David Gaider’s upcoming musical RPG Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical has been delayed, in order to not conflict with Larian Studios’ titanic Baldur’s Gate 3.
Summerfall Studios, the builders behind Stray Gods, has introduced that it is delaying the sport’s launch from August 3 to August 10 to keep away from a conflict with Baldur’s Gate 3.
“We wish everybody to have ample area to take a look at Stray Gods when it launches,” mentioned Summerfall Studios. “Baldur’s Gate 3 is hotly anticipated (by us, too!), and we need to give our followers room to have fun Stray Gods” (through PC Gamer).
Nonetheless, Baldur’s Gate 3‘s personal PC launch date was moved not so way back to stop a conflict with Bethesda’s upcoming sci-fi RPG Starfield, which is about to launch September 6 this yr. Since Baldur’s Gate 3 was initially slated to launch in late August, this appeared like a wise transfer for Larian Studios, permitting them time for their very own RPG to achieve traction within the PC market.
This transfer resulted within the curious sport of hopscotch that Stray Gods has discovered itself having to play. Thankfully for followers, there are some advantages to the delay.
Within the delay announcement, Summerfall Studios mentioned, “We additionally need everybody to have the ability to play on their most popular machine at launch. It is a large endeavor for any group, not to mention an indie transport its first title. This additional week permits us to have efficiency parity as shut as attainable, throughout each platform.”
Since Stray Gods is releasing for PS5, PS4, Xbox Collection X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Swap, and PC, the additional week of optimization shall be a welcome supply of respiration room for the builders at Summerfall Studios.
In Stray Gods, gamers tackle the function of school dropout Grace, who finds herself granted powers by the spirit of one of many historical Greek Muses. An city fantasy story, Stray Gods goals to permit gamers to forge their very own path by way of the story, making selections that affect the destiny of the sport’s world and its characters.
On prime of all this, the sport can be a musical, that includes “totally interactive musical numbers… carried out by an all-star solid.” We have by no means seen something fairly prefer it at TRG, but it surely’s secure to say that Gaider’s newest challenge has greater than piqued our curiosity.
Whereas we’re ready for Stray Gods, our checklist of the greatest indie video games gives you loads of titles to get pleasure from within the meantime. Alternatively, why not take a look at our checklist of the greatest RPGs?
