Every Game Delayed Right Now (2024 Edition)

COVID-19 put the planet on pause for much of 2020 and 2021, and that has affected the release date for lots of video games. Even as we are now in 2024, we are still seeing a whole bunch of games delayed, including ones that were announced well before the pandemic started. To help keep everything organized, we've made a list of every game delayed right now, including those with delays announced weeks or months ago. Once a game has been released, it will be removed from this list.

It's rare that a delay shocks us these days, but Ubisoft managed to do it with Assassin's Creed Shadows--the series just always seems to hit its planned release dates, but the Japan-set game will not be arriving in 2024. It's now scheduled to arrive on February 14, 2025 in order to give the developers more time to polish it.

Everyone knows soup tastes better when it takes more time to simmer, and Chikon Club's Soup Pot will be doing that--slated for release in August, the game is now coming to Xbox platforms and PC later this year in order to give the developer more time for polishing. You'll be doing "livestreams" of your cooking in the game to make over 100 dishes.

The long-awaited next game from original DayZ creator Dean Hall, Icarus is a sci-fi survival game that was planned to launch in August. However, it's now coming in November without a finalized specific date. Beta periods will lead up to its launch.

First revealed with a gameplay trailer in 2020 and planned for a 2021 launch, the open-world spin-off to Black Desert Online, Crimson Desert, is now arriving at an unspecified future date as Pearl Abyss works to add "new ideas" to make a "deeper, more enriching game."

Originally planned for a launch this March, the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake was delayed to an unclear future date back in February. Ubisoft cited wanting to make a remake that still feels fresh while staying true to the spirit of the original version, but it didn't specify how long the delay would be. The series has been largely on ice since Assassin's Creed exploded in popularity over a decade ago, though we did get the excellent The Lost Crown spin-off recently.

A game awash in controversy and production issues, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 has been delayed numerous times. It was originally planned to launch all the way back in 2020, and was subsequently delayed well past that point as development changed hands. It's now planned to launch in 2025.

A mysterious and Death Stranding-esque game from Capcom, Pragmata was already not scheduled to arrive until 2022. However, that window has now been closed, as the publisher revealed the game will instead be arriving in 2023. No specific reason was given for the delay other than wanting to provide a better experience.

Planned previously for an April 2022 launch, the long-awaited STALKER 2 was first delayed to December 8 before a further delay pushed it into 2023, and later to early 2024. It was then moved to September 2024 before settling on a November 20, 2024 date. The studio, based in Ukraine, was forced to pause development due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, with some of its development team even volunteering for the armed forced to defend the country.

The upcoming sci-fi platformer Replaced was planned to release in 2022, but the game was then pushed into 2023, then 2024, and then 2025. The decision to push the game to 2023 was made by developer Sad Cat Studios along with Coatsink and Thunderful because the studio has developers located in both Belarus and Ukraine. With the ongoing war, the team opted to relocate and had to pause development during this period. The second and third delays appear to be related to game quality as the team continues development.

A cooperative shooter created by a former Battlefield developer, Arc Raiders was previously scheduled to arrive in 2022. However, Embark Studios put out a message in August that announced a delay to 2023 in order to "expand the experience, and allow it to reach its fullest potential." A final date in 2023 has not yet been announced.

A spin-off of the main run-and-gun Metal Slug series (which we haven't seen for a little while), Metal Slug Tactics was scheduled to arrive at some point in 2022, but it has since been delayed into next year. The very short announcement said "the squad needs a bit more time in the shop to prepare for the battles ahead," but didn't specify what needed more time. In any event, it'll be available on Switch and PC.

Though not a very long delay, it's a delay nonetheless--Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, which is an updated take on the PSP game, will no longer release alongside Valkyrie Elysium. Instead, the game is coming out on December 22, and those who had preordered the Valkyrie Elysium Digital Deluxe Edition will receive the game on that date. A standard "improve the quality" reason was given for the delay, but at least you have another game to play while you wait!

Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened--a remake of the 2007 game--promises to be one of the most interesting games in Frogwares' catalog, blending the detective's signature skills with a Lovecraftian story. The game was planned to launch in early 2023, but the continued Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused production issues for the studio. The Kyiv-based studio has undergone regular electricity blackouts due to the war, which has taken countless civilian lives across the country. A new release date has not been set, but it's expected for either March or April 2023.

Previously planned to launch in 2023, Telltale's The Wolf Among Us 2 has been delayed out of the year. Work began on the project in 2020 at the rebooted Telltale--which is much smaller than the original studio--and the studio said in its announcement that it simply needs more time to deliver something up to players' expectations. No new window or date were announced.

Hyper Light Breaker was going to launch in early access on Steam this spring, but that period has been delayed until this fall--with a full launch not yet scheduled after that. The reason for the early access delay was not given when the new window was announced.

Previously planned to launch in 2023, Ark 2--the sequel to Ark: Survival Evolved and a Vin Diesel vehicle--will now be coming in 2024. Developer Studio Wildcard announced that the delay was necessary to "deliver the ultimate next-gen dinosaur survival experience." No footage from the game will be shown in 2023, either, following the pre-rendered reveal trailer that included Vin Diesel.

The original game's remade version--Ark: Survival Ascended--was also hit with a delay, getting bumped to October 2023. Studio Wildcard attributed this to struggles with Unreal Engine 5 and did not provide a firm release date.

Amplitude Studios' Endless Dungeon is no longer going to arrive on May 18. The developer, together with publisher Sega, announced that the game will now be arriving on October 19. However, this release date does not include the Nintendo Switch version, which is still awaiting a final release date.

We know remarkably little about Hollow Knight: Silksong, a game that was announced, went dark for what seemed like an eternity, and then made one more appearance before going dark again. It was previously planned to release in the first half of 2023, but Team Cherry has opted to push the window back to an undetermined point in the future in order to make the game as good as possible.

Originally scheduled to launch this year on consoles and PC, Bandai Namco Online's Blue Protocol will now only be doing so in Japan. For the West, the online action-RPG will arrive in 2024. The different release date comes down to localization work, with the development team saying it wants to make sure the "deeply immersive stories" can be properly localized. Improvements in online infrastructure need to be made, as well, and the game will release outside of Japan in 2024.

Developer Kinetic Games was prepping for the release of Phasmophobia on PlayStation and Xbox platforms in August. However, a fire broke out at the studio's offices, which it said affected its ability to "test and develop." Now, fittingly enough, the console versions are coming in the week leading up to Halloween.

Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster--a combined remaster of the first two games in the legendary series--was supposed to come out in 2023. That is no longer happening, with Konami saying the development team will need more time to get it up to quality standards. No new release window was given.

Border Bots VR--a VR game that is something of a Papers, Please successor with a futuristic twist--has been delayed from September to February 8, 2024. The delay was made in order to ensure a simultaneous release across all its supported platforms: Steam VR, Quest 2, and PSVR 2.

Cities: Skylines 2 is, unlike the original game, coming to consoles close to its PC release. It was supposed to be coming to consoles at the same time, but the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions have been delayed into 2024. The development team said it needed more time to "reach the quality targets" it had set for itself on console.

Strategy game The Troop is having its release date moved--but only slightly--to October 18, following a period of early access. According to PLA Studios and Giant Flame, this was done to "best navigate a crowded theater of war," which sounds like code for "too many other games coming out the previous week."

German developer Nurogames has opted to push the release of its upcoming Rune Bender VR game into February 2024 in order to give itself more time to fine-tune the experience. The roguelike is a VR wave-based shooter based on Slavic mythology.

Dread XP was hoping to get its upcoming game Sucker for Love: Date to Die for out by February 14 so that hopeless romantics could enjoy its terrifying horrors on Valentine's Day. However, that wasn't meant to be. The company said it didn't want to "put out something that isn't finished," and has thus delayed the game.

The next game from Ori creator Moon Studios, No Rest For The Wicked certainly has high expectations riding on it. Publisher Take-Two seems to be aware of this, as the company opted to delay the game into FY 2025, putting its release date at April 2024 at the earliest.

