Indie sandbox survival-crafter Core Keeper has been delayed on last-gen platforms, so when you’ve been ready to verify this one out on PS4, Xbox One, or Change, then you are going to have to attend somewhat 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 shall be launching on September seventeenth on these platforms, and the bodily variations of the sport for these programs shall be arriving then as properly.
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 keeping with Fireshine and Pugstorm, Core Keeper‘s delay is for the same old cause; to make sure that the sport is “the perfect expertise doable at launch” and that gamers expertise the sport “at its easiest”.
For those who’re not accustomed to Core Keeper, it is a “mining sandbox journey” wherein gamers crew up (or probably head into the mines solo) with a purpose to collect sources, construct bases for themselves, and tackle robust enemies.
Launched into Early Entry in 2022, the sport shortly 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 protected 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 may have to attend till September seventeenth for the bodily variations. The PS4, Xbox One, and Change variations arrive on September seventeenth as properly.