Tag Archives: Delay

As excited as we all were to hear that Ubisoft was remaking The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, the initial reveal trailer left a lot to be desired graphically. Since then, the team has been quietly working on finishing the remake, but after multiple delays, the game may …

Today, CD Projekt Red has given a much needed update on the status of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for next-gen consoles, as well as the upcoming next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077. While both titles were set to be released this year, both projects have now been delayed to the …

Over the last few years, From Software has been working on its most ambitious game to date - Elden Ring. Earlier this year, the game was announced with a January 2022 release date, but the developers have since realised they need a bit more time, so a small delay has been announced.

Amazon is still working on implementing server transfers in New World. Following additional testing last week, the feature now appears to be ready, but Amazon chose to hold off on rolling it out over the weekend to avoid disrupting the “peak play period” and potentially causing server balance issues.  New …

Just last week, Ubisoft officially announced Ghost Recon Frontline, a new free to play, PvP focused game in the series. While launch is still some ways off, Ubisoft did plan to bring players in to test the game this week, but due to feedback, playtesting has now been delayed indefinitely. …

While many expected new Ryzen Threadripper 5000 CPUs to launch this year, plans may have changed. According to reports this week, AMD's upcoming Threadripper “Chagall” processors may have been delayed to 2022.  None of this has been confirmed by AMD, but @greymon55 believes we won't see the AMD Ryzen Threadripper …

Many fans were disappointed by the announcement that the upcoming God of War Ragnarok would be delayed in 2022. Taking to Twitter, the voice actor for Kratos has now explained the reason for the delay – and revealed that he almost quit working on the sequel. Taking to Twitter, Christopher …

Yesterday, early reports began to emerge claiming that DICE was going to delay Battlefield 2042. Today, the studio is making that official, pushing the game back by five weeks due to “unforeseen challenges” during the final stretch of development. Battlefield 2042 was initially going to launch on the 22nd of …

DICE has been strangely quiet following recent closed alpha tests for Battlefield 2042. A beta was seemingly planned for early September, but we're now half way through the month with no news on that front. Now we may know why, as insiders are reporting that the game will be officially …

Back in May, Techland debuted a new trailer for Dying Light 2, while also announcing a December 2021 release date. There were some doubts that the team would be able to meet this release date, and now, the game has been officially delayed.  In an update posted this afternoon, Techland …

“A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad”. This is a quote that has echoed throughout the video games industry. First said by Nintendo veteran and the father of Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto, the quote has been used and abused over the years when discussing the ever common practice of delaying games. But is it true?

 It seems like almost all of 2021’s biggest games have been pushed to 2022. This is an understandable eventuality due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, the overall difficulty of developing a video game, and the desire to have the best launch possible. One of the games that was pushed out …

Recently, rumours began circulating that Sony's next major PlayStation exclusive, Horizon Forbidden West, would be pushed out of 2021. Last night, Sony officially confirmed it, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason behind the delay.  Horizon Forbidden West will no longer be releasing on PS4 and PS5 in 2021. Instead, …

Halo Infinite is still ‘on track' to launch before the end of this year, but the game will be missing some key features to start off with. Last night, 343 Industries confirmed that campaign co-op won't be available at release, and neither will Halo's long-running custom content mode, Forge.  As …

Since announcing plans to acquire ARM from Japanese firm, SoftBank, Nvidia has been confident that the deal will close in the first half of 2022. Due to on-going regulatory investigations and other unexpected delays, Nvidia admits the deal is taking longer to close than anticipated. Speaking with The Financial Times, …

Life is Strange: True Colours will be the first game in the series to make its way onto the Switch. Though the upcoming release of Life is Strange: Remastered collection will bring the first two games to the Switch (as well as other platforms) the collection was delayed until 2022. …

Back in April during the first Oculus games showcase, we got our latest look at Lone Echo 2, as well as an August release date for the highly anticipated VR title. Unfortunately, the game won't be ready this month after all, with the developers pushing it back to ‘later this …

2021 continues to be the year of delays as more and more titles get pushed back to 2022. The latest game to get such a treatment is the Life is Strange: Remastered Collection, which has now moved from next month all the way to 2022. Making the announcement on Twitter, …

While Overwatch represented one of the first and biggest live-service titles of the modern era, the 2015 hero shooter was announced to be getting a full sequel back in 2019, with a release year expected to be 2022. Since then however, very little news has come out regarding the game, …

Saber Interactive did well for itself with World War Z a couple of years back and now, the studio is working on another licensed zombie shooter, Evil Dead: The Game. While the game was initially planned for a 2021 release, it has now been pushed back to 2022.  This week, …

Amazon’s New World MMO has proven to be rather popular, with the game’s closed beta topping the Steam sales charts for multiple weeks in a row. All of this user data appears to have made the studio realise that they need more time to work on the game, as New …

Last night following the Activision Blizzard earnings call, it was announced that Blizzard's controversial mobile game, Diablo Immortal, will no longer be releasing this year.  Diablo Immortal was announced at Blizzcon 2018. At the time, many fans expected to hear about Diablo 4, not a new mobile-only spin-off and as …

SkateBIRD is one of the more unique looking indie games shown off over the past few years. First announced all the way back in 2018, the game has continually been pushed back. Just a few weeks away from release, the game has been pushed back one more time. Making the …

Earlier this week, rumours began swirling that Horizon Forbidden West could be delayed to 2022. Now, another reliable source has come forward, confirming that Sony has made the decision to push the game back to Q1 2022.  The initial report came from Giant Bomb member, Jeff Grubb, who has reported …

It looks like Sony's big holiday season PlayStation exclusive could be delayed. Horizon Forbidden West was initially announced to release in late 2021, but reports this week claim that Sony is going to push the game back to next year.  On this week's episode of GiantBomb's Grubb Snax, host Jeff …

Kena: Bridge of Spirits was one of the most unique and interesting games to be announced for PS5 was back during the console’s reveal event last year. Originally intended to release in late 2020, the game was delayed multiple times. For the – hopefully final – time, Kena Bridge of …

It seems that Ubisoft likes to delay its games in batches. Alongside the announcement that Rainbow Six Extraction has been delayed from September 2021 all the way back to January 2022, the publisher announced that its multiplayer sports title ‘Riders Republic’ has been delayed from its September launch. Making the …

While it is always exciting to find out the release date of an anticipated game, nowadays it seems as if almost every game gets delayed at least a couple times. Ubisoft is guilty of just that, delaying many of its previous games. Now, the publisher has delayed another title: Rainbow …

While first-party Sony titles are known for their high quality and polish, many of the console’s biggest games have historically – and continue to be – delayed. Such was the case with The Last of Us Part II, Ghost of Tsushima, and more recently the upcoming God of War sequel …

When Resident Evil Village was first announced, it was supposed to come with its own multiplayer mode, Re:Verse. The mode ran into problems immediately upon beta testing and was delayed until July. Now, Re:Verse won't be coming until 2022.  In a tweet today, Capcom confirmed that Re:Verse will no longer …