![]() ![]() Once you arrive in Sainte-Anne you meet with John Scurlock, the kingpin in the region, and convince him that your talents can be useful. After going through the character creator where players can choose from a bunch of options to create the perfect pirate, you find yourself captaining a dhow (a small and largely unimpressive boat) to Saint-Anne, also known as pirate paradise. The beginning of the closed beta and the game sees your character shipwrecked after losing a battle with the British. From chatting with the team, you can sense their excitement at getting to feature its heritage in the game. What is exciting about the narrative is the use of the Indian Ocean, which has allowed Ubisoft Singapore to showcase the cultures and history of its own region. Rising through the ranks may not be the most original premise, but it fits what Skull and Bones is aiming for. Your job is to climb the pirate ranks and become a kingpin – an infamous pirate leader who’s feared across the seven seas. It not only gave me a much better understanding of what the game is, but a deeper respect for the creatives behind these big AAA operations.īorn out of would-be DLC for Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, Skull and Bones is set during the 17th century in the Indian Ocean and inspired by the golden age of piracy. Recently I was able to visit Ubisoft Singapore courtesy of Ubisoft Australia and was able to go hands-on with the content from the game’s upcoming closed beta, as well as hear from and speak to a bunch of the team behind the project. But what if I told you that not only is the game definitely coming out (on February 16, 2024, to be exact), it’s actually pretty fun. After all, it’s been in the works since 2013 and Ubisoft has no doubt spent a boatload of cash on its development, so you could forgive Yves and the powerbrokers at the French company for sentencing the project to the walk the plank. We’ve all wondered at some point whether Ubisoft Singapore’s open-world pirate game would eventually ship given all the delays and setbacks.
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