Devolver Games ‘Skate Story’ and Four Others Delayed to 2024
You can use any term to describe Devolver Digital, except for being dishonest. The first-ever Devolver Delayed showcase successfully fulfilled its commitment by showcasing five games that were originally scheduled for release in 2023 but have now been postponed to 2024. This implies that Devolver may have provided inaccurate information when initially announcing these games, but let’s focus on the present situation.
So here’s the list of Devolver games coming out next year, minus the crazy corporate fun behind the actual presentation: Skate Story, The Plucky Squire, Stick it to the Stickman, Anger Foot, and Pepper Grinder.
Skate Story is personally the hardest delay to swallow. Developed by Sam Eng, Skate Story is a highly stylized skateboarding game set in a dark, neon-striped hellscape and starring a demon made of glass. It looks trippy and fast paced and I was looking forward to playing it this year. Skate Story is now coming to PC in 2024 and is available to wishlist on Steam.
Stick it to the Stickman and Anger Foot are both products of Free Lives, the studio behind Broforce, Gorn and Genital Jousting, and longtime Devolver partner. Both Stickman and Anger Foot are coming to PC next year and are on the wishlist right now.
The Plucky Squire looks like an exceptionally cute platforming adventure that switches between 2D and 3D visuals. This one comes from All Possible Futures and it’s on its way to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch (in 2024, of course). Last on the backlog, Pepper Grinder is a 2D platformer featuring a character with a big drill, and is being developed by Oregon-based studio Ahr Ech for PC and Switch.
The Devolver Delayed performance also provided relief in the end. A handful of the publisher’s games clearly haven’t been delayed and are still targeting 2023 release windows, including Gunbrella, Wizard with a Gun, KarmaZoo, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, and — especially in my book — The Talos Principle II. The sequel to Croteam’s 2014 award-winning game The Talos Principle II promises more first-person laser-based puzzles, philosophical pontificating and existential dread, all set to release in 2023 for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S: for. .
The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood will be released on the 16th. August, a little over a week from today. It’s the latest game from Deconstructteam, Spanish studio Gods Will Be Watching and The Red Strings Club, and the preview had me happily building tarot decks and flirting with immortal creatures.
