Tag: Delays
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...
News Digimon Survive 2022 Delay Confirmed by Dev
More info coming "soon"
It's official and not at all surprising: Digimon Survive has been officially delayed out of 2021 and into 2022. Why is this not a surprise? Well, for starters, the game's been delayed multiple times already, but it's the fact that this particular delay was all but confirmed through a Bandai Namco financial report earlier in...
News The Sands of Time Continue to Drain on Delayed Prince of Persia Remake
Pushed back again
The hotly anticipated Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake, originally due out in January 2021, has been delayed again. You may recall the release being moved out of its aforementioned release window into March 2021, before being pushed into the organisation’s following fiscal year, meaning it was due out by 31st March
News Shadow Warrior 3 Pauses Trailer to Confirm 2022 Delay
Official release date coming soon
Shadow Warrior 3 will now launch at some point in 2022 for PlayStation 4, but Devolver Digital being the way it is wasn't about to let the chance of doing something fun with the delay announcement slip. As such, the new trailer embedded above certainly looks cool, but then two invisible talking heads pause the...
News Creature Taming RPG Monster Crown Delayed to Unknown Date on PS4
Vacate the throne
Monster Crown, the cool looking Pokémon-esque RPG that was confirmed for PlayStation 4 earlier this year, has been delayed beyond its already-delayed 2nd November release date. Publisher Soedesco says that a new date is currently undecided, so the game's in limbo for now. Monster Crown caught our eye back in August, when a...
News Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3 PS5 Versions Delayed into 2022
"We want to make it right"
This is not the official update that many of us were waiting for from CD Projekt Red. In what has no doubt been a difficult decision, the company has pushed back the release dates for both Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition on PlayStation 5. The two current-gen ports were originally set to...
News Elden Ring Delayed Just Over a Month to February 2022
Ohhhh, Elden Ring
Just when you thought February 2022 couldn't get any busier for new game releases, Elden Ring gets delayed from its original 21st January date to the 25th February. At just over a month's delay, it's certainly not the end of the world — but we're left wondering whether Elden Ring and other February 2022 releases like Horizon...
News Promising Indie Game Solar Ash Has Been Delayed to 2nd December
Pushed back for polish and bug fixes
Hyper Light Drifter developer Heart Machine has made the difficult decision to delay its next title Solar Ash by a couple of weeks. Originally scheduled to launch later this month on PlayStation 5 and PS4, the promising indie game will now release on 2nd December 2021. The studio says this will allow for "more...
News Techland Delays Dying Light 2 Again, Now Coming February 2022
Time needed for polish and optimisation
December release dates are always a bit dodgy; the games always feel like they're either going to make it or be delayed to March the following year without any in-between. Dying Light 2, originally scheduled for 7th December 2021, falls into the latter category. Techland delayed the open world zombie title to...
News GTA 5 and GTA Online Delayed to March 2022 on PS5
Late to Los Santos
Finally, a first look at Grand Theft Auto 5 and GTA Online running on PlayStation 5! Rockstar has been keeping this one close to its bullet vest, and that’s because it’s been delayed: it’ll now release in March 2022 on Sony’s next-gen console, as opposed to November as originally planned. The trailer reveals improvements...
News Truck Driver Parks PS5 Port Until the End of October
Truck stop
Like the haulage crisis sweeping the UK right now, Truck Driver will take a little longer to arrive on PlayStation 5. The game had been planned to park on Sony’s next-gen system on 30th September, but is now targeting the end of October instead. The delay seems to be down to the postponement of the title’s Heading North DLC, which has...
News Survival Horror RPG Chernobylite Stays Inside a Little Longer on PS4
Exclusion zoned
Survival horror RPG Chernobylite, originally scheduled to release at the start of September, has been pushed back until 28th September. The publisher, All In! Games, cited “unforeseen issues with the console build” as the reason for the short postponement. “We want to make sure we always deliver projects that are in excellent...
News WWE 2K22 Stashes the Spandex and Steroids Until March 2022
Delaying the smackdown
WWE 2K22 has been delayed until March 2022, as 2K Sports battles to get the wrestling series back on track. The annual series took a year off in 2020 after the disastrous WWE 2K20, and has now been delayed out of its traditional holiday slot. In a press release, the publisher said that the title has been “redefined from the...
News Goodbye Volcano High Delayed to 2022, Narrative Rebooted
To avoid crunch
The narrative adventure game featuring friendly dinosaurs attending high school known as Goodbye Volcano High has been delayed into 2022, KO_OP announced today. The GNOG developer wants to avoid crunching in order to hit a launch date this year, and the other reason for the delay is a narrative reboot. "Those two factors have delayed...
