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Why do so many games this year still not have launch dates? Seems odd

We got a barrage of games from late Jan to the end of this month but it seems like starting in April there’s almost nothing big announced. It seems like the first time in a while that we are starting the 2nd quarter with no games announced to come out. Everything just has vague release dates of spring, summer, winter….I’m guessing we’re in for a repeat of 2021 with delays into 2023.

Here is the list of games that still dont have dates.

To Be Announced​

A Little to the Left (PC)
A Plague Tale: Requiem (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC)
A Quiet Place
Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (Switch)
Aftermath (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PC)
Arc Raiders (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
Arcadegeddon (PlayStation 5, PC)
Asterigos (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC)
Atomic Heart (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Stadia, PC)
Away: The Survival Series (Xbox One)
Balsa Model Flight Simulator (PC)
BattleCakes (Xbox One, PC)
Bayonetta 3 (Switch)
Bear and Breakfast (Switch, PC)
Blazing Strike (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, PC)
Blood Bowl 3 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince (Switch, PC)
Bomb Rush Cyberfunk (Switch, PC)
Boundary (PlayStation 4, PC)
Card Shark (Switch, PC)
Choo-Choo Charles (PC)
Circuit Superstars (Switch)
Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch)
Company of Heroes 3 (PC)
Crossfire: Legion (PC)
Cult of the Lamb (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC)
Cursed to Golf (Switch, PC)
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint (PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android)
Dawn of the Monsters (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, Stadia, PC)
Deathverse: Let It Die (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4)
Demon Throttle (Switch)
Destiny 2: Lightfall
Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
Devolver Tumble Time (iOS, Android)
Diablo Immortal (iOS, Android)
Digimon Survive (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Disney Speedstorm (Switch, PC)
Don't Starve Together (Switch)
Dordogne (Switch, PC)
Dragon Ball: The Breakers (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Dune: Spice Wars (PC)
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened (PlayStation 4)
EA Sports PGA Tour
Earth Defense Force 6 (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4)
Earthlock 2 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
eFootball 2022 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
Endling (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Evil West (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Eville (PC)
ExoMecha (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis (iOS, Android)
Forever Skies (PlayStation 5, PC)
Front Mission 1st: Remake (Switch)
Frozen Flame (PC)
God of War: Ragnarok (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4)
Goodbye Volcano High (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC)
Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition (iOS, Android)
Grime (Switch)
Grotto (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch)
Gundam Evolution (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Gungrave G.O.R.E. (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Hardspace: Shipbreaker (PC)
Hello Neighbor 2 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Hindsight (Switch, PC, iOS)
Hogwarts Legacy (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Homeworld 3 (PC)
How to Say Goodbye (PC, Mac)
I Am Jesus Christ (PC)
In Sound Mind (Switch)
Industries Of Titan (PC)
Instinction (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Stadia, PC)
Jack Move (Switch, PC)
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja (PC)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4)
Kao the Kangaroo (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
KartRider: Drift (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Keo (PC)
Kerbal Space Program 2 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Lab Rat (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
Last Days of Lazarus (Xbox One, Switch, PC)
League of Legends: Wild Rift (iOS, Android)
Life is Strange Remastered Collection (Switch)
Lil Gator Game (Switch, PC)
Little Devil Inside (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Little Orpheus (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Loot River (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
LumbearJack (Switch, PC)
Madison (PC)
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Switch)
Marvel's Midnight Suns (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Metal Slug Tactics (Switch, PC)
Metal: Hellsinger (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Midnight Fight Express (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Mineko's Night Market (Switch, PC, Mac)
Moss: Book II (PlayStation VR)
MultiVersus (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Neon White (Switch, PC)
Nightingale (PC)
No Place For Bravery (Switch, PC)
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent (iOS, Android)
Open Roads (PlayStation 4, PC)
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, PC)
Palworld (PC)
Park Beyond (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous (PlayStation 4, Xbox One)
Phantom Abyss (PC)
Planet of Lana (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
Pokémon Scarlet (Switch)
Pokémon Trading Card Game Live (PC, Mac, iOS, Android)
Pokémon Violet (Switch)
Portal: Companion Collection (Switch)
Prehistoric Kingdom (PC)
Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time Remake (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
ProtoCorgi (Switch, PC)
Rawmen (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Read Only Memories: Neurodiver (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Redfall (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
Replaced (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
River City Girls 2 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Rogue Lords (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch)
Rumbleverse (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Scars Above (PC)
Scavengers (PC)
Scorn (Xbox Series X/S)
SD Gundam Battle Alliance (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Sea Of Stars (PC)
Second Extinction (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One)
Serial Cleaners (PC)
Session: Skate Sim (Xbox One, PC)
Shovel Knight Dig
Skull & Bones (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Slime Rancher 2 (Xbox Series X/S)
Sniper Elite 5 (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Somerville (PC)
Sonic Frontiers (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Souldiers (Switch, PC)
Soup Pot (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
Spidersaurs (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Splatoon 3 (Switch)
Star Ocean The Divine Force (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Star Trek: Resurgence (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Star Wars: Hunters (Switch, iOS, Android)
Steelrising (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
Stray (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC)
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
System Shock (Remake) (PC)
Tchia (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection! (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
Temtem (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch, PC)
Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance (PC)
The Anacrusis (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
The Callisto Protocol
The Chant (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
The DioField Chronicle (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
The Invincible (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
The Last Oricuru (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel (Switch)
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
The Outlast Trials (PC)
The Slormancer (PC)
The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe (PC)
The Wreck (PC)
Thymesia (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC)
Trek to Yomi (PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC)
Ultimate Fishing Simulator 2 (PC)
Ultimate Rivals: The Court (PC)
Untitled Layers of Fear Game
Valheim (PC)
Valkyrie Elysium (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC)
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt (PlayStation 5, PC)
Voidtrain (PC)
Volcanoids (PC)
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (Xbox Series X/S, PC)
We Are OFK (PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC)
We Are The Caretakers (Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC)
Where the Heart Leads (PC)
Witchfire (PC)
Wizard With a Gun (Switch, PC)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Switch)
 

