A few days ago, I was all like, "Basement Crawl is coming out tomorrow, lawl...."
Later, looking at my Twitter feed, I was all like, "Why are people Tweeting at me because the game is late hitting the PSN? It's not like I have any say in it, lawl....."
Today, I'm all like, "Oh, I see, they waited until the game's release date to delay it. Seem legit to me, lawl...."
Word of God is this:
“While the completed version of Basement Crawl was prepped for launch during the last week, several exciting opportunities to partner with major industry players to enhance, refine and add-to the game arose,” said Piotr Babieno, CEO, Bloober Team. “Although a difficult decision, we decided that the best choice for us, as a team, was to delay Basement Crawl so that we could take full advantage of these opportunities. We will be able leverage those new partnerships to further grow and improve the game while still providing an amazingly fun multiplayer experience for PS4 owners. We’ll be able to announce more details in the days and weeks to come.”
So there you have it. Pretty simple, eh? They discovered very late - like maybe as late as the week the game was supposed to come out - that they could make more money off of it. Do you blame them? I don't.
Now, the release date is listed as "first quarter of Q1." You can find out more about Basement Crawl and Bloober Team on the web and on Facebook.
MEDIA ALERT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLOOBER TEAM DELAYS RELEASE OF BASEMENT CRAWL
KRAKOW, Poland (JAN 29, 2014) – Bloober Team, an independent developer based in Krakow, Poland, has delayed the release of their PlayStation®4-exclusive game Basement Crawl from its originally scheduled release date this week. The game is still scheduled to release worldwide in the first quarter of 2014.
“While the completed version of Basement Crawl was prepped for launch during the last week, several exciting opportunities to partner with major industry players to enhance, refine and add-to the game arose,” said Piotr Babieno, CEO, Bloober Team. “Although a difficult decision, we decided that the best choice for us, as a team, was to delay Basement Crawl so that we could take full advantage of these opportunities. We will be able leverage those new partnerships to further grow and improve the game while still providing an amazingly fun multiplayer experience for PS4 owners. We’ll be able to announce more details in the days and weeks to come.”
One of the most anticipated upcoming games for PS4, Basement Crawl brings classic Bomberman-style gameplay and grind-house flavor to the system with the most fun multiplayer experience available on next-generation systems. The game will be available for download exclusively through the PlayStation Network.
For more information, please visit Bloober Team’s official web site www.blooberteam.com or the official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/BlooberTeam.
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Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Krakow, Poland, Bloober Team is an independent videogame developer focused on creating the highest quality character driven games for hardcore gamers.
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