Working From Home Has Caused inXile to Delay Wasteland 3
Originally planned for release on 19th May, snowswept post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 3 has been delayed until 28th August due to "logistical challenges" faced by developer inXile in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic.
In a public letter posted to inXile's website, among other online locations, Brian Fargo (Studio Head and lead designer of the original Wasteland) explains how the studio's new "work-from-home environment" has "introduced new challenges" in terms of Wasteland 3's development. As a result of this, inXile has been granted additional development time from Deep Silver and Microsoft: a fact that Fargo expresses appreciation for.
Fargo continues by outlining that the few months will be spent optimising, polishing and refining the game; making the co-op functionality as "awesome" as possible; and reacting to Beta feedback.
Greetings all,
As with most companies, we moved to a work-from-home environment some weeks ago, and that’s of course introduced new challenges that many of us throughout the world have been learning to manage. We’ve been excited to see the Wasteland 3 Beta so well received, but the reality is that with these new logistical challenges our release was going to be impacted.
We’re in a great position with both Microsoft and Deep Silver supporting our desire to ensure the game launches in the best possible circumstances, and to add a few extra months to ensure this is a stellar product on day one. With that, Wasteland 3’s new release date is August 28, 2020.
That’s time we’re putting into acting on Beta feedback and suggestions, optimization, polishing and refinements, and making sure we have an awesome co-op experience. We’re pouring our hearts into this game, and the last thing we want is to have anything but an amazing launch for a product we truly believe in.
We appreciate everyone’s excitement and continued support as we put a few more months into ensuring that on launch day Wasteland 3 is the experience you’ve been waiting for.
Thank you and stay safe,
Brian Fargo Studio Head, inXile entertainment
Fargo and the inXile team have a stellar reputation among players that spans decades: Fallout, Baldur's Gate and The Bard's Tale all have ties to Wasteland 3 from the inXile team. If that team feels like a few more months is needed to 'get the game right', then so be it.
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