Tag: Delays
News Disastrous PS5 Demo Leads to Suicide Squad Delay
According to Bloomberg, anyway
Warner Bros has decided to delay Rocksteady’s long in development co-op shooter Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, following a disastrous showing during a recent State of Play. Response to the demo was tepid at best, with the footage showing characters like Harley Quinn
News Hogwarts Legacy PS4 Version Delayed to May 2023
Last-gen editions pushed back
Hogwarts Legacy has been available on PS5 for just shy of a month now, and it's been hugely successful so far. However, the fantasy RPG is also due to arrive on last-gen consoles, including PS4. If you're hanging on for that version of the game, you'll be in for a longer wait than expected. Developer Avalanche Software...
News EA Sports PGA Tour Tees Off a Little Later Than Expected on PS5
Swinging it
EA Sports has marginally pushed back the release date of its upcoming PS5 golf simulation PGA Tour until 7th April, 2023 – aligning it with this year’s Masters, which is scheduled to tee off the day before. The title had been due out on 24th March, but the publisher says the small adjustment will enable it to “add a few final...
News The Wolf Among Us 2 Delayed, Won't Release in 2023
No longer among us
If you're looking forward to The Wolf Among Us 2, good news: you get to look forward to it for much longer than you expected. Telltale Games has just announced a delay to the anticipated sequel in a statement released on social media: In a further explanation over on IGN, the team goes over a few reasons it's pushing the...
News Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Remake Delayed Due to Russian Attacks on Ukraine
Frogwares forced to extend deadline
Ukrainian developer Frogwares has had to delay its planned release of Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened on PS5, PS4, and other platforms. Initially targeting a launch in late February/early March, the studio is now aiming to get the game out by April. As outlined in the above video message, the ongoing conflict in...
News Amnesia: The Bunker Brings WW1-Era Psychological Spooks to PS4 in May
Delayed from March
Announced back in December, Amnesia: The Bunker is a brand new entry in the cult hit horror series. The game, initially announced for March 2023, will now be released on PS4 and other platforms on 16th May. To recap, this new first-person horror game looks to change things up a fair bit. Set during WW1, you play as French soldier...
News Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Delayed to 28th April
Pushed back by six weeks
Respawn Entertainment has delayed Star Wars Jedi: Survivor by six weeks to 28th April 2023. Announced in a post on Twitter, the studio says it needs a bit more time to "hit the Respawn quality bar" and achieve a high level of polish. The PS5 sequel is content complete, but a final round of bug fixes is required and this...
News Dark Pictures: Switchback VR Now Out in March, Misses PSVR2 Launch
Pushed back by a few weeks
Supermassive Games has made the decision to delay The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR out of its original release date of 22nd February 2023 alongside the PSVR2. Instead, it'll now arrive a few weeks later on 16th March 2023. The studio says the delay is so the virtual reality title can receive further polish in the lead-up...
News Second Season of Modern Warfare 2, Warzone 2 Delayed by Two Weeks
Déjà vu
Activision has delayed the beginning of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2's second season of content by two weeks to 15th February 2023. A reason wasn't cited in a post on Twitter, but it's explained the many developers that work on the series have "been making several changes based on what we have heard from our player...
News Skull and Bones Delayed Yet Again as Ubisoft Cancels Three Games
Due to current titles selling poorly
Ubisoft has today confirmed it's once again delaying Skull and Bones, and also cancelling the development of three unannounced games. The three titles in question weren't named, but in the case of the troubled pirating experience, the publisher says it'll now launch for PS5 "early" on in the 2023-2024 fiscal...
News Oddball PS4, PSVR Puzzler Humanity Delayed Once More to 2023
Remember this?
Save for announcing delays, we've heard nothing about Humanity, the upcoming game from Enhance Games and THA Ltd, for years. In case you forgot, and we wouldn't blame you, this was announced back in 2019 for PS4 and PSVR, and has you flinging around thousands of little digital people in abstract puzzles. The unusual game is being...
News Hogwarts Legacy Delayed to April on PS4 While PS5 Version Goes Gold
Ready or not
Update (14/12/22): Following the below announcement regarding the PS4 version of Hogwarts Legacy, developer Avalanche has provided an update on the PS5 release. The current-gen version of the game, which is on track to launch in February, has officially gone gold, meaning the game is essentially finished. We imagine the time between now...
News Disney Speedstorm Hits the Brakes, Delayed to 2023 on PS5, PS4
Drifter
If you're looking for some fast-paced, kart racing thrills on PS5 and PS4, Disney Speedstorm looks as though it could be a solid option. The free-to-play racer was announced back in February, and will feature various familiar Disney characters vying for first place. Unfortunately, it's a little further from the finish line than we thought...
