‘Scalebound’ Marks 2016’s First AAA Delay!

Briefly: Well, we made it three whole days into 2016 without a major delay. That’s a pretty good run, isn’t it?

It wasn’t meant to last, however, as Platinum Games’ highly anticipated Xbox One exclusive, Scalebound, will not make its Holiday 2016 debut.

The developer noted the delay this morning on their official blog, stating that “In order to deliver on our ambitious vision and ensure that Scalebound lives up to expectations, we will be launching the game in 2017. This will give us the time needed to bring to life all the innovative features and thrilling gameplay experiences that we have planned.”

Scalebound looks fantastic, and we fell in love with the title back at GamesCom last year. While we’re certainly sad that we won’t be playing the title later this year, we appreciate that the game never had a solid release date to break (just a launch window), and that it was delayed with nearly a year left until it was set to launch.

In any case, we’ll be busy this year playing all of those games that were supposed to come out in 2015, am I right?

Are you sad to hear about the delay? How excited are you for Scalebound‘s eventual release? Sound out in the comments below!