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Ubisoft Developing a Female-Driven 'Skull & Bones' TV Show (Exclusive)

In a unique move, the video game company's film and television department will develop the pirate drama with Atlas Entertainment before the game its based on has been released.

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-Foxtrot1929d ago

Like seriously...who asked for this

Want your Pirate fix? Watch Black Sails

LOGICWINS1929d ago

The people who run Ubisoft have to be the biggest group of dolts in the industry. First we tell them we want future AC games to be like Black Flag....then they give us Skull and Bones.

We tell them that's not what we meant...then they give us a feminist propaganda tv show based on the IP we didn't want in the first place.

Anything I buy from Ubisoft will be bought second hand going forward.

-Foxtrot1929d ago

It's sad because if they made a brand new single player focused open world Pirate RPG game making it similar to the cancelled Pirates of the Caribbean Armada of the Damned then I would have brought it in a heart beat. It's a market that has been left untouched but they felt the need to change AC into something it wasn't and still continue to do that today instead of just creating new franchises.

Double_O_Revan1928d ago

Ehh, this has already been done before anyway, just in movie form.

https://upload.wikimedia.or...

;)

2pacalypsenow1929d ago

"In a unique move"

Is this sarcasm? That's the current fad in Hollywood, reboot movies with an all female cast, and when they flop, blame "toxic masculinity", "sexim" and White Republicans, how is this unique?

Leeroyw1929d ago

You're right. It's not even a discussion any more. It's an ideology.
We need more representation....
-Why? Does it make the product better?
Shut up toxic male. Is there someone I can speak to that isn't white or a man?

kneon1929d ago

The unique move was releasing the show before the game, not anything to do with female lead characters.

averagejoe261928d ago

The "unique" part had nothing to do with the female lead. You are really showing your bias here. Pretty sad.

2pac would be upset with your way of thinking.

salmonade1929d ago

Female-driven Skull & Bones? That's got flop written all over it.

MajorLazer1929d ago

Why make a good product when you can make an agenda driven one. No coincidence that most things that make a big deal out of something being female driven or similar, turn out to be a pile of pure shit

PhantomS421929d ago

Can you at least release the game first to know if this was worth it or not? It's just a waste of time and money jumping the gun like this before the game is out.

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Chorus of Havoc Sets Sail For Skull And Bones

Today, Ubisoft announced the launch of Skull and Bones’ second season, “Chorus of Havoc” in which players will face the maniacal Hubac Twins – the Compagnie Royale’s enforces who rampage through the seas.

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Skull and Bones’ “tremendous response” to Season 1 may surprise you

Yes, Ubisoft's divisive pirate RPG Skull and Bones appears to be sailing on the tides of success, as Ubisoft prepares to launch Season 2.

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kenpachi14d ago

I wonder how much Ubisoft payed for this article to be written.

Skuletor14d ago

I wonder how much a AAAA journalist would cost too.

BeHunted14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

Maybe it was Sony?

OtterX14d ago

Reminds me of the E3 after the Fallout 76 launch, where the Bethesda team came out on stage hyping how great the game was and had people actually cheering in the audience. (Despite all the negative reviews and feedback floating around the internet at that time.)

neutralgamer199213d ago

But would we be really surprised to find out S&B did well? There are million s of gamers who don’t even arch reviews and just buy what looks cool.

Remember for honor and how much hate it got for the ridiculous amount of micro transactions and player progress be behind a pay wall. Well guess what it’s still going on and one of most successful games for UBI. We think few weeks of hate or dislike matters when most publishers plan for that and start pushing it harder once journalists have moved on to other games

NBA-K is basically a digital casino yet it’s generating hundreds of millions

NFL and FIFA player cards generate EA billions in micro transactions

We don’t buy them but just look up on YouTube and how many people have invested thousands into some of theee games. And 2K pays these YouTubers to highlight the digital casino

We are the problem. We refuse to speak with our wallets. When it’s our favorite game we become hypocrites saying things like no one is being forced to buy

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RhinoGamer8814d ago

Does anyone have accurate gameplay numbers from Steam or PSN? I smell snow job...

Profchaos14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

I recall seeing a fairly low concurrent player base that was helped by the free trial (likely the metric they are using internally to push for season 2)

S2Killinit14d ago

If true, it goes to show that the negative press response was not reflecting reality. I personally thought omitting land traversal was a huge miss. But i also thought there was some things that were great about it. Lets see which story was true and which was made up (or worse, paid for)

Zeref14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

I couldn't find any redeeming qualities about the game. Except maybe the graphics look decent?Please enlighten me. It feels like this was a bad mobile gaming turned into a console game.

