Amnesia: The Bunker Delayed By Two Weeks

Frictional Video games has introduced that Amnesia: The Bunker, the upcoming fourth installment within the Amnesia collection of horror video games, is being delayed by two weeks. The sport was initially slated to reach on Could twenty third, nevertheless it’s now set for June sixth after the devs encountered some uncommon errors throughout certification.

Talking via Twitter, Frictional’s Fredrik Olsson elaborated on the explanation for this Amnesia: The Bunker delay. In keeping with Olsson, the sport is at the moment going by the certification course of, which is when the sport is examined to make sure it does not have any vital bugs or crashes earlier than launch. Olsson says Frictional has encountered a number of “uncommon” crashes which are “very troublesome to establish, reproduce, and thereby additionally repair”, and so the Could twenty third launch date is not viable.

Olsson says that the choice to delaying the sport would have been to ask the Frictional staff to work weekends or nights, however that is “merely not one thing” the studio does. In an business at the moment grappling with crunch at even the best ranges, that is a refreshing perspective to see.

There’s a silver lining to this delay announcement, although. Olsson says that “very quickly”, a demo ought to be launched on Steam for Amnesia: The Bunker, supplying you with the prospect to play “elements of the sport”. He does not specify which elements of the sport the demo will include, nevertheless it’s arriving on May 22nd, simply someday earlier than Amnesia: The Bunker was initially scheduled to launch.

Amnesia: The Bunker is about for launch on PC, Xbox consoles, and PS4 (though not PS5, curiously) on June sixth. Introduced in December, the sport guarantees a distinct tackle Frictional’s trademark physics-based survival horror gameplay; it’s going to boast semi-open environments and randomized components, alongside the traditional adrenaline rush of being hunted by spooky monsters. Keep tuned for more information on this one.