Neowin News Feed for: Delay

Microsoft delays Fable out of 2026 to give it a dedicated "moment to shine" and avoid GTA VI

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 29 May 2026 17:29:41 +0000

Ahead of the Xbox Games Showcase, Microsoft has announced that Playground Games' next project, Fable, won't be coming out this year. Read more...

Microsoft delays controversial location tracking feature in Teams

Usama Jawad — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:02:01 +0000

Microsoft is working on a rather controversial feature for Teams, and while it has been delayed, there is still reason to worry. Read more...

Hitman developer delays its upcoming James Bond game

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:16:02 +0000

The biggest project IO Interactive has ever worked on is its James Bond origin story game. Unfortunately, the title has been hit by a delay. Read more...

Another delay hits Grand Theft Auto VI, pushing it back by six months

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:38:01 +0000

Take-Two and Rockstar have delayed Grand Theft Auto VI once more. The latest delay almost pushes it back to 2027. Read more...

Microsoft delays Exchange Online feature after major backlash from frustrated IT admins

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has delayed an upcoming Exchange Online feature after public frustration from IT admins. The "enhancement" was supposed to roll out next week. Read more...

Sony and Bungie delay Marathon indefinitely after 'passionate feedback' from community

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:56:01 +0000

Marathon is no longer landing this September, as Sony and Bungie have decided to delay the live service extraction shooter to focus on feedback. Read more...

Cities: Skylines II's latest delay pushes back Bridges & Ports expansion again

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 27 May 2025 09:40:01 +0000

The latest delay that has hit Cities: Skylines II is for its long-time coming Bridges & Ports expansion. After a year of delays, Colossal Order has pushed the release back once again. Read more...

Skydance delays Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, pushing the superhero team-up game to next year

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 13 May 2025 15:18:02 +0000

Marvel fans looking to jump into the upcoming Captain America and Black Panther team-up game will be waiting till next year due to the new delay. Read more...

Rockstar delays Grand Theft Auto VI, gets a firm release date for 2026

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 02 May 2025 12:00:01 +0000

Grand Theft Auto fans won't be jumping into the latest entry this year, unfortunately. Rockstar has just announced a massive delay for GTA 6. Read more...

Take-Two CEO defends GTA 6's lengthy development, cites unprecedented anticipation

Omer Dursun — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 11:16:01 +0000

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick discusses the 'perfection' that drove GTA 6's long development, the secrecy surrounding its release date, and the company's big push into mobile gaming. Read more...

Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 delayed again despite development being "done"

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:08:01 +0000

Paradox and The Chinese Room's Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is no stranger to delays. Despite the RPG's development being finished, its release has been pushed back again. Read more...

Apple's Smart Home Hub allegedly postponed, thanks to delayed Siri upgrades

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:00:01 +0000

A reliable source suggests that Apple might have rescheduled the launch of the Smart Home Hub due to delayed Siri features. Read more...

Fable gets delayed to 2026 as Microsoft gives Playground Games more time

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:58:02 +0000

Microsoft has decided to give the Fable team at Playground Games some more time to develop the reboot. Despite the bad news, there are some new gameplay snippets to look at. Read more...

Assassin's Creed Shadows hit with another sudden delay, Ubisoft says it needs more time

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:35:32 +0000

Following the original delay that pushed it out of 2024, Assassin's Creed Shadows is now coming even later than announced recently. Read more...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 goes gold, will now launch a week early

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 23:28:01 +0000

Warhorse Studios has moved forward the release date of Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 by a week, saying it wants gamers to "start 2025 with the best game there is". Read more...

Commandos: Origins delayed to 2025 for more polish and AI behavior enhancements

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 22:38:01 +0000

The upcoming revival of the Commandos franchise has been delayed out of 2024. In the extra time, the studio will be working on improving many aspects of the game that it received feedback on. Read more...

33-Player co-op action game '33 Immortals' suffers a delay to 2025

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:46:01 +0000

33 Immortals, the upcoming PC and Xbox co-op game featuring 33 player battles, has been delayed by Thunder Lotus Games to 2025. Read more...

Microsoft might just have delayed Windows 11 24H2 update release slightly

Sayan Sen — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:44:01 +0000

Microsoft might want to delay the upcoming general availability of Windows 11 version 24H2 annual feature update. Read more...

Paradox delays continue, now pushes Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 to 2025

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:46:01 +0000

Another delay has hit a Paradox Interactive-published game. This time, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is being pushed out of 2024 entirely as the developer focuses on polishing the game. Read more...

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 hit with a delay, now out in 2025

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:14:01 +0000

After confirming a 2024 launch window for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 earlier this year, Warhorse Studios has now pushed back the upcoming medieval-set open-world RPG to early 2025. Read more...

Fresh tip suggests Samsung has no plans to launch One UI 7 beta anytime soon

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 12:44:01 +0000

Amidst rumors about the upcoming Android 15-based One UI 7 update, a fresh tip has emerged suggesting that Samsung has no plans to launch the One UI 7 beta program, at least anytime soon. Read more...