S2Killinit13d ago (Edited 13d ago )

I haven’t played it. But what I was seeing looked to capture some of the magic of Black Flag which was an excellent game. I felt that they could build on it and hoped that they would add land battles/exploration to it. The graphics do look good. And its not just another fps live service. Thats all. I dont really know much else about it, except I like the concept of playing as a pirate, with that sense of freedom and exploration.

Zeref13d ago

Yeah no it's nothing like Black Flag.

Friendlygamer14d ago

No data just pr talk. The same site has an article talking about how the price of the game was slashed quickly post release, these sites treat us like fools lol

InUrFoxHole14d ago

What exactly is you're arguement? Did you read the article?

jjb198114d ago

They're right. There is no argument either. The game is a turd and Ubisoft is doubling down on that turd. It's all fancy PR talk with no actual substance. I don't know what "argument" you're looking for. I read the article. It sounds like Ubisoft asked for a redo on their "AAAA" "game". Trash game and trash company.

Friendlygamer14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

Price decrease articles are typically made to make it seem like a gaming is flopping, they're often poorly researched and meaningless.
The article about the game thriving is also meaningless because it contains no data, it's basically corporate propaganda, even suicide squad is getting a season 2

In resume, not only this site plays both sides, it does it lazily and cynically because they don't care about quality, what they care about is clicks from us ( fools )

InUrFoxHole14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

@ jb
🤣 all it says is thanksfor the support. It's not like they're saying hey it's better than what you've seen come buy it. Lol you guys will whine about anything
@ Friendly
Gotcha when you referenced the other articles was like... uh doesn't that make it non biased? Basically you prefer stats with these articles or some sort of metric. I'm tracking. All I can say is... not everything is an amazing read or comment on n4g, lol. Game on!

Friendlygamer14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

Skull and bones TReMENDoUS ReSPoNSe. Prove it gaming journalist !! Prove it

jjb198114d ago (Edited 14d ago )

@InYourFaceHole Use all the emojis you need in order to feel better. Your latest comment is just a "save face" comment. Everybody knows you're a Ubisoft simp now. I hope you got what you wanted with your $190 Rare Earth Metal Ultimate Clandestine Epic Edge Lord Edition.

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TheColbertinator14d ago

Another paid AAAA article from Ubisoft

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Top 30 Most Disappointing Video Games

Despite all the hype, marketing, development time and resources behind them, these blockbuster titles would disappoint fans.

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shadowT45d ago

Days Gone? I love Days Gone.

solideagle44d ago

I think I platinumed it, It was awesome especially the first time you come across the horde

peppeaccardo44d ago

One of the best open world zombie game ever. Very engaging great story graphics and all.
These mofo should go back playing starfield and change phil's diaper.
GFYS!!

RhinoGamer8814d ago

Truly a surprise play for me. Had a blast, after 3 patches...

thorstein45d ago

The Order 1886 wasn't disappointing.

It was great.

Maybe do an article about Games Journalists Lied About. That would be a good read.

FPSRUSSIA45d ago (Edited 45d ago )

I Agree The order 1886 is Great but Short to bad there wont be a Sequel since the Developers Moved on to other Platforms.

DustMan44d ago

I thought it was great while it lasted. As soon as things got interesting and the action picked up the game ended. When it was over I legit was like "that's all of it?"

jimb0j0nes45d ago

Sure, the campaign was terrible, but MW3 isn't even the top three most disappointing COD games...

anast44d ago

That's a lot of Bethesda games on that list. Where's Starfield?

TwoPicklesGood44d ago

Whole lot of Sony games with Forsaken, Days Gone, Risen of the Ronin, and The Order 1886.

anast44d ago

In reality only one of those Sony games is actually just okay, and the others are good to solid. Whereas the Bethesda ones are objectively bad.

Tacoboto44d ago

Two of those Sony games aren't Sony games and the two that actually are, Sony clearly agreed based on their cutting ties with longtime partner Ready at Dawn and their well-reported rejection of DG2.

I'd like to check out The Order someday soon and see how it holds up since that style of shorter game fits my mood lately, but Forspoken was uniformly panned and RotR is a sign that Team Ninja needs to ease off the gas a bit to focus on quality over quantity.

Tacoboto44d ago

Suicide Squad being at number 2 or even in this list seems like a freebie - its existence alone was disappointing, I don't think many people actually had positive expectations for it near release.

Not having Starfield at all feels like they're ignoring a huge conversation of last year. Even as someone that likes the game, ignoring its reception is head-in-the-sand at best and its restrictions were magnified by its release alongside Baldur's Gate 3. The disappointment many feel about it FARRRRR exceeds any disappointment people have for random third party titles like... Biomutant, and Exoprimal... Same could be said for reception around Forza Motorsport.

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