Ubisoft issued a press launch final evening. On this one they clarify that Cranium & Bones is postponed for the now sixth time. The French firm has additionally cancelled three different beforehand unannounced initiatives.
You had been wanting ahead to the discharge of Cranium & Bones in March? Sorry, we have now to disappoint you. In a press launch from yesterday night, it seems that the pirate journey will probably be postponed as soon as once more. Nevertheless, this time Ubisoft didn’t give a concrete date. As an alternative, they acknowledged that the title can be launched in “early 2023 – 2024”. Since we’re in all probability speaking in regards to the fiscal 12 months, the brand new launch interval ought to now be between April and December of this 12 months – if the sport just isn’t postponed once more by then.
Along with the brand new launch postponement of Cranium & Bones, Ubisoft additionally declared that they’d cancelled three beforehand unannounced initiatives. The French firm defined these two critical steps by saying that they needed to ascertain massive manufacturers and had been very stunned to seek out that the 2 titles Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Simply Dance 2023 had underperformed on the finish of final 12 months, though they’d accomplished properly with critics. Consequently, the corporate is now pursuing a brand new technique in its monetary planning.
The way forward for Cranium & Bones and Co.
Ubisoft’s new monetary plan sees Murderer’s Creed Mirage, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Cranium &
Bones, together with an as-yet unannounced title, are scheduled for launch in fiscal 12 months 2023 to 2024. Among the many as-yet unannounced video games are mentioned to be “an enormous one” and “some promising free-to-play titles” from Ubisoft’s larger manufacturers – in the event that they aren’t additionally scrapped within the coming months.
With this (monetary) organisation that Ubisoft has been displaying for fairly a while now, the corporate is sadly damaging its credibility. It’s troublesome for us to not doubt launch dates, since introduced initiatives have been postponed so usually up to now.