kittoo

Cretinously credulous
Yeah second quarter onwards looking pretty barren.
The year did start with a bang though.
 

TonyK

Member
I expect a lot of those games will be delayed to 2023. God of war and Starfield will be delayed for sure. No point on rushing development of those AAAA games when there is not enough next gen consoles to buy. A lot of people will not buy them for Ps4 or Xbox one, they will prefer to wait until they have a next gen console... that can't be found now.
 

Lupin25

Member
Studios are probably a LOT more cautious on the technical side after all the debacles with Dying Light 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Battlefield 2042563675, etc.
 

Astral Dog

Member
Covid and other stuff makes publishers more cautious when announcing a release date than can change easily, look how Nintendo has handled launch dates the last few years
 
I expect a lot of those games will be delayed to 2023. God of war and Starfield will be delayed for sure. No point on rushing development of those AAAA games when there is not enough next gen consoles to buy. A lot of people will not buy them for Ps4 or Xbox one, they will prefer to wait until they have a next gen console... that can't be found now.
Sony already sold about 17 million PS5s and Xbox sold about 12 million Series X/S.

They both have a big enough market to start releasing next gen exclusive games. No one really knows when the chip shortage will end so it wouldn’t make sense to not release games until it does.

You have to also keep in mind that holding off game releases also creates a big backlog of games to be released. This is why Jan and Feb were so packed with game releases this year.
 

Jaybe

Gold Member
I wish more games were fully completed or at least 98% done before a release date is announced public ally. Most games don’t require long hype windows. Too many games come in hot. Too many games push back an already announced release date. Still Q2 looks rather barren.
 

Ailike

Member
People bitch when dates are announced and the cant be met. People bitch when there are no dates. Hell, people bitch when everything seems to go smoothly because it then doesn't live up to hype. I look foward to the thread creator's perfect, on time, bug free, blockbuster game.
 

Brofist

Member
After Cyberpunk I don't blame them. They were finally pressured to release the game in it's state after a few delays cause of pressure, even though it needed another delay.
 

Lone Wolf

Member
I expect a lot of those games will be delayed to 2023. God of war and Starfield will be delayed for sure. No point on rushing development of those AAAA games when there is not enough next gen consoles to buy. A lot of people will not buy them for Ps4 or Xbox one, they will prefer to wait until they have a next gen console... that can't be found now.
Starfield is not coming to Xbox one so I’m sure there will be plenty of Series Consoles and PCs out there for those who want to play it.
 

ReBurn

Gold Member
If you don't provide a release date you can't have delays.

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I expect a lot of those games will be delayed to 2023. God of war and Starfield will be delayed for sure. No point on rushing development of those AAAA games when there is not enough next gen consoles to buy. A lot of people will not buy them for Ps4 or Xbox one, they will prefer to wait until they have a next gen console... that can't be found now.
You want to die ??!!

Be careful around StarField. I mentioned that before about not being confident of a 2022 launch (going by recent trends and the fact there's a fucking war going on and COVID still being a bitch) and I damn near got my head blown off.
 
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schaft0620

Member
I get OP's point but there are some issues with the list, I didn't check everything over but, Moss Book 2 came out yesterday. The other VR versions are not dated yet. It looks like a copy and paste from an out of data Wiki. Many of these games have never been given a release window so I wouldn't assume they are 2022.

As for the AA and Indie games on this list there will be a Direct before Pax East where many of these games will get dated. Or at least an "Indie World Showcase." There will be another June/July E3 style direct. Then you have the 10,000 fake E3 indie digital events between June and July. Dating a game now is big news in the indie gaming echo chamber and they save that for events.
 
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I think it is a domino effect.

Studios not really knowing when the games will be released, but also being wary of what else might come out at the same time since other games haven't been announced either.

Do you announce for Christmas and then Christmas is all of a sudden crowded and your game gets lost in the noise?

I think they'll wait for the bigger names to announce and closer to when the games are finished and we'll see a domino effect. We'll probably get a lot of dates around e3.

Bet the vast majority of these games don't see a 2022 release.
 
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NahaNago

Member
Sorry lol I'm a wally 23/7, I'm sure you guessed but I mean the Bomb Rush Cyberfunk game in OP's list. Its an (ultra) homage of Jet Set Radio.
I keep forgetting the name of that game. I like the style for the most part. I had decided to move on after googling that name originally.
 
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