10 Upcoming Video Games That Will Die At Launch

10. Skull & Bones

Can you think of a more obviously dead-on-arrival upcoming game than Ubisoft's Skull & Bones?

The swashbuckling action-adventure game was revealed way back at E3 2017 for a planned 2018 release, yet with its release date being continually pushed back, it quickly became clear that development wasn't going well.

By September 2020, Ubisoft revealed that a "new vision" for the game had emerged, requiring more development time, effectively confirming reports that Skull & Bones had been quasi-rebooted, moving away from a traditional AAA open-world campaign into a "live-service" title with a world that changes over time.

One source said Ubisoft's new direction was heavily inspired by the "live storytelling" elements of Fortnite, and if anything ever signals a game destined for failure, it's listlessly trying to cash-in on the glories of an existing hit release.

Between this, the game's continued strained development, and the general feeling that Ubisoft has oversaturated itself with live-service games, it's difficult to have faith in the end product being anything less than a dud that's eventually sent out into the world just so Ubisoft can finally be rid of it.

If this somehow isn't a total flop on launch, there's gonna be a ton of crow for most players to eat.