News Dead Island 2 Is the First Early 2023 Game to Be Delayed
Pushed back by three months
Dead Island 2 has been delayed out of the busy early 2023 release schedule. It will now launch for the PS5, PS4 on 28th April 2023. In a statement on Twitter, Dambuster Studios acknowledged the "irony" of pushing the game back yet again but stressed it needs a bit more time to get things right and release a "game we're...
News Football Manager 2023 PS5 Delayed Just Days Before Launch
VAR is having a look
Bad news for all of you wannabe football coaches: the anticipated PS5 version of Football Manager 23 has been delayed at pretty much the last minute. The tactical title was meant to release on the 8th November — just under a week from the writing of this article — but it's now been pushed back to a currently unannounced...
News Acclaimed Indie Game Norco Delayed Indefinitely on PS5, PS4
Unforeseen issues
It looks like we'll have a slightly longer wait before we can play the indie hit, Norco. Publisher Raw Fury has just announced the point n' click adventure game's release on consoles has been delayed. The reason for this is "unforeseen issues", as stated in the below tweet: No new date has been given as yet, though hopefully it...
News WRC Generations Pumps the Brakes with Delay to November on PS5, PS4
Now day-and-date with PC release
WRC Generations is the latest officially licensed rally sim, coming to PS5 and PS4 soon — though not as soon as we'd hoped. Today, publisher Nacon has announced it's delaying the console release of the racer by a few weeks. Originally planned to launch on 13th October, the game will now cross the finish line on...
News Beleaguered Pirate Game Skull & Bones Has Been Delayed Yet Again
Open beta on the way
Oh no. Ubisoft's multiplayer pirate action game, Skull & Bones, has been delayed once more, with Ubisoft officially announcing the news on its website. The game, which was scheduled for launch on 8th November, will be pushed back yet again. It's now pencilled in for release on 9th March, 2023. The team made the "tough...
News Promising Shooter Evil West Delayed by Two Months
For further polish
Developer Flying Wild Hog has made the decision to delay its promising third-person shooter Evil West out of its original 20th September 2022 release date and into November. In order to give the studio more time for polishing, the game will now launch for PS5 and PS4 on 22nd November 2022. "We understand that game delays may be...
News Deliver Us Mars Delays PS5, PS4 Lift Off to February 2023
Another one bites the dust
Sci-fi adventure game Deliver Us Mars has joined Hogwarts Legacy in a delay that pushes it back to 2nd February 2023. Originally set for a release on PS5, PS4 next month, studio KeokeN Interactive says it wants to make sure the title is "the best it can be at launch" and so needs more time to "live up to that ambition". A...
News Hogwarts Legacy Delayed, Launches in February 2023
Pushed out of 2022
Warner Bros has announced Hogwarts Legacy won't make its projected late 2022 release window. Instead, it'll launch for PS5 and PS4 on 10th February 2023. The publisher confirmed the news in a tweet, where it said the game is being pushed back because the team needs "a little more time to deliver the best possible game experience"...
News Marvel's Midnight Suns Delay Could Mean a 2023 Release Date on PS5, Later on PS4
No longer 7th October
Marvel's Midnight Suns is the latest game to be hit with a delay, but said delay may not be quite as long as you think. Take-Two's latest earnings report reveals that the upcoming RPG has been moved out of its previous 7th October release slot, and no new date has been given. However, the publisher says that it's still...
News PS5 Robot Shooter Arc Raiders Delayed to 2023
Taking extra time to "expand"
Arc Raiders, the co-op focused robot-blasting game that was first revealed at The Game Awards 2021, has (rather unsurprisingly) been pushed back into 2023. It was originally scheduled for a 2022 release, but we haven't seen anything from it since the aforementioned Geoff Keighley event. Embark says that the additional...
News Cool PS5, PS4 Fighter Blazing Strike Delayed to 2023, Crossplay Could Be Added
Stiiiiiirike
Awesome looking indie fighting game Blazing Strike has been pushed back at least five months or so. The PS5 and PS4 title was previously set to release this autumn, but it's been delayed to spring 2023. According to developer RareBreed, "this delay will help polish the game to ensure the best game experience possible". RareBreed also...
News The Lord of the Rings: Gollum Delays the Precious on PS5, PS4 a 'Few Months'
Spit and polish
Let's be honest: The Lord of the Rings: Gollum has been looking kinda rough, hasn't it? What little we've seen of the game, which casts you as the notorious character obsessed with the One Ring, has appeared to fall short of where we'd expect a game in this franchise to be. While the game was given a 1st September release date not...
