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The Settlers is delayed yet again “to a later date"Postponed due to feedback from January’s closed beta
Postponed due to feedback from January’s closed beta
After re-emerging from development hell earlier this year, Ubisoft’s reboot ofThe Settlershas now plunged back into its murky depths with another delay. Ubisoft cite feedback from the recent closed beta in January as the main reason behind this further postponement, and have rather worryingly decided to delay its launch until an undisclosed “later date”.
“The recent Closed Beta was a great opportunity for all participating players to share valuable feedback regarding the current state of the game, and we’d like to thank you for your involvement. As we went through this feedback, it became clear to our team that the quality wasn’t yet in line with the team’s vision. Therefore, we took the decision to postpone the launch of the game to a later date,” thepost reads.
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The post goes on to say that the extra time “will be used to further improve the game and push quality as our main priority for all our players”, but doesn’t specify exactly how long that will be - only that we’ll get more info about the game’s next milestones “in due time”.
This will be the third major delay of Ubisoft’s RTS city-builder, and the second time it’s been postponed indefinitely. First announced at Gamescom in 2018, The Settlers was originally slated tocome out in 2019, before slipping to the latter half of 2020. Then, in July 2020, it wasdelayed “until further notice”, once again in response to fan feedback. Will The Settlers finally see the light of day before the end of 2022? Here’s hoping.
A group of Ubisoft employees under the name ABetterUbisoft arestill campaigningfor the company to do more in the wake of summer 2020’sallegations and revelationsof widespread harassment and discrimination. Over 1000 current and former Ubisoft employees signed an open letter demanding reform. Over200 days later, the group still say “None of our demands have been met and management refuse to engage.”
