Skull and Bones, the long-awaited open-world game, that aims to build on the pirating genre of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag and Microsoft’s Sea of Thieves has once again been delayed until “early 2023-24,” as developer Ubisoft announces plans to launch a beta phase, postponing the Skull and Bones release date.

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