News Ubisoft Delays Its Avatar Game, Could Be a 2024 Release
Will miss movie tie-in
Ubisoft has today delayed Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora to its next fiscal year, meaning it will miss the tie-in with 2022's Avatar: The Way of Water movie. The game was originally slated to launch at the end of this year, but this big pushback means it could now release as late as April 2024 in accordance with the fiscal year...
News Dragon Combat Century: Age of Ashes Delayed on PS5, PS4 the Day Before Release
Flight cancelled
Free-to-play dragon combat game Century: Age of Ashes was set to release tomorrow on the PS5 and PS4 – but has now been delayed. In an eyebrow raising statement, Bordeaux-based developer Playwing admitted that it simply needs more time, and assured that bringing the game to PlayStation is its top priority. It didn’t, however,...
News PS5's Forspoken Release Date Delayed Until 24th January, 2023
Frey another day
Square Enix’s ambitious open world action game Forspoken has already been subject to a handful of delays, and here’s another one: Ella Balinska’s Frey Holland will now need to wait until 24th January, 2023 to enter the fantasy world of Athia. The game had been scheduled to release on 11th October, 2022 – and was, at one...
News The Messenger Dev's Retro RPG Sea of Stars Pushed Back to 2023
Beyond the sea
Sabotage Studio made an excellent debut with its action platformer, The Messenger. It's now turned its attention to turn-based RPGs, sticking with its neo-retro tendencies to bring us Sea of Stars, set in the same universe as its first title. While the game has yet to be officially confirmed for PlayStation platforms, we can't help...
News Fantastic Looking PS5, PS4 RPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink Delayed Again to 2023
More info in December, though
Granblue Fantasy: Relink was first revealed for PS4 all the way back in 2017 (we first covered it in 2018). And now, here we are five years later, and we're writing about another delay. The action RPG, now targeting both PS5 and PS4, has been moved into 2023. Previously, it was meant to
News Tropical Indie Game Tchia Delayed to Early 2023
Holiday on hold
Developer Awaceb has delayed its exotic open world game Tchia to early 2023, citing the need to polish the game some more and flesh out other small details. Originally scheduled to launch in the spring of this year, you might remember the official announcement from Sony's PlayStation Showcase last September 2021. The reveal was then...
News WipEout-Like Racer Redout 2 Hits the Brakes Until June on PS5, PS4
A short delay
Redout 2 was given a 26th May release date earlier in the month, but the eye-melting sequel needs just a bit more time before it's race ready. The WipEout-inspired title will now launch on the 16th June — not a huge delay, but fans of futuristic racers will have to hold out for a few more weeks. We've got quite high hopes for...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Version Delayed as CDPR Moves Development In-House
Looks like rain
Previously set to release at some point this summer, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition — more commonly referred to as The Witcher 3 PS5 version around these parts — has been delayed. No new release window has been given, but developer CD Projekt Red does confirm that the title is now being handled by an in-house team,...
News Steelrising Delays Its Mechanical Revolution on PS5 to September
Steel yourself
Action RPG Steelrising now has a confirmed release date on PlayStation 5 — although technically, it's also been delayed. The Spiders-developed title was previously aiming for June, but it's been pushed back a bit to the 8th September. Certainly not a significant delay, but it does mean that the already dry June-July release schedule...
News Uni Degrees Delayed as Two Point Campus Is Pushed Back to August
More time for optimisation needed
You'll need to wait a while longer to achieve your digital university degree as Two Point Campus has been delayed to 9th August 2022. Confirmed in a "developer vision" video that you can catch above, the comedic uni builder was scheduled to launch next month for PlayStation 5 and PS4. This is so developer Two Point...
News Suicide Squad PS5 Will Not Kill the Justice League Until 2023
Rocksteady delays anticipated superhero game
Well, it was strongly rumoured, and now it’s confirmed: Rocksteady Studios’ hotly anticipated Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has been delayed. The game, originally due out at some point in 2022, will now not launch until Spring 2023. Creative director Sefton Hill confirmed the news on Twitter,...
News EA Sports PGA Tour Won't Tee Off Until Spring 2023 on PS5
Bogey
EA Sports has been quietly overhauling its catalogue behind-the-scenes, with the announcement of titles like EA Sports PGA Tour and EA Sports College Football. Sadly, it doesn’t sound like we’ll be sampling the fruits of its labours for quite some time, as the publisher has confirmed that the former will now not tee off until Spring 2023...
