Ubisoft has sadly announced that Rayman Legends Retold has suffered a delay and will now be released on 3rd December for extra polish. The reimagined 2D platformer was due out in October but Ubisoft just want to make sure it is completely up to scratch before committing to release. Here’s what the company said in a message on X:
Hello Rayman fans,
Rayman Legends Retold will release on December 3rd While the game has officially gone gold, we have decided to take extra time to make sure every detail gets the care it deserves. In the meantime, we can’t wait for you to see what we’ve been working on, starting with a Game Overview trailer on September 22.
That same day, a selection of creators and press will share fresh hands-on impressions. On behalf of all the teams working on this game, thank you for your patience, support and trust.
The Rayman Dev Team
What, No!!
I NEED LUCHADOR NOW.
I’m ok with this. I actually didn’t have anything lined up for December anyway, plus this means that it will be better by the time it releases
NOT AGAIN
Of course they would do this. $40 saved for another day.
They need time to add more micro transactions
Said no one ever.
If the game has gone gold, how can you still have more polishing to do?
Is not “gone gold” means no more work on the game?
“Gone gold” typically means that the core game (code, assets, logic, etc.) is finished and the game is in a playable state and is stable the entire time (no random crashes, no massive bugs/issues). Of course, with how intricate games are now than they were just a few console gens ago, some little things are bound to be missed, but all major issues are resolved.
In fact, I think Tears of the Kingdom had a similar thing happen- main development concluded in mid-2022, but they waited until May 2023 to continue testing and finding/fixing every issue that might still remain.
A game I’m working on has a particularly major bug- pressing/spamming the fire button immediately upon landing locks up the controls, including pausing, hardlocking the game. We still haven’t been able to figure out how to fix it, and no way are we going gold with it unresolved. Now, if we find a visual bug- like two background sprites briefly not being layered correctly (an occurrence I did see a few times)- yes, we should fix it once we know about it, but that’s a very minor thing that doesn’t affect gameplay and doesn’t cause the game to crash or destabilize, so we could still put the game out there if we wanted to.
TLDR
damn this really hits hard. The game deserved to be release.
Ubisoft stock value = 5.32 USD
They went woke and the rest is history. Thanks for all the laughs Ubisoft it has been fun.
I guess lightning (sorta) always strikes twice