Skull & Bones
A jolly roger good time
Ubisoft’s pirate-battler features all of
the ‘avast, matey!’ with none of the
‘captain, my foot’s stuck in the rigging’.
You’ll attack merchant vessels, plunder
their haul, and make off with it before the sea
police catch you. The flagship gametype is 5v5
competitive mode Loot Hunt, in which teams
compete to nab the most gold from AI ships.
Strategy comes from reading the wind and
plotting a course through the maelstrom. You can
predict movements and line up alongside rivals to
exchange cannon fire, or cut through the smoke
and ram hulls to splinters. For those who want to
sail alone, there’ll be a story-driven single-player
campaign too. We’ve got ten doubloons on a guy
with a black beard showing up.