What Happened to Digimon Survive? Delays Timeline Explained

Bandai Namco and Toei Animation delayed Digimon Survive (PS4, Swap, Xbox One, Steam) from 2021 to 2022 – The tactical JRPG that includes selections that matter and may led to character deaths has been delayed a number of instances now, right here’s what occurred to it.

What occurred to Digimon Survive?

On July 28, 2021, Toei Animation printed its financials for the primary quarter of the continuing fiscal yr, which ends on March 2022. Within the additional materials of the report, the anime studio’s schedule revealed that Digimon Survive was delayed to 2022. (Thanks, @Renka_Schedule)

Digimon Survive was first introduced on July 21, 2018, in Japan for PS4 and Nintendo Swap, with a 2019 launch estimate. The sport was additionally introduced for North America and Europe on July 30, on the identical platforms plus PC by way of Steam and Xbox One.

Nonetheless, practically nothing else was revealed again then for months. which even led followers to imagine it was canceled. On April 22, 2019, sport producer Habu Kazumasa tweeted that the sport was not canceled, with information coming that summer season. And certain sufficient, we realized far more about Digimon Survive in Summer season 2019, with a dev diary, new particulars on the story, characters, and the gameplay mechanics. The sport was additionally delayed to 2020.

Digimon tactical JRPG on PS4, Swap, Xbox, Stea – Delays timeline defined

That is when issues acquired extra sophisticated:

• On April 23, 2020, Famitsu Journal, in its calendar for future releases, acknowledged Digimon Survive was undefinitely delayed
• Contacted by Gematsu, Bandai Namco acknowledged this was a typo on Famitsu journal’s aspect
• On August 2, 2020, Toei Animation Japan on its official schedule nonetheless listed the sport for 2020. Nonetheless, Toei Animation Europe listed the sport’s launch date as January 2021
• On August 8, 2020, Toei Animation Europe up to date its website once more, eradicating the January 2021 releae date estimate for Digimon Survive

Lastly, on October 8, 2020, Habu Kazumasa tweeted that the sport’s improvement course of and the schedule have been being reviewed. This led to an official assertion being printed on October 15, 2020, asserting a 2021 delay:

And now, Digimon Survive was delayed to 2022. The Digimon Video games Twitter account hasn’t made an official announcement but. Habu Kazumasa has not tweeted currently, and his final tweet dates to November 2020:

確か・・・、主人公とノキアは高2の17歳。ユウコとケイスケは高1の16歳。アラタは19歳で、エリカは中3の15歳だったかと思います。誕生日に関しては設定していませんせした。 https://t.co/6e3P1KMaJo

— ハブ (@habumon) November 20, 2020

Digimon Survive is likely one of the many video games whose improvement has been hit badly by the pandemic, and hopefully, we’ll see its launch in 2022.

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