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Ubisoft announced that the title would undergo an "upcoming beta phase" that sets its official release at "early 2023-2024." In September 2022, Ubisoft pushed the game back from a fall release to March 9, 2023. With the updated schedule as a result of the beta phase, it suggests Ubisoft has once again delayed Skull and Bones, placing it now in the 2024 fiscal year, which runs from April 1, 2023-March 31, 2024. Additionally, the developer canceled three unannounced projects, all amid dismal sales.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot spoke about the situation in more detail, explaining some of the issues the developer faces in the current market. "We are clearly disappointed by our recent performance," Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said. "We are facing contrasted market dynamics as the industry continues to shift towards mega-brands and everlasting live games, in the context of worsening economic conditions affecting consumer spending. Despite excellent ratings and players' reception as well as an ambitious marketing plan, we were surprised by Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope['s] underperformance in the final weeks of 2022 and early January. Just Dance 2023 underperformed as well."
 
Now Ubisoft Paris Studio is planming to go on strike:

ALL FOR STRIKE UBISOFT PARIS

FRIDAY JANUARY 27-AFTERNOON

According to Guillemot:

THE BALL IS IN OUR COURT

(but the money stays in his pocket)

In his latest statement, Mr. Guillemot announces a worrying future for Ubisoft.

If the request to employees to be "especially careful and strategic with your spending" is ironic considering the company's editorial strategy of the last few years, it is not funny. When Mr. Guillemot speaks of "attrition" and "organizational adjustments", it means: staff reductions, discreet studio closures, salary cuts, disguised layoffs, etc.

On several occasions, Mr. Guillemot is trying to shift the blame (once again) onto the employees; he expects us to be mobilized, to "give it our all", to be "as efficient and lean as possible". These words mean something: overtime, managerial pressure, burnout, etc.

Mr. Guillemot asks a lot from his employees, but without any compensation. • Have salaries kept up with the high inflation of recent years?

• What about the implementation of the 4-day week?

• What has been put in place for the teams that come out of the productions exhausted (like those of Just Dance or Mario)?

We demand:

- an immediate 10% increase for all salaries, regardless of annual increases, to compensate for inflation. With the hundreds of millions of euros obtained from Tencent, there is money in the coffers of the employers.

- the improvement of working conditions, with in particular the implementation of the 4-day week.

- transparency on the evolution of the workforce, both locally and globally.

- a strong commitment against disguised dismissals and a condemnation of abusive managerial policies that push employees to resign.

And because Mr. Guillemot and his clique only understand the relationship of power, Solidaires Informatique is calling on the employees of Ubisoft Paris to go on strike on Friday 27 January in the afternoon, from 2 to 6 pm.
 
Heatman said:
Yeap and I see them cancelling more games by the end of 2023. Ubisoft is no longer the Ubisoft we used to know.
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This should be down to not getting the hype that they expected. You know a lot can happen in a matter of year.
 
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