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Ubisoft has a big show coming up with a second Ubisoft Forward this week, but one game that won’t be part of the event is the long-in-development swashbuckling pirate game Skull & Bones.

In a blog post, creative director Elisabeth Pellen confirmed that Skull & Bones has begun production again “in full swing with a new vision.” Pellen said developer Ubisoft Singapore is “fully committed” to launching the game and supporting it for many years after launch.

Although Skull & Bones won’t be at Ubisoft Forward this week, the developer confirmed it is “working on plans to present Skull & Bones sometime in the future. It will be worth the wait.”

Pellen went on to say that Ubisoft’s vision for Skull & Bones has expanded over time, and this has caused delays.

“Many of you have been wondering why we’ve had to postpone our launch. The answer is that we simply needed more time,” Pellen said. “We dreamt something bigger for Skull & Bones, and these ambitions naturally came with bigger challenges.”

These challenges led to “necessary delays,” Pellen said.

“Critical questions needed to be addressed over the past several months such as: how do we modernize the classic pirate fantasy? How do we ensure a more immersive and visceral experience? How do we create cool and memorable moments in-game? For most of these questions to be answered, it was clear that we needed more development time,” she said.

Pellen also confirmed that Ubisoft needed to hire “fresh eyes” to work on Skull & Bones, including herself. “I was one of those people when I joined as Skull & Bones’ creative director a little over two years ago. I have been part of the game’s core team that leads many of the talented developers at Ubisoft Singapore. Since then, many new talents have joined our global crew,” Pellen said.

Like other Ubisoft games, multiple teams are working on Skull & Bones alongside Ubisoft Singapore; the support studios include Ubisoft’s teams in Berlin, Chengdu, Kiev, Paris, and the Philippines.

“We’re proud of the work we’ve done and we hope you will be too when you see more of Skull & Bones at our comeback next year,” Pellen said. “Until then, on behalf of everyone in the Skull & Bones team around the world, keep safe and we will see you again soon!”

In July, it was reported that Ubisoft was rebooting Skull & Bones, and the wording of today’s blog post–in particular the “new vision” comment–seems to suggest that it might be happening.

No More Heroes 3 has been delayed to 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic has caused “unforeseen delays in development.”

No More Heroes series director Goichi ‘Suda51’ Suda of Grasshopper Manufacture took to Twitter to explain the delay and apologize to fans for the lack of news ever since “the reveal of the trailer for No More Heroes 3 at [The Game Awards] at the end of 2019.”

While the pandemic has impacted the project, Suda did say that the team has “managed to get back on our feet with development” and that their main focus now is “prioritizing quality.”

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It wasn’t all bad news, however, as he revealed that Darick Robertson, a comic book illustrator who co-created The Boys, will be joining the team working on No More Heroes 3 to “provide illustrations for the game.”

Suda shared a commissioned piece by Darick Robertson on Twitter, called “Demzamtiger & His Master,” and you can check it out below.

No More Heroes 3, a Nintendo Switch exclusive, was unveiled during Nintendo’s E3 2019 Direct, and the initial trailer showed Travis Touchdown and his beam katana back in action once more.

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At the New Game Plus Expo 2020, we got a glimpse of No More Heroes 3 gameplay, but it was mostly covered by Suda’s head.

You can read Suda’s full statement here.

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No More Heroes III, one of the big Switch exclusives on the horizon, has been delayed into next year. Director Goichi Suda (Suda51) has announced on Twitter that, while he knows many people are anticipating the game, the challenges of 2020 have caused a delay.

In his statement, Suda51 points towards COVID-19 as the cause of the delay, and apologizes to fans. “To everyone who has been waiting for further news and release date confirmation ever since the reveal of the trailer for No More Heroes 3 at TGA at the end of 2019, I would like to offer my sincerest apologies,” he says.

The game is now aiming for a 2021 release, and Suda51 assures fans that Grasshopper Manufacture will continue to work hard on the game.

The director also announced that Darick Robertson, a comic artist who co-created The Boys, is now involved in the game’s production. Robertson is creating illustrations for No More Heroes III, some of which will be shared ahead of the game’s release.

Since the game’s announcement, we’ve seen only snippets of gameplay footage from the third No More Heroes. However, if a rating in Taiwan is any indication, the first game in the series might be coming to Nintendo’s console.

The Nintendo Switch still has some big titles confirmed for the remainder of 2020, including Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Super Mario 3D All-Stars, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.

One dedicated Halo fan has spent five years constructing something pretty amazing out of Lego. As shared by Lego site The Brothers Brick, Steve Witt has spent five years building a 25,000 brick reconstruction of the Halo UNSC frigate, an extremely detailed tribute that he has named Katara (an Avatar: The Last Airbender reference).

The ship is almost 7 feet long, and weighs in at 112 lbs. It’s 32 inches wide, with over 150 working lights. It’s a pretty enormous undertaking.

The ship is hugely detailed, with lettering and numbering designed to match the ship from the game, as well as many little features that aren’t apparent in the image above–click through to The Brothers Brick to check them all out.

The full ship can be viewed at the Rogue Brick Builders Lounge in Fort Worth, Texas.

The Halo series has never come to Lego, although you can check out the Mega Construx range for something similar. If you’re after some official video game Lego, the Super Mario set is out now, including a Lego NES that’s already pretty difficult to find.

The next game in the Halo series will be Halo Infinite, which is coming to Xbox One, Series S, Series X, and PC in 2021.

PUBG Mobile is a giant success, with research firm SensorTower reporting that the game has now surpassed $3.5 billion in revenue from microtransactions since its release.

The game is growing fast, as the lifetime revenue for the game was estimated to be $3 billion back in July. The game needed just 72 days to add $500 million more, which works out to about $7 million per day.

In 2020 alone, PUBG Mobile has reached $1.8 billion in microtransaction spending. The new numbers for the game cover both the main PUBG Mobile and the Chinese version, which is called Game For Peace.

The biggest market for PUBG Mobile is China, where players have collectively spent $1.9 billion on the game over its lifetime–and that’s on iOS alone. The US is the second biggest market for PUBG Mobile, with Japan following in third.

Regarding platforms, the iOS edition of PUBG Mobile has accounted for 80 percent of microtransaction sales, according to SensorTower. And in terms of its reach, PUBG Mobile has reached 770 million downloads around the world and on all platforms. The game has added 198 million new downloads so far in 2020, SensorTower said.

You can check out the full blog post at SensorTower to learn more about PUBG Mobile’s latest download and sales figures.

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