Skull & Bones Co-Director Departs From Ubisoft

Skull & Bones has lost a co-director. 

Erste reported by Video Games ChronicleAntoine Henry, who has been with Ubisoft for almost 15 years, recently announced on LinkedIn that he is leaving the company. Henry claims he is moving on to “new exciting adventures” soon. This is great. Still, his departure from the company’s Singapore studio serves as yet another loss for the Skull & Bones team, which has seemingly struggled to make any headway since its 2017 reveal. 

Game Informer chronicled Skull & Bones’ journey through development hell recently in Part 1 of our Video Games Stuck In Development Hell series (here’s Part 2 and Part 3 if you’re curious for more). In short, this nautical game was last seen by the public in 2018 – we went hands-on with it that year. A beta version was also available for those who signed up. Of course, nobody got to play said beta, but the fact that such a thing existed proves Ubisoft was feeling quite confident in the title at some point in its history. 

In May of 2019, it was delayed to 2020, and when it slipped past that year, Ubisoft announced in 2021 that Skull & Bones was scheduled for release sometime between April 2022 and March 2023. It was revealed last year that the game was in Alpha. However, it took a lot of work to get there. Now, everyone (ok, not everybody, but the world) is eagerly awaiting its next unveiling. 

It’s important to note that Henry’s departure from Ubisoft doesn’t necessarily paint a bleak picture of Skull & Bones’ development hell gallery. Sometimes, developers leave titles after their work on it is complete – perhaps Henry’s work on Skull & Bones is done, and, feeling confident enough that the team can get it finished for release, he decided to leave. However, with such a troubled development history, it’s hard not to look at this news cynically as proof that Skull & Bones is still in the throes of trouble. 

You can also check this New Gameplay Today segment, which was published in 2018. Rare’s Sea of Thieves has received a huge Pirates of the Caribbean expansion. 

[Source: Video Games Chronicle]

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