The Thaumaturge was scheduled to arrive in February. However, Fool's Theory and 11 bit studios noted in the delay announcement that it would be releasing in a very busy period if it stuck to that date. The game is finished, but will now be releasing on March 4 in order to give it a better chance to be seen.

Previously planned to release in March, Paradox Interactive's Prison Architect 2 was then moved to a May date before receiving another delay--this time shortly before it was set to launch. Stability issues, particularly on lower-spec systems, led Paradox Interactive to move the game to September 3, 2024. However, it would then be delayed indefinitely, with the team saying it has identified areas it needs to improve prior to launch.

When your game is coming from the creators of Celeste, expectations are sure to be high. Action-platformer Earthblade was previously planned to arrive in 2024, but that is no longer the case, with Exok saying it had hoped it would have been able to announce a release date by this point (March 2024). Development does, however, appear to be moving in the right direction.

Previously planned to release in March, the metroidvania game Mars 2120 will now be launching in the latter half of 2024. According to Qubyte, the decision to delay the game was due to needing to continue "optimizing and improving the overall game experience."

The highly anticipated follow-up Little Nightmares III is no longer arriving in 2024. Developer Supermassive Games and publisher Bandai Namco Europe said they want to focus on quality, opting to delay the game to 2025 as a result.

Never forget where you came from, even if you're one of the most-acclaimed adventure game developers on the planet. Don't Nod has delayed the release of Lost Records: Bloom & Rage in order to give Life is Strange: Double Exposure--which Don't Nod didn't develop--a larger window of its own without competition. As such, Lost Records is coming in 2025.

Shortly before launch, I Am Your Beast developer Strange Scaffold announced a small delay for the upcoming shooter. The studio opted to move the launch to September 10 in order to make sure it lives up to quality standards while also allowing the development team to work in "a healthy and sustainable way."

After previously saying its game would release in 2024, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios later announced an official release date of February 11, 2025. To make the wait easier, it promised gameplay demonstrations and previews to come shortly after the announcement.

Obsidian's action-RPG Avowed has a lot riding on it--both as a show of the studio's AAA fantasy chops while we wait for The Elder Scrolls 6 and as the next entry in the Pillars of Eternity series. Fans will have to wait a little longer to play it, however, as Microsoft opted to push the release back to February 18, 2025 in order to give the Holiday 2024 lineup more time to breathe.

Following an open beta, which provided the development team with feedback, Throne and Liberty has been delayed to October 1. Updates are being made to a variety of gameplay systems, including combat and progression, and early access will begin for the launch version on September 26.

GTA: San Andreas VR was announced years ago, and it was originally meant to launch on the Meta Quest 2. That hasn't happened, and with Meta shifting development over to the Quest 3, it left the game's fate up in the air. Now, Meta has said development is on hold "indefinitely," so it's very possible it never sees the light of day.

The bicycle-courier game Parcel Corps was scheduled to release at the beginning of September 2024, but developer Billy Goat Entertainment opted to delay it to an undisclosed future date in order to give the team more time to "tune things up for the best possible launch."

Also scheduled to release in September was Demonschool, a tactical RPG. The studio Necrosoft Games said the delay, which goes into 2025, will be best "for the game, and for the team as well." The team added that "delaying allows us to add more life and liveliness to the world, so it's more of a game you can hang out in, aside from smashing demons of course."

Upcoming fantasy life-sim Mirthwood will be releasing a little later than anticipated, as the game's date has moved to November 6. The development team acknowledged that this may disappoint eager players, but it wants to make sure the game is "completely ready" before launch.

The upcoming Lord of the Rings game Tales of the Shire was supposed to launch in 2024, but developer Weta Workshop announced shortly before the game's planned release date that it was shifting to early 2025. The studio said it wanted it to be "everything you're hoping for," necessitating the delay. The game will now release on March 25, 2025.

Developer Eighting Co. has confirmed that HunterxHunter NenxImpact, a fighting game set in the anime's universe, will no longer arrive in 2024. A new undetermined release date has been set for 2025 in order to give the development team time to implement rollback netcode, which is becoming a highly requested feature in many online fighting games.