Remember Skull and Bones, Ubisoft's beleaguered pirate adventure? Having been announced in 2017, the game finally released in February of last year after numerous delays and setbacks. However ...

One of several underperforming projects during that rough patch was co-op pirate game Skull and Bones – designed to rival the beloved Sea of Thieves, it fell horrendously short at launch.

The much maligned Skull and Bones might have gotten off to a shaky start (to say nothing of its agonisingly prolonged development), but this is a Ubisoft live service game — and that means it's ...