Red Goddess was successfully funded on Kickstarter early last year to the tune of $40k. The game is a Metroidvania style 2D platformer with an interesting premise, but developers Yanim Studios have announced they’ve had to delay the game, putting several platforms behind the PlayStation 4 version of the game, which will come out later this year. Here’s the statement the developers made to backers:
We’re tuning and polishing Red Goddess to make it more fun. This means that we’re paying attention to detail, getting everything perfect, there are still a few more finishing touches required before launch. However, we regret to inform you that Red Goddess will be delayed. Red Goddess for PlayStation 4 in late June 2015, while Windows, Mac and Linux PC and the console versions for the Xbox One will arrive in December 2015. The Wii U and Vita consoles will arrive on 1Q 2016
So the release schedule for the game looks like this:
- PlayStation 4 – June 2015
- PC & Xbox One – December 2015
- Wii U & Vita – Q1 2016
Ouch. It’s not surprising to see Wii U and Vita lumped together in priority however, as both consoles have been the final priority for any developers releasing on multiple platforms for several months now. The only plus side we can see to this is at least the Wii U version isn’t being outright cancelled.
