Video Games
‘Axiom Verge 2’ Delayed to 2021
As the latest blog entry over at Thomas Happ Games proclaims, the legacy of 2020 continues. That legacy unfortunately includes the upcoming Axiom Verge 2, which has been delayed from its original Fall 2020 release to the first half of 2021.
Happ explains in his blog that “despite doing everything I could to make good on my prediction [of a 2020 release], it will not come to pass. I apologize to all of Axiom Verge’s fans who have been waiting to learn more about this universe. For people who don’t want to bother reading the entire blog post, the closest I’ll go to making another prediction is that it will be out in the first half of 2021.”
Despite what you might presume, COVID wasn’t the main factor in the delay. Rather, according to Happ, there were “a number of factors”. Enemy AI being more sophisticated than the first game being a factor, along with the art style (which is different than the Giger-esque stylings of the first game) and the new weapon that advances what the player was able to do with the first game’s Address Disruptor tool.
It’s nevertheless disappointing, but it seems strangely par for the course this year for many things.
Axiom Verge 2 will release for the Nintendo Switch. No word yet on additional ports.
Moon Studios dropped a new trailer during the Sony State of Play for their dark action-RPG No Rest for the Wicked, while also hinting at the long-awaited launch window for the full 1.0 release. The game, which has been in Early Access on Steam since April 2024, will be launching this October in full for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam, while versions for the Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2 will arrive at a later date.
As a token of appreciation for supporters new and old, Moon Studios is offering an exclusive Early Access Founder’s Pack, a free limited edition bundle available for anyone who purchases the game on Steam prior to July 10, with rewards unlocking when 1.0 officially launches. PlayStation 5 users can receive the Early Access Founder’s Pack by pre-ordering the game once available, any time before launch day.
The Founder’s Pack includes:
- A New Secret Hideout: Spirit Cavern – The legacy of Moon Studios now lives inside No Rest for the Wicked, exclusively for Founders. A hand-crafted home that bridges both worlds.
- Sayer’s Vow: An all new Sword in the stone reserved just for the founders that only early adopters can extract in the game world.
- A Custom Founders Tag ensures players are clearly identified as early adopters.
- As a Founder member, players will get access to an exclusive Public Beta Test Realm reserved just for them, even after the 1.0 game launch.
As for the full 1.0 release, it will be a massive expansion of the core experience, introducing a staggering 60+ hours of new content, a new horde mode, powerful new weapons, bosses and enemies, new areas and a completely reimagined class system.
In No Rest for the Wicked, players take on the role of a “Cerim,” a member of a holy order imbued with mysterious powers, tasked with destroying the Pestilence, an ancient plague that has begun to consume the island Isola Sacra, itself already the site of great political upheaval and death.