Skull and Bones reportedly targeting a February release next year

Ubisoft’s beleaguered pirate adventure Skull and Bones is – following yet another delay back in October – reportedly now targeting a 16th February release next year.

Skull and Bones has, of course, been a very long time in the making, with development starting over a decade a go on in 2013. Since then it’s suffered repeated delays (it was originally expected to arrive in 2018), most recently seeing its release shift to Q4 of Ubisoft’s current financial year, meaning to a launch within the January-March 2024 period.

And that previous launch window looks to have been narrowed down to 16th February 2024 according to Insider Gaming, which has a good track record when it comes to Ubisoft leaks. According to the site, Ubisoft is likely to make the release date official in “the next couple of weeks”, potentially during December’s The Game Awards.

Insider Gaming also reports the £49.99 editions of Skull and Bones currently available to pre-order on the Ubisoft Star will be accompanied by a Premium Edition that’ll cost an additional £15-20 and include three days of early access. Presumably, just in case your patience finally snaps 72 hour before launch, having already waited ten years for its release.

Alongside Skull and Bones, Ubisoft first quarter of 2024 is also set to see the release of Prince of Persia The Lost Crown, alongside free-to-play titles Rainbow Six Mobile, The Division Resurgence, and XDefiant. Ubisoft’s mystery “large game” – reported to be Massive Entertainment’s promising Star Wars: Outlaws – was originally due to launch in the same window but has now been pushed into the publisher’s next financial year.