The Medium captured our consideration with its dual-reality presentation, through which gamers can concurrently navigate the true world and its spirit-world counterpart. The proven fact that it is a console unique on Xbox Series X/S and never a generation-straddling game like many launch-window titles solely added to the anticipation. While it was originally set for a December 10 launch, developer Bloober Team has introduced that it is getting pushed again a month into early subsequent yr.
The Medium will now be arriving on Xbox Series X/S and PC on January 28, 2021. While the delay is disappointing, it is laborious to argue with the explanations behind the choice. Lead game designer Wojciech Piejko issued the next assertion:
“After a lot cautious thought and consideration, immediately now we have made the troublesome resolution to delay the launch of The Medium to January 28, 2021. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an effect on improvement challenges throughout our business, we at Bloober Team are dedicated to the general security, well being, and well-being of our improvement crew. By making the powerful resolution to delay our launch, Bloober Team stays dedicated to delivering our greatest, most bold, immersive, fear-inducing expertise thus far. The extra improvement time will permit us to additional polish and add components that can guarantee we ship our modern, genre-pushing imaginative and prescient of interactive psychological horror.
We apologize for the delay and wish to thank our followers and neighborhood for his or her continued and unwavering assist. Rest assured, the delay won’t cease us from sharing data with you, and you may count on us to unravel a couple of extra layers of The Medium’s nice thriller quickly.
Stay tuned and keep secure.”
The delay additionally will get the game away from the blast radius of one of many yr’s most anticipated titles, too. Fellow Polish developer CD Projekt RED recently delayed Cyberpunk 2077 from a deliberate November 19 launch to December 10. While Bloober Team does not name that newly packed date out in its assertion, it is troublesome to think about that it wasn’t no less than a contributing issue within the resolution.