Microsoft officially delays Obsidian's RPG Avowed to give "backlogs some breathing room"

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 23:30:01 +0000

Following rumors, Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox platform exclusive RPG Avowed from Obsidian Entertainment will no longer be targeting a 2024 launch schedule as previously announced. Read more...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl delayed by two months, now launching in November

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:16:01 +0000

GSC Game World's "Final Release Date" for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is no longer final, as a new delay has hit the game. The survival shooter is now releasing in November on PC and Xbox. Read more...

Frostpunk 2 delayed to September as studio plans new game mechanics

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:44:01 +0000

11 Bit Studios today announced a two-month delay for Frostpunk 2. The studio is adding new features and mechanics to the survival city builder thanks to community feedback from the recent beta. Read more...

Paradox delays its The Sims competitor "Life By You" again, this time indefinitely

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Mon, 20 May 2024 20:52:01 +0000

Paradox has once again delayed the launch of its upcoming The Sims rival Life By You. The publisher says the title needs more development time before it's ready for Steam early access. Read more...

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 has a new release date, now arriving on September 5 to Xbox and PC

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:10:01 +0000

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has been delayed again as GSC Game World focuses on doing a final round of polishing for the upcoming Xbox console launch exclusive survival entry. Read more...

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League gets mysteriously delayed on the Epic Games Store

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:12:01 +0000

The Epic Games Store will receive Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League over a month after all other platforms. Pre-orders are already being refunded. A reason for the delay has not been shared yet. Read more...

Cities: Skylines 2 console launch delayed to spring 2024, PC version still coming Oct. 24

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:48:01 +0000

Console players looking forward to Paradox and Colossal Order's Cities: Skylines 2 will unfortunately be waiting a while longer. A last-minute delay has pushed back the console version to spring 2024. Read more...

Alan Wake 2 delayed by 10 days to avoid other major releases like Spider-Man 2

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:47:09 +0000

Epic Games and Remedy Entertainment have announced that they are delaying the release of Alan Wake 2 by 10 days to not launch in such close proximity to other AAA games in October. Read more...

Paradox's The Sims rival "Life by You" hit with a 6-month delay

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 12:30:01 +0000

Paradox Tectonic's upcoming life simulator game Life by You will now be landing in 2024 due to a delay in its early access plans. The studio plans major overhauls with the extra time. Read more...

Microsoft confirms it'll throttle and block mails from outdated, unpatched Exchange Servers

Sayan Sen — Tue, 09 May 2023 05:32:01 +0000

Microsoft has released details on how it plans to protect against unsupported, unpatched, vulnerable Exchange Servers. The tech giant says that it will throttle and eventually block such mails. Read more...

Rocksteady confirms huge Suicide Squad delay, pushing it all the way back to 2024

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 19:54:01 +0000

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League has suffered another delay, and this one is massive. Rocksteady is pushing the cooperative looter shooter back from May 2023 to February 2024. Read more...

ARK II delayed to 2024, but an Unreal Engine 5 remaster of the original is coming soon

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 08:08:01 +0000

ARK developer Studio Wildcard is delaying the sequel project while also releasing a remaster of the original RPG. The Unreal Engine 5-based ARK: Survival Ascended remaster is coming in August. Read more...

Spotify HiFi still hasn't launched yet likely because of stiff competition

Usama Jawad — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 07:58:01 +0000

When Spotify announced HiFi back in 2021, its main competitor was Tidal, which charged a premium for lossless audio. However, the situation has changed since then, likely contributing to HiFi's delay. Read more...

Rocksteady's Suicide Squad reportedly delayed following negative fan reaction

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 20:20:04 +0000

The upcoming cooperative looter shooter game by hit Arkham trilogy developer Rocksteady and Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, may be getting hit with a delay according to reports. Read more...

Twitter delays its new paid API platform "by a few more days"

John Callaham — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 06:32:01 +0000

Twitter said the delay in its new API launch was due to wanting "to create an optimal experience for the developer community." The upcoming paid API has been met with some resistance among developers. Read more...

PC version of The Last of Us remake delayed by almost a month

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 17:36:01 +0000

With the delay, The Last of Us Part I is not hitting PC until the end of March as Naughty Dog has decided to take almost four additional weeks to give the port another round of polishing. Read more...

EA's Star Wars Jedi: Survivor hit with a six-week delay, now releasing in April

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 21:36:01 +0000

EA is pushing back the launch date of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor to April, giving Respawn Entertainment six more weeks of development time to polish the content-complete action game. Read more...

Ubuntu 22.04.2 delayed by two weeks over Hardware Enablement kernel, due Feb. 23

Paul Hill — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:52:01 +0000

Canonical has delayed the release of Ubuntu 22.04.2 until February 23 over some delays it faced with the new Hardware Enablement kernel. The period will give developers more time to test the kernel. Read more...

Ubisoft cancels three more unannounced games, delays Skull and Bones once again

Pulasthi Ariyasinghe — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 20:54:01 +0000

On top of the four it had canceled last year, Ubisoft has revealed that three more unannounced internal gaming projects have received the axe as the company's latest releases underperform. Read more...