In May 2022, a delay to early 2023 was announced.
#Kerbal space program 2 initial release date series#
In June 2021, it was announced via the game's official Twitter account that the game would also be launching on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2022. In November 2020, creative director Nate Simpson announced that the release date was delayed again to 2022. Star Theory closed its doors three months later. Later reporting by Bloomberg revealed that Take-Two was in talks to acquire Star Theory but abruptly changed course, set up a new studio to develop the game (Intercept Games), and then poached a third of Star Theory's developers including the creative director and the lead producer. Take-Two established a new unnamed studio under Private Division to continue development of Kerbal Space Program 2, with some of Star Theory's employees brought into it, leaving it unclear what Star Theory's role remains on the title. įor various reasons, the release date was pushed back to Q3 2021. Therefore, the team has stated that they aim to make the game more accessible by introducing more tutorials in order to give more guidance to players and ensure they understand the game's various systems. Kerbal Space Program received feedback that the game was too overwhelming for new players. Uri Shumlak, the associate chair of the University of Washington's Aeronautics and Astronautics department, Scott Manley, an astrophysicist and YouTuber that has made videos on Kerbal Space Program, and Dr. To ensure that the experience felt "grounded", the team consulted a panel of scientists and experts including Dr. Development was shifted to Star Theory in part so that Squad could focus on developing further updates for the original game. The game was in development by Star Theory Games, formerly Uber Entertainment, which changed its name in order to display a stronger association with the Kerbal Space Program franchise. Kerbal Space Program 2 was announced at Gamescom 2019 on August 19, with an initial release date set for early 2020. the Orion drive), habitation modules for building on-surface, orbital and planetary colonies, a multiplayer mode, as well as interstellar travel. Hopefully the Kerbal Space Program 2 team remains safe and can deliver a solid game later in 2021.This sequel builds on the sandbox features of its predecessor Kerbal Space Program, while at the same time introducing new propulsion methods (e.g. KitGuru Says: With the current outbreak situation, delays like this are to be expected. Previously, the game was confirmed for PC, Xbox One and PS4.
There is no word on if this delay will cause changes to the platforms the game comes to, as the Xbox Series X and PS5 will be out when the new release date rolls around. The developers will be using this extra time to “iterate, create, test, and make KSP2 as great as it can be”. Now, Kerbal Space Program 2 is scheduled to release in Fall 2021, a fairly big push from the original release date announced just last year. Heads up Kerbonauts, we've a message from mission control for you. According to the statement from the dev team, COVID-19 is a key cause for the delay as it has presented “unique challenges”. This time, the news comes straight from the Kerbal Space Program 2 developers, rather than a Take-Two investor call. Now, things have taken another turn, with the developers pushing the game back further. Before the year came to an end, the game was pushed back to ‘Fiscal Year 2021', putting the release date in a April 2020 to March 2021 window. Kerbal Space Program 2 was announced at Gamescom last year with an initial ‘early 2020' release date.
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