Today, the Switch was meant to see the release of The Chinese Room's latest game, Little Orpheus. However, the studio has announced that they will be delaying the launch of the game due to "recent world events", with no new date proposed.
The British studio — part of the Sumo Digital group — made the announcement on Twitter yesterday afternoon:
This charming little side-scrolling platformer first came out on Apple Arcade back in 2020, and it tells the story of a Soviet cosmonaut in 1962 who is dropped into a volcano and disappears for three years.
Our friends over at Eurogamer heaped praise on the game for its "colour, charm, and delightful dollops of humour" but due to the current conflict in Ukraine involving Russia, The Chinese Room has taken the decision to delay the release.
Various corners of the video game industry have come out in support of humanitarian efforts in Ukraine, with multiple studios releasing statements and making donations to various charities. We've also seen studios reduce their press and advertisements; you may remember that The Pokémon Company revealed the conflict as the reason its recent Direct wasn't heavily promoted beforehand.
These sorts of delays and muted announcements will likely continue over the coming weeks.
[source twitter.com]
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Do you think this will also happen to the Call of Duty game? In fact you know they probably will actually release even more COD games and promote them 10 fold just to get these young people to sign up.
Removed - unconstructive
@AzzyC It does feel a bit on the nose having a game called Modern Warfare 2 coming out this year.
I can see why they did this. I would have been a little on the fence about the decision if the game was themed as something else, but since it is based around a Soviet character, I can see why this one was delayed.
They could also have changed the character perhaps. Either way, we won't see it anymore since this war might take years. A pity for anyone who was waiting for the game (yeah I know war is terrible. I know, I know).
@rjejr
This delay is due to a horrific war. Hardly a humorous moment, sorry.
Ha ha! They call themselves the Chinese Room? And they won’t release a game about a Soviet astronaut? China is actively participating in genocide. There are over two million humans there in concentration camps. They’re harvesting organs and using these people for slave labor. Look at what they’ve done to Hong Kong. Who knows what they’ll do to Taiwan in the near future, invading their airspace like they have been. I wonder if it’s hard to determine who’s lives matter and who’s don’t. Prayers for the Uyghurs.
The demo was fun but considering the subject matter, it makes sense.
Humans, their endless killing, and their endless justification of killing 'others'... Be they 'expendable human resources', 'collateral damage' or 'the bad guys' in political conflict (been anti-political my entire life, and people always ask 'but what do you propose instead?'... As if getting rid of a hostile parasite requires another parasite to replace it... Imagine the doctor asking what you want instead of the disease you want to cure, and 'just health' not being a valid option), or as 'profitable meat', or 'a nuisance', 'overpopulated',...
I was wondering why this wasn't available to pre-order or with a release date on the eshop even last night...hopefully they release it eventually
@Ooyah "A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.” ~Laura Ingalls Wilder
Thanks for the reply or I would have never known about this: "removed unconstructive"
Seriously? Whatever.😂
@rjejr humor is not allowed. You have been warned!
@Zach1122 Sometimes it does feel that way on here. Oh well.🤷
Remember that when the government can get you to nolonger distinguish between a Chinese person and the Chinese government, then they have won. We're all people until the governments make all the rules for us. Or fight in our names for wars we never asked. For taxes we never volunteered to pay.
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