The 5 Biggest Game Delays Of 2019 And 5 Games We Can t Believe Came Out
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The 5 Biggest Game Delays Of 2019 And 5 Games We Can t Believe Came Out
Video game release dates are never set in stone, and here are five games that launched despite all odds, as well as five that were further delayed. Delays are never fun, especially if one has been waiting for years if not decades for a game. It stinks, as it happens every year. Yet, behind that is hope. Hope that said delay will make the game turn into one of the classics. Now, by our title, we are referring to games that were originally supposed to come out in 2019. Watch Dogs Legion and The Last of Us Part II were delayed further into 2020 in 2019 so those don’t really count. Make sense? As for the other side of things, well, we will explain each entry as to why their releases were so shocking. We also want to give a shout-out to as an honorable mention. For a while, since it was announced in 2016, we were beginning to suspect Hideo Kojima was more interested in making teaser movies than a real game. But, on the grand scale of things, he proved us wrong, and three years really isn’t that long comparatively. Anyway, onto the rest! THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY Delayed DOOM Eternal
At this past E3, DOOM Eternal got an official date for November 22. Unfortunately, a little over a month away, on October 8, Bethesda announced it would get delayed until March 20, 2020. That isn’t unheard of, but it is still pretty close to the edge, which makes it one of the more unfortunate delays of the year. Hopefully, it can meet that March date because we have an itchy trigger finger to go slay us some demons. Delivered Kingdom Hearts III
KINGDOM HEARTS Ⅲ_20190129174556 There have been many spinoffs in-between this game and Kingdom Hearts II, which released in 2006. While most of them were good and counted as canon, it felt a lot different. Playing a true console experience thirteen years later was like a dream. This is especially true considering it was first announced At E3 2013, which was way too early for Square Enix to tease fans with. The wait was bittersweet knowing full well that it might take just as long for Kingdom Hearts IV. Delayed Animal Crossing New Horizons
was first announced via a teaser at the end of a September Nintendo Direct in 2018. At the time it didn’t have a name, but it did have a tentative date for 2019. When it was shown in a more official capacity a few months later at this past E3, it got the official date for March 20, 2020. Maybe this is why DOOM Eternal got delayed. Bethesda thought it would be a funny idea to compete with Nintendo. Delivered Shenmue III
Shenmue III’s Kickstarter was announced during Sony’s E3 presentation in 2015. Four years is a long time for a development cycle, but, taking into consideration that Shenmue II released in 2002 for the West on the original Xbox, well, the wait was even harder than what Kingdom Hearts fans had to deal with. Unfortunately, unlike Kingdom Hearts III, this game was not praised as high. In many ways, it felt like it was still stuck in the 2000s, which was both good and bad for what fans had expected. Delayed Spelunky 2
Spelunky 2 was announced in 2017 and had a teaser date of 2019. Well, it isn’t out yet, so we can safely nip 2019 in the bud. There is no new release window, either, but these indie games take time. If it is any good as the first game, we are in for a treat. The upcoming Binding of Isaac DLC is similarly in limbo, which only goes to show how inconsequential release windows for small-budget games can often be. Delivered Bloodstained Ritual of the Night
Like Shenmue III, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night had a rather long development cycle after its Kickstarter was funded in 2015. It was delayed several times due to bad feedback. The developers even went so far as to change the look of the game. Everything was for the better though as they took the criticism to heart. The wait was long, but it turned into the Castlevania spiritual successor everyone wanted. Delayed Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones was first shown at E3 2017 with a release window set for 2018. Then it was delayed into 2019 before it again got delayed seemingly indefinitely. Ubisoft hasn’t outright canceled it, though, so there is still hope. After the lukewarm response from those that tested it as it was just a multiplayer game, we like to theorize it’s been delayed in order to put in a campaign. If this got reworked to be a sequel to Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, then we are doubly in! Delivered Metal Wolf Chaos XD
Metal Wolf Chaos is such a weird example for this list. It first launched in 2004 for the original Xbox, but in Japan only despite the entire game being voiced in English. Devolver Digital announced they were going to remaster it and bring it to the West for the first time at E3 2018. It didn’t make the end of the year, but it did finally release this year. The gameplay is horrendous, but the over the top nature of the story still makes us happy it came over after fifteen years of Japanese exclusivity. Delayed Battletoads
Battletoads was also announced at E3 2018 with just a teaser. This past year it was officially shown off, looked great, and had a tentative 2019 release window. Then it was never discussed again, which is to say it was quietly delayed. Just as an extra piece of history the last game that released was in 1994 for arcades. Although a majority of the games did appear in the 2015 Rare Replay collection. Plus, they made cameos in Shovel Knight and Killer Instinct. So, at least fans got something in the past two decades. Delivered Trials of Mana
Metal Wolf Chaos had a long release until it came to the West, but Trials of Mana has it beat. Seiken Densetsu 3 launched on September 30, 1995 for the Super Famicom in Japan. Even though it was bundled in the Collection of Mana for the Switch in 2017, said collection didn’t reach the West until this year. Not only was it a surprise to get it after 24 years, but a remake was also announced under its new English name, Trials of Mana. Hopefully, it is better than that dreadful Secret of Mana remake in 2018.