The oft-delayed Cranium and Bones nonetheless isn’t prepared for launch, as Ubisoft confirmed it has delayed the pirate sport for the sixth time. Cranium and Bones will not launch on March 9, and now simply has a obscure launch window of “early 2023 to 2024.” At this level, we are able to’t actually be shocked that this occurred once more.
First introduced at E3 2017, Cranium and Bones was initially meant for launch in 2018. It lastly resurfaced final yr after a few delays with a November 8, 2022 launch date. That morphed right into a March 9, 2023 launch date, which Ubisoft has now nixed for a obscure launch window that mainly quantities to them desirous to launch Cranium and Bones someday this fiscal yr. Nonetheless, Ubisoft appears optimistic in regards to the pirate sport regardless of its endless string of delays.
“Gamers will be capable to uncover the great thing about Cranium and Bones within the upcoming beta part,” a press launch explains. “The extra time has already paid off and introduced spectacular enhancements to its high quality, which has been confirmed by current playtests. We consider gamers might be positively shocked by its evolution. Now we have determined to postpone its launch to be able to have extra time to showcase a way more polished and balanced expertise and to construct consciousness.”
This delay announcement comes as half of a bigger replace to the corporate’s monetary targets for this fiscal yr and subsequent, the place Ubisoft detailed the unfavorable impacts of “surprisingly slower” sport gross sales for Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Simply Dance 2023. Not solely has Cranium and Bones been delayed, however Ubisoft has additionally canceled three unannounced video games that had been in improvement atits varied studios. Ubisoft’s “current launches haven’t carried out in addition to anticipated,” so the corporate is focusing its efforts “on constructing our manufacturers and reside companies into among the strongest inside the trade.” Ubisoft will even scale back its spending by 200 million euros over the subsequent two years.
Fortunately for Ubisoft, its subsequent fiscal yr, which runs by way of March 2024, seems to be much more attention-grabbing due to video games like Murderer’s Creed Mirage and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. Now we simply have to attend and see if Cranium and Bones will even be a part of that, or if it continues to get delayed.
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