Developer Frictional Games has announced that it is pushing back the release date for upcoming survival-horror gameAmnesia: The Bunkerto May 16.Amnesia: The Bunker’s reveal came as a surprise to horror fans when it was announced late last year for a March 2023 release. Unfortunately, it seems survival-horror fans are going to have to wait a little longer than expected to play the game for themselves.Amnesia: The Bunkeris the latest installment in the long-runningAmnesiahorror series from Frictional Games. While it will retain the first-person exploration and puzzle elements that the franchise has become known for,Amnesia: The Bunkeris also making some big changesto the series' formula. InAmnesia: The Bunker, survival-horror fans can expect more open world elements and direct combat with enemies, which will be quite the departure from previousAmnesiagames.RELATED:Amnesia: The Bunker Dev Holding Art ContestWithAmnesia: The Bunkeradding brand-new gameplay featuresand mechanics to the series, it’s no surprise that Frictional Games may need a little extra time to ensure that it lives up to the high bar set by the previousAmnesiagames. While confirming the delay ofAmnesia: The Bunker’s release date to May 16, Frictional explained that the team has been dealing with various winter illnesses that have had an impact on production. Therefore, theAmnesia: The Bunkerrelease date delay is necessary in order for the game to live up to its full potential without rushing the end product.
Some survival-horror fans will no doubt be disappointed aboutAmnesia: The Bunker’s release date delay. The recentdelay of survival-horror MMOThe Day Beforemeans March 2023 isn’t going to be nearly as big of a month for horror fans as it once was, but there’s still theResident Evil 4remake to look forward to in March at least. And on the bright side, this delay should ensure thatAmnesia: The Bunkerdoesn’t launch in a broken or disappointing state for fans.
Amnesia: The Bunkergameplay videosreleased so far have been pretty impressive, showing off the game’s physics-based puzzles and how players will have a lot of freedom when it comes to exploring the game world. And even though the game will give players the option to fight back against the monsters, it still looks like it’s going to be plenty scary and not a full-blown action game, so it will be interesting to see how well it balances these elements. Horror fans will find out whenAmnesia: The Bunkerlaunches a little later this year.
Amnesia: The Bunkerlaunches May 16 for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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