Soulslike fans, looking forward to getting their hands on it Flintlock: Siege of Dawn With Xbox Game Pass, you’ll have to stare far into the future. The next game from the developers of 2018 ashen It’s now been pushed back a full year from its previous “early 2023” release date, to a more uncertain “2024.”
Announcing the news on TwitterA44, the developers explained things in the benchmark text pretty much for such delays. to make flintlock The best experience it can be at launch, we made the decision to move the game’s release date to 2024.”
They continue in a series to say all the familiar tunes. “We worked hard crafting…”; “It is important for our entire team …”; “The most impressive and memorable game that can be.” And who can blame them?
These delays, as Kotaku Can’t repeat enough, a Good thing. It’s annoying having to wait longer for the game you’re excited to play to arrive, but it’s always better to play something that’s – you know – finished, rather than rushed, buggy, and unsatisfying. And can you imagine releasing an unfinished game in front of an audience more intimidated and screaming than Soulslike fans? (I love you.)
ashen It sparked its own controversy, when its 2018 release saw it As part of the first wave of games tied exclusively to the Epic Games Store. Five years later, the Epic Games Store is still a terrible piece of software, but perhaps people are less openly bright with ear rage when the developer takes massive amounts of cash on offer from Epic. (It’s often the difference between doing another game, or breaking up and doing separate ways.) flintlock It is set to release simultaneously on Xbox Game Pass, PlayStations, and Steam And Epic Games Store.
flintlock is a game about killing gods with the power of magic and gunpowder, an action RPG set in the fictional city of dawn. While a vague new release date like “2024” isn’t exactly something you can put in your diary, the footage we’ve already seen is so promising, we hope we get to see the game next year.
Updated: 06/23/19 at 09.33am ET: The title has been updated to remove unintended ambiguity, and that’s fine.
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