Another day, another delay. This time it's the upcoming Xbox console exclusive Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, which has been moved from 2021 to Spring 2022.
The reason, as you may have guessed, is due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement from Martin Wahlund, the CEO and co-founder of developer Fatshark, it was acknowledged that "building a game during a pandemic is a challenge" and the team is no stranger to that.
As for the extra time, it's being used "to deliver the best game" the team possibly can, with a "focus on the level of quality at release, as well as invest[ing] in more systems to support Darktide for years to come."
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide isn't the only game that has received a delay this week. Resident Evil Re:Verse has also been pushed back to next year, along with Bethesda's Ghostwire: Tokyo, meaning the Xbox launch won't be until sometime in 2023 for the Arkane Studios shooter. It seems we're not quite out of the season of delays just yet.
Sad to see Warhammer 40,000: Darktide delayed until 2022? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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All I have to say is this: F.
Better to have it done right, than right now. Besides, we all have backlogs or gamepass or gamepass backlogs.
@PhhhCough I think every single game should be delayed so it's done right. And then delay it again, so it's definitely done right ;P
Expect more delays. Working from home is a massive setback for the majority of the studios and that's not including the delays to any mo cap or anything else that's done in studio only. They just aren't coming out en mass saying everything is a year or more delayed because of the impact it would have in share prices for the industry.
With Re:Verse and Dark Tide being delayed, Back 4 Blood devs right now "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"
@Krzzystuff At least now, with everyone back to normal, we shouldn't have anymore COVID delays in the near future. Though I'm sure some devs will milk that as an excuse as long as they can.
@Trmn8r any new game starting now should be ok but anything that was in production will be delayed in some way shape or form...so anything that was expected this year or next will slide if it had a date already. not everyone is back to normal and some are going back to restrictions so set them expectations real low and work on that backlog
@Krzzystuff Right, that's what I was intending to refer to. New games. I guess I can apply it to western country devs as "back to normal".
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