Soulslike followers, wanting ahead to getting their fingers on Flintlock: The Siege of Daybreak by way of Xbox Recreation Go, must stare far additional into the longer term. The subsequent recreation from the builders of 2018’s Ashen has now been delayed a full 12 months from its earlier “early 2023” launch date, to an much more ambiguous “2024.”
Announcing the news on Twitter, builders A44 defined issues in what’s just about the boilerplate textual content for such delays. “To make Flintlock the very best expertise it may be at launch, we’ve made the choice to maneuver the sport’s launch date to 2024.”
They proceed in a thread to say all of the acquainted beats. “We’ve been working exhausting at crafting…”; “It’s vital to our complete crew…”; “probably the most spectacular and unforgettable recreation it may be.” And who can blame them?
Such delays are, as Kotaku can’t repeat sufficient, a good factor. It sucks to have to attend an terrible lot longer for a recreation you’re excited to play, however it’s all the time going to be higher to play one thing——completed, than rushed and buggy and unsatisfying. And may you think about releasing an incomplete recreation to a scarier, extra incessantly whiny crowd than Soulslike followers? (Love you.)
Ashen drew in its personal controversy, when its 2018 launch noticed it as a part of the primary wave of video games tied completely to the Epic Video games Retailer. 5 years later, the Epic Video games Retailer remains to be an atrociously terrible piece of software program, however persons are maybe much less overtly incandescent with ear-steaming rage when a developer takes the large wads of money on provide from Epic. (It’s typically the distinction between attending to make one other recreation, or breaking apart and going their separate methods.) Nevertheless, Flintlock is because of launch concurrently on Xbox Recreation Go, PlayStations, Steam and the Epic Video games Retailer.
Flintlock is a recreation about killing gods with the would possibly of magic and gunpowder, an action-RPG set within the fantastical Metropolis of Daybreak. Whereas a brand new launch date as ambiguous as “2024″ isn’t precisely one thing you may put in your diary, the footage we’ve already seen could be very promising. Right here’s hoping we get to see the sport subsequent 12 months.
Up to date: 06/19/23, 09.33a.m. ET: The headline has been up to date to take away an unintended ambiguity, in order that’s good.
