Core Keeper Delayed on Final-Gen Consoles and Swap

Indie sandbox survival-crafter Core Keeper has been delayed on last-gen platforms, so in case you’ve been ready to test this one out on PS4, Xbox One, or Swap, then you are going to have to attend a bit of 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 will likely be launching on September seventeenth on these platforms, and the bodily variations of the sport for these programs will likely be arriving then as nicely.

Fortunately, the discharge of Core Keeper’s 1.0 model on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection 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 Collection X|S variations will now be arriving alongside the last-gen model.

In line with Fireshine and Pugstorm, Core Keeper’s delay is for the same old purpose; to make sure that the sport is “the very best expertise doable at launch” and that gamers expertise the sport “at its highest”.

If you happen to’re not conversant in Core Keeper, it is a “mining sandbox journey” wherein gamers group up (or probably head into the mines solo) with a purpose to collect sources, construct bases for themselves, and tackle powerful enemies.

Launched into Early Entry in 2022, the sport rapidly 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 secure to say there are lots of people awaiting its 1.0 launch.

Core Keeper launches on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X|S on August twenty seventh, though you may have to attend till September seventeenth for the bodily variations. The PS4, Xbox One, and Swap variations arrive on September seventeenth as nicely.