Writer and developer 11 bit studios have introduced that Frostpunk 2 has been delayed from its beforehand deliberate July 25 launch date to September 20, “to ensure the absolute best expertise”. The sport will launch for PC through Steam, Epic Video games Retailer, and GOG. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection variations will comply with at a later date. Frostpunk 2 is the sequel to the “society survival sport that blended metropolis constructing, technique, and administration gameplay, making a model new style.”
The total message relating to the delay:
Hey everybody,
Simply over two months in the past, you had the prospect to play Frostpunk 2 Beta, and we enormously admire the suggestions you shared with us. A lot in order that it took us a while to take every thing in, as there was each a number of reward for our work (who doesn’t like reward, proper?), but additionally many eager observations on areas we might enhance or add to the ultimate sport.
Primarily based on the surveys we obtained from you after enjoying, the typical ranking you gave the Beta was 8 out of 10. We’re tremendous grateful for that! On the similar time, the Beta was solely a small slice of a work-in-progress, nonetheless rising sport. Whereas our backlog is plentiful, the Beta was a possibility for us to take heed to what you loved, and what didn’t fairly land but. This allowed us to prioritize issues higher, and produce to the entrance the options and modifications we had been already engaged on (we hope!) you’ll get pleasure from probably the most.
Earlier than we go into element on the brand new additions, there’s one downside we have to be upfront about. As we analyzed your suggestions and prioritized issues we wish to add to the sport, we realized that to correctly do them justice – and to ensure the absolute best expertise at launch – we want extra time to complete the event of Frostpunk 2. That’s why we made the tough resolution to postpone its launch to September twentieth, 2024.
We all know this isn’t the information you wished to listen to. Nonetheless, we consider these extra options are one thing you should see in-game on day one, not in a patch added after the discharge. We are able to solely hope you perceive that our resolution comes from a spot of desirous to create the most effective sport doable for you. One factor is for certain – these few weeks will go by VERY rapidly for us, as a result of we’re cooking some actually thrilling stuff. The listing is simply too lengthy to undergo unexpectedly, however the highlights embody new additions to the sport mechanics, intensive UI & UX enhancement and, by fashionable demand, a brand new metropolis characteristic we wish to name Zoom Tales.
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