Deathloop delayed to September

Deathloop
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Deathloop, the groundhog day FPS from Arkane Lyon, has been delayed until September.

Game director Dinga Bakaba and art director Sebastien Mitton released a video on Deathloop's Twitter page announcing the delay. "We've made the very hard decision to delay the launch of Deathloop to September 14, 2021," Bakaba said. "At Arkane we have a strong vision for Deathloop, and we don't want to compromise on that."

It sounds like the coronavirus pandemic may have had an impact on the delay too, with Bakaba continuing: "We also need to do everything we can to ensure the health and safety of everyone in the studio." Mitton said the studio will be using the extra time towards making Deathloop "a fun, stylish, and mind-bending player experience."

Deathloop was originally supposed to launch at the end of next month, May 21. It's a bummer, but studios taking extra time for the sake of the game and developers is never a bad thing. It'll likely be just one of many delays that we can probably expect throughout 2021 thanks to the pandemic—in just the last few weeks we've already seen the likes of Humankind, LOTR: Gollum, and Back 4 Blood get pushed back.

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Mollie spent her early childhood deeply invested in games like Killer Instinct, Toontown and Audition Online, which continue to form the pillars of her personality today. She joined PC Gamer in 2020 as a news writer and now lends her expertise to write a wealth of features, guides and reviews with a dash of chaos. She can often be found causing mischief in Final Fantasy 14, using those experiences to write neat things about her favourite MMO. When she's not staring at her bunny girl she can be found sweating out rhythm games, pretending to be good at fighting games or spending far too much money at her local arcade.  

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