Ever since the bombastic announcement for People Can Fly’s Outriders back during the Square Enix press conference back during E3 2019, fans following the development of the game grew more anticipated for the title when learning that the title will be arriving to next-generation systems as well. However, once the first sample of gameplay was presented for the game, fans were met with some disappointing news.
In that, the team shared the game would be pushed from its summer 2020 projected launch window to a later holiday 2020 timeframe to release in. While it is saddening to see that the game will be arriving later than initially promised, it is reassuring the extra time will be well utilized for the newer hardware that will welcome the game.
And now in a new trailer shared this week, People Can Fly announces that Outriders will be hitting store shelves in 2021 well after the holiday season in Q4. You can watch the release date trailer in the video below:
In a blog post parallel to the new trailer posted, People Can Fly clarifies the reasoning for a later release is due to development being shifted to work-from-home. “COVID-19 has certainly affected our operations over the past months, but the teams have all worked extremely hard to adapt to changing circumstances. While the core game is now in a largely complete state, our testing operations were unfortunately among the most affected by the work-process-restructuring caused by the novel coronavirus.
“To that end, we need a bit more time to get it right and ensure that the Outriders experience will be as smooth and issue-free as it possibly can be when we launch. It is our utmost priority to give you the best and most complete Outriders experience possible, at all costs.” In addition, People Can Fly also announces that Outriders will offer free upgrades to next-generation consoles in that respected family of systems.
Elsewhere previously, People Can Fly shared in a July to be opening a new division in New York in efforts to develop a next-generation, AAA project. You can read the full report by heading here.
What platform are you picking up Outriders on?
Outriders arrives to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, and Stadia.
Source: Square Enix