Ubisoft has announced that it has delayed its upcoming pirate adventure game, Skull and Bones (again), to March 9, 2023. It was originally slated to launch on November 8 this year.

But it's not hard to look beneath all that to the classic Ubisoft formula underneath. Skull and Bones is, for obvious reasons, immediately reminiscent of 2013's Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag.

(Image credit: Ubisoft) Black Flag was the inspiration for Skull and Bones, but don't let that put you off. Arguably the best game in the Assassin's Creed series, it eschews the big urban ...

Kotaku has learned that strategy now includes a remake of Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, the 18th-century pirate fantasy period piece, and one of the more fondly remembered entries in the series.