Tag: Delays
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...
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...
