Ubisoft’s Skull and Bones launches in November on PC, PS5, and Xbox

Skull and Bones, Ubisoft’s ambitious — and oft-delayed — open-world pirate adventure, will launch on Nov. 8 for Amazon Luna, Google Stadia, PlayStation 5, Windows PC (exclusively to the Epic Games Store), and Xbox Series X, Ubisoft confirmed on Thursday. Ubisoft Singapore (the studio behind this five-year-old project) followed up the announcement by a livestream introduction. Skull and Bones’ world and gameplay (above).

It is situated in the Indian Ocean on a chart that runs from Malaysia’s east coast to Africa. Skull and Bones The role of pirate captain puts the players in charge. Starting with a tiny ship and a spear, they’ll quickly work their way up to commanding larger vessels and crews, managing the ongoing threat of mutiny and finding enough food and plunder to placate everyone.

Skull and Bones It was announced for the first time at E3 2017. In 2018, Ubisoft forecast a 2019 release. The release was later delayed until 2020 and then again after the COVID-19 epidemic. Skull and Bones was recently rated by the ESRB, and shortly after Twitter users in some reasons spied a Nov. 8 launch date for the game on Xbox’s marketplace.

Ubisoft Singapore developers stated that the entire of Skull and Bones is playable solo, but they’ve built the game with online PvE and PvP multiplayer in mind. Players will encounter one another in “pirate dens,” hub worlds where they can repair and outfit their ships, find partners on the high seas, and take on missions that increase their “Infamy,” a form of XP progression.