News Life Is Strange: True Colors Adding DLC Episode, Remasters Delayed
Steph to star in Wavelengths
Life Is Strange: True Colors is still on track for its 10th September release date – despite a heart-stopping letter being published on the series’ social media accounts – but Life Is Strange Remastered and Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Remastered will not deploy until Early 2022. Square Enix explained that...
News PS5 Indie Title Nour: Play with Your Food Needs a Bit More Time in the Oven
Set timers to early 2022
Nour: Play with Your Food was announced for PlayStation 5 nearly a year ago, and our collective tummy has been rumbling at the prospect of this appetising culinary playground since. Originally pencilled in for release this summer, developer Terrifying Jellyfish has made the decision to give the game a little more time to...
News Evil Dead: The Game Delayed to February 2022, But It's Getting a Single-Player Option
Groovy?
Here's some bad news and some good news for you. Evil Dead: The Game, the adaptation of the Sam Raimi classic that looks surprisingly good, is no longer releasing this year. Initially pencilled in for 2021 when it was announced, it's now been revealed the title will be pushed back to February 2022. However, it sounds like the developers...
News The Ambitious Crimson Desert Has Been Delayed Indefinitely
Adding more ideas to the game
Remember when Crimson Desert lit up The Game Awards 2020 with an ambitious trailer that looked almost too good to be true? While a release date wasn't attached to the project at the time, we will now have to wait even longer to play it for ourselves because Pearl Abyss has delayed it to an unspecified date. This is so...
News PlayStation Console Exclusive Kena: Bridge of Spirits Delayed to September
Keep those spirits up
Kena: Bridge of Spirits was revealed back in June of last year, and ever since, it's looked like a delightful action adventure for PlayStation 5 and PS4. Unfortunately, the indie title has gone through its share of delays, and developer Ember Lab has just announced another. The game was pencilled in for 24th August, but will...
News Digimon Survive Delayed Yet Again, This Time into 2022
Barely surviving
Will Digimon Survive ever see the light of day? The turn based, story-heavy RPG has been in development for years now on PlayStation 4, and has always looked very promising whenever it's been shown. But having originally been scheduled for a 2019 release here in the West, it's clear that this has become something of a problem...
News Co-Op Spin-Off Rainbow Six Extraction Grounded Until 2022 on PS5, PS4
Operative down
After a huge showing at E3 2021 last month, Ubisoft has made the decision to delay co-op spin-off Rainbow Six Extraction until “January 2022”. The title had been due out in September, but looks like it’ll need a little more time in the oven. It’s the second delay of the day from the French publisher, with Riders Republic also...
News PS5, PS4 Extreme Sports Sandbox Riders Republic Delayed to 28th October
Temporarily unseated
Ubisoft’s uber-promising Steep successor Riders Republic has pumped the brakes on its 2nd September release date, with the extreme sports sandbox now not due until 28th October. It’s not a huge delay, and is justified by an upcoming beta, which should give the French publisher a little more time to act on feedback from its...
News Resident Evil Re:Verse Won't Launch in July After All, Delayed to 2022
"Working to deliver a smooth gameplay experience"
Man, Capcom's multiplayer spin-off just can't catch a break, can it? Resident Evil Re:Verse, the multiplayer companion piece to Resident Evil Village, was due to launch sometime this month, although we never did get a full release date. Now, the publisher has decided to push back the launch even...
News PS5 Console Exclusive Ghostwire: Tokyo Delayed to Early 2022
Tango Gameworks pushes for more time
Developer Tango Gameworks has just announced its decision to delay the release of Ghostwire: Tokyo. The game had been on course for a release this October, but the team will now be shooting for a launch sometime in "early 2022". The studio confirmed the news over on its Twitter account: As you can see, the...
News The Good Life from Swery Delayed to Late 2021, Picks Up New Publisher
At least there's a new trailer
For the second article in a row, we're here to report on a delay for The Good Life. The latest game from Hidetaka "Swery" Suehiro will now hit PlayStation 4 at the end of this after originally being pushed back to the summer. There is another trailer to watch though, which we've embedded above. Except it's all in...
News God of War Ragnarok Delayed to 2022 for PS5, Sony Confirms
The delay we knew was coming
As part of a new Q&A post on the PlayStation Blog, head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst has confirmed God of War Ragnarok will now launch for PS5 in 2022. It's a delay we all assumed was going to happen, but now it's set in stone. When discussing release dates during these uncertain times, Hulst said: "And for...
News King of Fighters XV Delayed to Early 2022
Fight another day
Despite pumping out a new character trailer what feels like every other day, King of Fighters XV will not hit its targeted 2021 release window, developer SNK has confirmed. The PlayStation 4 brawler didn't actually have a confirmed date, but having been announced all the way back in 2019, it didn't necessarily look like a hefty...
