Belief Devolver Digital to show a bunch of sad-faced delay bulletins into a night of glitzy enjoyable for all of the household. And as per the writer’s freshly aired fifteenth Annual Devolver Delayed Awards 2024, we now know exactly which of its titles have missed their most up-to-date launch home windows, gliding effortlessly into 2025.
First up is Child Steps – created by Getting Over It developer Bennet Fodder, alongside Gabe Cuzzillo and Maxi Boch – during which gamers take grownup man-baby protagonist Nate on an journey of (probably) self-discovery, actually one step at a time. It is received a totally simulated physics-based strolling system and a “absolutely dynamic onesie soilage system”, and you will now be capable to get your awkward totter on someday subsequent 12 months.
Additionally careening past its beforehand introduced 2024 launch window is Stick it to the Stickman from Broforce studio Free Lives. This “groin-kicking, staple-gunning, chainsaw-wielding roguelike brawler” guarantees “high-impact, physics-based fight, copious quantities of espresso, and weaponized farts” – and whereas that is most likely a mean morning for most individuals, Stick it to the Stickman’s take now will not be accessible till 2025.
AND THE DELAYS KEEP COMING! Developer Sam Eng’s putting demonic skateboarding recreation Skate Story (which options music from New York experimental indie band Blood Cultures) continues its delay streak after lacking its preliminary 2023 launch window with the information it is now saying farewell to 2024 too. Skate Story – what with the sample rising right here and all the pieces – is now launching subsequent 12 months.
And eventually for the fifteenth Annual Devolver Delayed Awards 2024 is Volvy’s Journey DX. This one’s solely delayed in as a lot as Devolver says it’s, seeing because it wasn’t beforehand introduced and by no means had a launch date to start with. As to what it really is, that is additionally unclear; on paper it is an 8-bit side-scrolling platformer starring Devolver’s horrifying rat-like mascot Volvy, however seeing as its “award” was accepted by Inscryption developer Daniel Mullins – a grasp of the online game rug pull – who can say for positive? Mullins, in fact, is at present engaged on Pony Island 2: Panda Circus, and seeing as his Delayed Awards look principally consisted of him saying, “I did not make [Volvy]”, who even is aware of what’s actual anymore.
Alongside all the pieces now undoubtedly not launching this 12 months, Devolver additionally took a second to pay tribute to its titles that did handle to squeak into the world in 2024. All these (and extra!) are at present on sale by way of Steam with some fairly hefty reductions. There’s 50 p.c off Cricket By way of the Ages, 40 p.c off Pepper Grinder and Youngsters of the Solar, 30 p.c off Anger Foot, 25 p.c off Crush Home and The Plucky Squire, 20 p.c off Neva, and 34 p.c off the glorious Sumerian Six. And for all the pieces else seen tonight, see you subsequent 12 months!
