Darktide’s Xbox Launch Delayed So PC Model Can Be Fastened

Warhammer 40K: Darktide launched on PC late final yr, a darkish and chunky tackle Left 4 Useless set in Video games Workshop’s grim, distant future. It was OK! Had its issues, however was OK. These issues have persevered into 2023, although, and so the builders are shelving an Xbox model of the sport whereas they get to work fixing them.

In an announcement launched earlier right this moment, Fatshark say they got down to “create a extremely participating and steady recreation with a degree of depth that retains you enjoying for weeks, not hours”, however “fell wanting assembly these expectations”.

In consequence, they’re not solely delaying “seasonal content material” for the PC model, however will probably be delaying the discharge of the sport on Xbox Collection X|S as properly.

OPEN LETTER ΤΟ OUR PLAYERS

We take monumental satisfaction in our means at Fatshark to ship a recreation that thousands and thousands can take pleasure in. This was what we got down to do with Warhammer 40,000: Darktide to create a extremely participating and steady recreation with a degree of depth that retains you enjoying for weeks, not hours.

We fell wanting assembly these expectations.

Over the subsequent few months, our sole focus is to handle the suggestions that lots of you might have. Specifically, we’ll give attention to delivering a whole crafting system, a extra rewarding development loop, and proceed to work on recreation stability and efficiency optimization.

This additionally means that we are going to delay our seasonal content material rollout and the Xbox Collection XIS launch. We can even droop the upcoming releases of premium cosmetics. We simply couldn’t proceed down this path, realizing that we’ve got not addressed many suggestions areas within the recreation right this moment.

Thanks for taking part in and offering suggestions. We actually admire it. It has and can proceed to assist form the sport we love.

Martin Wahlund CEO & Co-Founding father of Fatshark

I didn’t assume the PC model was that dangerous! Certain it had issues, however on-line video games from smaller groups like this usually do. Then once more smaller groups usually don’t have the sources to do every part without delay, so if that is what they wish to do with what they’ve obtained then that is what they’re going to to do with what they’ve obtained!