{"id":636931,"date":"2026-03-28T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/skull-bones-has-now-been-rated-by-esrb-hinting-that-a-release-date-may-be-confirmed-soon"},"modified":"2026-03-28T05:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T05:05:00","slug":"skull-bones-has-now-been-rated-by-esrb-hinting-that-a-release-date-may-be-confirmed-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/skull-bones-has-now-been-rated-by-esrb-hinting-that-a-release-date-may-be-confirmed-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Skull &amp; Bones has now been rated by ESRB, hinting that a release date may be confirmed soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/skull-bones-has-now-been-rated-by-esrb-hinting-that-a-release-date-may-be-confirmed-soon.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Skull &amp; Bones has been rated by the ERSB, leading some to hope that a release date may be imminent. <\/p>\n<p>The news follows rating board confirmations in other parts of the world, too, including Brazil and Australia, and a leak of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/skull-bones-test-footage-appears-online\">Skull &amp; Bones&#8217; four-minute tutorial video<\/a> back in April, which Ubisoft eventually confirmed was real.\n<\/p>\n<p>The description shared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esrb.org\/ratings\/38613\/Skull+and+Bones\/\">ESRB website<\/a> is the closest we&#8217;ve come to getting an idea of what the game &#8211; which is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox Series &#8211; entails since it underwent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-07-14-ubisofts-skull-and-bones-is-being-reworked-with-live-game-elements\">&#8220;extensive reworking&#8221;<\/a> a couple of years back.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/skull-bones-has-now-been-rated-by-esrb-hinting-that-a-release-date-may-be-confirmed-soon\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/skull-bones-has-now-been-rated-by-esrb-hinting-that-a-release-date-may-be-confirmed-soon\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skull &amp; Bones has been rated by the ERSB, leading some to hope that a release date may be imminent. 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