News The Elder Scrolls Online PS5 Delayed a Week
Slow and steady
Originally set to launch alongside the game's big Blackwood update on the 8th June, the PlayStation 5 version of The Elder Scrolls Online has been pushed back a week. It now lands on Tuesday the 15th June. Developer ZeniMax Online says that it makes the decision "in an abundance of caution". The bottom line is that it's decided...
News Assassin's Creed Valhalla Wrath of the Druids DLC Delayed into May
Lower the sail
Assassin's Creed Valhalla's first expansion, Wrath of the Druids, has been delayed. It was meant to arrive on the 29th April, but it's been pushed back a couple of weeks to the 13th May. The DLC sees Eivor sail to Ireland, where battles with bloodthirsty cultists ensue. Ubisoft hasn't given a great deal of information on why the...
News Promising PS5 FPS Deathloop Delayed Until 14th September
Here we go again
At this point, it’s beginning to feel like the release itself is stuck in the endless loop that its gameplay is built around: Deathloop has been delayed until 14th September. The title – originally due out at launch on PlayStation 5 and PC – was slated to release on 21st May, but has been pushed back once again due to ongoing...
News LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Delayed Beyond Spring 2021
Force pushed
Anticipated LEGO title LEGO Star Was: The Skywalker Saga was aiming for a Spring 2021 release on both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, but it's been delayed to an unspecified date. The news comes via developer TT Games, which states that it simply needs "more time". Given the scope of The Skywalker Saga — it covers every mainline...
News Back 4 Blood Delays Zombie Killing Action to October
Open beta this summer
Turtle Rock Studios has made the difficult decision to delay Back 4 Blood until 12th October 2021 on both PlayStation 5 and PS4. The game, originally scheduled to hit both platforms this June, needs more time for it to become "the best game it possibly can be at launch". The developer will instead use those summer months to run...
News Gotham Knights the Latest PS5, PS4 Game to Be Delayed into 2022
Another day, another delay
We told you this would happen! 2021 has already been littered with delay announcements up until this point, and the latest project to be pushed back is Gotham Knights — the co-op enabled action title that's very reminiscent of the Batman Arkham games (although
News Stealth Sequel Aragami 2 Delayed to Q3 2021
For both PS5 and PS4
We've seen absolutely nothing of Aragami 2 since it’s announcement in August of last year, so it hardly comes as a surprise that developer Lince Works needs more time to get the game into shape. Originally due to launch in the first few months of this year, the stealth sequel is now slated for Q3 2021 on PlayStation 5 and PS4...
News Guilty Gear Strive Delayed from April to June on PS5, PS4
Stop the rock
Arc System Works has delayed the release of Guilty Gear Strive. It was originally set to hit PlayStation consoles on the 9th April, but it's been pushed back two months or so, to the 11th June. A recent open beta for the title took place on PS5 and PS4, and while the test was met with a tidal wave of praise from fighting game players...
News Hand-Drawn PS4 Indie Game Minute of Islands Delayed, No New Release Date Set
Postponement "in the players’ best interest"
We've been quietly looking forward to Minute of Islands for quite some time, so we were pretty excited by its 18th March release date. Sadly, however, the game won't be hitting its target. Developer Studio Fizbin has today announced an indefinite delay. This has been brought on by some "major technical...
News Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires Delayed Beyond Early 2021 Release Window
Tactical retreat
Having heard next to nothing about Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires since it was announced in September of last year, we figured a delay would be incoming — and here it is. Koei Tecmo has confirmed that the hack and slash strategy title will be pushed beyond its original 'early 2021' release window. The publisher says that a new...
News Gran Turismo 7 Delayed to 2022 on PS5 Due to Coronavirus
Extended pit stop
Gran Turismo 7 has been delayed to 2022 as it faces development challenges relating to the coronavirus pandemic. Confirmed via a Polyphony Digital statement from a GQ Magazine interview with Jim Ryan, the driving simulator will no longer launch this year. The full statement reads: "GT7 has been impacted by Covid-related production...
Oh dear
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is not having the best time of it. Announced in March of 2019, the sequel to the beloved RPG has seen delay after delay, and now it seems the game is in a more precarious position than ever. The last we heard was that the title would be unlikely to release in the first half of this year; now, it's not...
News Pirate RPG King of Seas Will Scrub the Deck Until May
Publisher Team17 joins the gang
You're going to want to put your swashbuckling plans to plunder treasure and sail the high seas on hold for a couple more months because PlayStation 4 pirate RPG King of Seas has just been delayed to May 2021. Originally scheduled to launch next week, publisher Team17 has decided to get in on the fun and sail its...
