Do not Nod’s Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden Delayed To February

Do not Nod Leisure, the studio behind Life is Unusual, revealed its motion RPG, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, throughout The Sport Awards final 12 months. Earlier this 12 months, in June, Do not Nod introduced Banishers can be launched in November however right this moment, the studio delayed its launch to subsequent 12 months. Extra particularly, Banishers will now hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC on February 13, 2024. 

As for why, Do not Nod CEO Oskar Guilbert says the workforce is aiming for a “much less saturated interval” of online game releases, alluding to the swath of video games releasing within the coming weeks, together with subsequent month’s Murderer’s Creed Mirage, Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Alan Wake 2, and extra (and that is simply a few of what’s releasing in October, which then leads proper into November). 

“We’ve got determined to postpone the discharge of this new franchise by three months, because the market is experiencing an intense launch cycle for AAA titles on PC and consoles on the finish of the 12 months,” Guilbert writes in a press release. “We’re satisfied {that a} business launch of Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden throughout a much less saturated interval will give it the eye it deserves.” 

Across the similar time, Do not Nod launched a separate assertion on Twitter: 

Do not Nod follows a rising development of smaller builders saying delays in gentle of main upcoming releases. Summefall Studios delayed Stray Gods: The Function-Taking part in Musical to get its launch away from Baldur’s Gate 3, and in August, Ubisoft pushed Murderer’s Creed Mirage’s launch date up every week. Whereas Ubisoft did not say why, a have a look at October’s launch date calendar makes the message clear (though admittedly, that is hypothesis on our finish). Alone within the Darkish was pushed to January to keep away from Spider-Man 2’s blast radius. And final month, Treatment Leisure delayed Alan Wake 2 by 10 days to provide gamers “house for everybody to get pleasure from their favourite video games.” 

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden hits PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC on February 13, 2024. 

For extra concerning the recreation, watch the Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden reveal trailer. 

[Editor’s Note: This story was updated to include a statement from the studio]

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