Indie sandbox survival-crafter Core Keeper has been delayed on last-gen platforms, so for those who’ve been ready to examine this one out on PS4, Xbox One, or Swap, then you are going to have to attend just a little longer, sadly.
In a message posted on X (previously Twitter) yesterday, Core Keeper developer Pugstorm and writer Fireshine Video games revealed that the sport’s last-gen launch will not be going forward on August twenty seventh as deliberate. As an alternative, the sport will probably be launching on September seventeenth on these platforms, and the bodily variations of the sport for these programs will probably be arriving then as effectively.
Fortunately, the discharge of Core Keeper’s 1.0 model on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X|S hasn’t been affected by this delay; these variations will nonetheless arrive on August twenty seventh. Sadly, the bodily variations of the PS5 and Xbox Sequence X|S variations will now be arriving alongside the last-gen model.
In accordance with Fireshine and Pugstorm, Core Keeper’s delay is for the standard purpose; to make sure that the sport is “the perfect expertise potential at launch” and that gamers expertise the sport “at its easiest”.
Should you’re not acquainted with Core Keeper, it is a “mining sandbox journey” by which gamers crew up (or doubtlessly head into the mines solo) as a way to collect assets, construct bases for themselves, and tackle powerful enemies.
Launched into Early Entry in 2022, the sport rapidly began racking up gross sales, amassing 100,000 inside its first two days then hitting the 250,000 milestone in only a week. In lower than two weeks, Core Keeper had managed to rack up half one million gross sales, so it is secure to say there are lots of people awaiting its 1.0 launch.
Core Keeper launches on PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X|S on August twenty seventh, though you will have to attend till September seventeenth for the bodily variations. The PS4, Xbox One, and Swap variations arrive on September seventeenth as effectively.