News Forspoken Delayed from May to October 2022 on PS5
Dev wants to "get it right"
Forspoken, the Square Enix RPG from studio Luminous Productions, has been delayed. The studio made the announcement on social media earlier today, confirming the release date has been changed. Initially planned for launch on 24th May, the game will now release on 11th October 2022 — a delay of nearly five months. As...
News PS5's Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Has Allegedly Been Delayed Until 2023
How you doin', pudd'n'?
Months after Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League was pegged with a 2022 release target, Warner Bros has apparently pushed the promising Rocksteady project back. Respected Bloomberg scribe Jason Schreier reports that the title has been quietly delayed internally, and is now ta
News Weird West's Road to PS4 Release Gets a Little Longer
Now coming on 31st March
Weird West, the upcoming isometric immersive sim from ex-Arkane developers WolfEye Studios, is going to take a little longer than expected to release on the PlayStation 4. Originally due out in January, an open and honest Raphael Colantonio admits that it’s just not quite ready yet, and thus has been pushed to 31st March,...
News The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe Delayed Once Again to Early 2022
Much delayed game now "Content complete"
Flippin' heck, it's been a while since the last update on The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe. The project is an improved and updated version of the cult hit PC game, filled with brand new narrative threads and endings to discover. It'll also be the first time it's playable on a PlayStation, which is exciting...
News GTA Trilogy Physical Release Delayed on PS4
Still coming before Christmas, though
GTA Trilogy — or Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition if you've all the time in the world — released digitally on PlayStation 5 and PS4 in mid-November. Obviously, the game has been on a rough ride since then, with bugs, graphical issues, and more dealing a heavy blow to its reputation. A...
News Cricket 22 Delayed on PS5, PS4 Due to Aussie Star's Sexting Scandal
Max Paine
Not much happens on the field during cricket matches, but plenty occurs off it apparently. While British cricket finds itself embroiled in an institutional crisis involving racist remarks reported by Azeem Rafiq, Australia has been rocked by a sexting scandal surrounding now ex-captain Tim Paine. All of this has unfolded days prior to the...
News Warzone Pacific Map Launch Delayed by One Week
Vanguard content pushed back too
Activision has delayed the launch of Call of Duty: Vanguard Season One back to 8th December 2021, pushing back new maps, modes, and weapons for the World War II shooter by six days. This means the new Caldera map for Warzone has suffered the same fate, with 24 hours of early access for Vanguard owners now slated to...
News Capcom Reiterates Pragmata 2023 Delay with Weird Little Video
We don't know why
Look, we don't even really know what Pragmata is. The seemingly sci-fi Capcom project was first announced during Sony's PlayStation 5 reveal event, and we've seen bugger all of it since. Back then, it was targeting a 2022 release date (it seemed so far away!), but at the start of this year, Ca
News Saints Row Delayed All the Way Back to August 2022
Team needs more time
The release schedule for February 2022 just got slightly lighter as developer Volition confirms it has delayed Saints Row to 23rd August 2022. The game was originally launching on the same day as Elden Ring for PlayStation 5 and PS4. Now it becomes a summer release, lending the studio more time "to create the best Saints Row...
News eFootball 1.0 Release Delayed All the Way Back to Spring 2022
Refunds issued for Premium Player Packs
The bad news for Konami's latest football sim eFootball just keeps on coming as the Japanese publisher announces it has delayed the title's 1.0 release — originally scheduled for 11th November 2021 — all the way back to spring 2022. As a result, refunds are being issued for anyone who purchased the...
News EA Sports PGA Tour Delayed Indefinitely
Par for the course right now
You may recall that, a little while ago, EA Sports announced its return to golf games. More than that, the publisher would be bringing it back with the official PGA Tour licence. For fans of quiet clapping and divots, this was rather exciting news, but it seems like there will be a bit of a wait. Initially planned to...
News Marvel's Midnight Suns Pushed Back to Second Half of 2022
Delayed out of March
Originally scheduled to launch in March 2022, Marvel's Midnight Suns has been delayed to the second half of next year on PlayStation 5 and PS4. Developer Firaxis Games confirmed the news on Twitter with a post explaining how the team needs "more time to make this the best game possible". The extra time will be used to add "more...
News Diablo 4 and Overwatch 2 Delayed, Seemingly to 2023
Blizzard blockbusters pushed back
Activision Blizzard, the mega-publisher behind some of gaming's most popular franchises, has just delayed two key releases. In the company's latest quarterly financial report, it's stated that Diablo IV and Overwatch 2 have been pushed back. These two games are Blizzard's most hotly anticipated titles, and both...
