a spin-off for 2013's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, which evolved into its own standalone experience, Skull and Bones was initially announced during 2017's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3).
The announcement came with a planned release in 2018. However, due to internal conflicts and numerous changes in the development cycle, it kept pushing back the game's release to such a point that fans were even speculating that Ubisoft might have scrapped the entire project.
However, in July 2022, Ubisoft finally gave fans an extended look at Skull and Bones, its gameplay, general premise, and
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