Skull And Bones

OK folks, we have now slipped into fantasy territory. The rest of the games listed here all technically have a “2023″ release date attached, but no one in their right mind would put money on that happening. First up is poor old Skull and Bones

Originally developed as an expansion for 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, then officially announced as a standalone game in 2017, you may have noticed it’s not yet out. In fact, it’s been publicly delayed a total of six times, the most recent coming earlier this month when, to the surprise of no one, it was thrown into the ambiguous long grass of “fiscal year 2023-2024.”

Ubisoft told Kotaku that the game is “complete,” and is now entering polish. But that’s a far more extensive situation than the word suggests, involving international teams collaborating, and of course the inevitable closed betas that so frequently trip Ubisoft up at what was supposed to have been the eleventh hour.

We desperately hope the game can come out, and the ten years of work from Ubisoft Singapore and others will result in something, and maybe even something really fun. But it’d be silly to start expecting to see it any time this year.