Skull and Bones had every opportunity to win me over – it had so much promise – but I'm sad to say its launch version is painfully far from being the pirate adventure of my dreams.

Skull and Bones is back. Ubisoft Singapore’s pirate game that we last saw at E3 2018 has finally sailed back into view and it’s out this November. But what exactly is it? Despite how it looks ...

The Skull and Bones gameplay is designed to make you feel like a deadly pirate captain. While something like Sea of Thieves has you controlling individual aspects of your vessel to make it ...

It's now a full-blown pirate's life simulator. Credit: Ubisoft Singapore You're going to regret it if you can't keep your crew happy in Skull & Bones. Mutinous crewmates are among the many dangers ...

If you’re looking for a swashbuckling narrative-driven epic this isn’t the pirate’s life for you. Do I think Skull & Bones is a good showcase of a game 8 or more years in the making?

Ubisoft's long-in-the-works pirate adventure boasts a beautiful world and bombastic ship-to-ship combat, but it sinks amid boring busywork and tedious traversal. Pirates! Such an evocative word!

A slew of questionable design decisions sink what could have been a great pirate game into another weak live-service game in a sea full of them. Skull and Bones’ story begins when my ship is ...

With the waves beneath you and the wind in your sails, the Indian Ocean is yours to fully explore in Skull and Bones. But, as we recently learned, most of Ubisoft’s upcoming pirate simulator ...

So, you know, hope prevails. As is well known, Skull and Bones was inspired by the more pirate-y parts of Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. And, let's be honest, those were the best parts of ...

Despite falling in love with Sea of Thieves in recent years, it’s rocketed back to the top of my list of the best pirate-themed games - and it’ll be the high watermark that Skull and Bones ...

But from what I've played it offers a lot more player agency to really carve out your own Caribbean adventure than Skull and Bones is likely to, with a pleasingly nuanced take on a pirate's life.

It's only natural that there should be pets in Skull and Bones, after all, cats are a common shipmate, taken on board to keep the vermin away. As an up-and-coming pirate legend, you certainly don ...