Scorn, the first-person horror game we dreamed of when Xbox games launched last year, is going to be delayed. Inspired by the crazy world of HR Giger, The title of Reflux software, delights science fiction fans with its evocation of Alien-Prometheus. It was first announced as a Kickstarter project in 2014 before being revealed in its entirety again last year with footage of the game. At the time, the game had an approximate release window of 2021. .
Sadly, we all know what happened in 2019 and the pandemic that swept the planet, and Scorn, like many other titles, seems to have suffered particularly. In an update posted to the Kickstarter
Don’t repeat the Cyberpunk 2077 experience
The developer also wrote in the update that he has been fully focused on developing Scorn since its introduction in October of last year. Interestingly, Cyberpunk 2077’s unsuccessful commercialization is also mentioned, along with the issues that “hype” can cause. And is this It is inevitable to remember the expectation created and the start of the game with many terrible bugs that marred the gaming experience from start to finish.
Some people are very upset that we remain silent for so long. It is by design and for various reasons (…) The only thing that will make the game faster is to concentrate all the efforts on the development. This is our top priority. (…) There’s a reason big companies show CGI trailers made by another studio. They don’t want to interrupt the development team in the middle of production. CD Projekt RED had great PR for Cyberpunk 2077, but that didn’t help the Endgame. Cyberpunk 2077 should have been delayed for a year, but the hype and pressure from shareholders was greater. Maybe if they hadn’t pressured their developers to create marketing content, they could have spent more time fixing the game.
. (…) No amount of updates will improve the game or bring it out sooner, on the contrary. It’s just more tasks on the already huge to-do list. Making your game presentable to the public takes time. This is done at the end of the development process.Translation of the Kickstarter page
We don’t have a specific release date for Scorn beyond 2022, but it’s possible that in the December 10 release they will have things clearer and the task ahead. The game will be exclusive to Xbox Series X / S and PC. From the Xbox zone, we have high hopes for this title and we hope that it does not suffer any more problems in its development.
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