Cuphead delayed until mid-2017
Despite attempts to reduce the game's scope, the 1930s-cartoon-style platformer won't make it out this year.
Cuphead developer Studio MDHR announced that its platformer, drawn and animated in the style of a cartoon circa 1930s, has been delayed until mid-2017.
When faced between rushing the game onto (digital) shelves this year with a reduced scope, or taking their time and crafting something special, Studio MDHR's path seemed clear.
"Throughout this year we discussed reducing the scope to make a 2016 release, but we made the difficult decision to delay the launch in order to ship with our vision intact," the developer wrote. "We are happy to announce that Cuphead will be coming to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Steam in Mid-2017."
Cuphead debuted at E3 2014, and made waves thanks to its unique art direction, which stood out even among a growing legion of games favoring stylistic rather than photorealistic visuals.
Shacknews editors caught up with the game's creators at E3 2015 to learn more about its development.
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replyDavid Craddock posted a new article, Cuphead delayed until mid-2017
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They also switched Cuphead from being a boss rush game and decided to add a bunch of platforming levels a while back, that had to increase their dev time significantly.
Which makes the comment about possibly reducing the scope to launch this year strange. I thought they increased the scope deliberately.-
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Especially when you are drawing every frame on celluloid. Sucks it got delayed but this isn't surprising as they have to craft an enormous amount of hand drawn art.
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I'm so stoked for this game.
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played a bit of it last month, graphics/sound fx are amazing
only concern is the gameplay which might be a bit lacking but I didnt get to play the whole game -
This is another victim of putting an indie game on an E3 stage
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It feels like the 2d platformer renaissance has come and gone since this game first came out.
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I mean first announced. ugh.
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