Skull and Bones has passed Alpha according to Ubisoft statement in report on the game's troubled development - GamesRadar

Skull and Bones, Ubisoft's repeatedly delayed pirate game, has officially crossed the Alpha stage of development.

"The Skull & Bones team are proud of the work they’ve accomplished on the project since their last update with production just passing Alpha, and are excited to share more details when the time is right," Ubisoft says. .

This update comes just over two months after Skull and Bones' most recent delay, which pushed the game out to at least 2022, and with room for it to slip into 2023!

According to Kotaku's report, which cites more than 20 anonymous current and former Ubisoft developers, Skull and Bones' repeated delays are primarily a function of creative, management, and resource struggles within developer Ubisoft Singapore and the Ubisoft development umbrella as a whole. .

Skull and Bones was originally pitched as a naval fighting game and resurfaced with some MMO-adjacent competitive elements, but it seems the game has since drifted even further into live service waters, with project leaders now reportedly looking at multiplayer survival games like Rust and ARK for reference.

This loosely echoes Ubisoft's newly revealed plans to build a live service hub for Assassin's Creed experiences by way of Assassin's Creed Infinity. .

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