Extreme avian sports gameSkateBIRDhas been delayed to next year, developer Glass Bottom Games has announced. Glass Bottom Games officiallyconfirmedSkateBIRDfor Nintendo Switchat the Indie World Showcase in December 2019, though the game will also be headed to PC.
In a post on the game’s Kickstarter page, Glass Bottom Games confirmed thatSkateBIRDwill now be released in 2021, which is a delay from its original late 2020 release date. While other games likeKerbal Space Program 2have been delayed because of COVID-19,SkateBIRDis taking longer to develop because of “normal iteration stuff.” One part of this is the decision to give SkateBIRD a proper story mode that is far deeper than the side story of discoverable tapes that Glass Bottom Games had originally planned.
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The delay announcement will come as a huge disappointment to those who were looking forward to getting to shred and grind as a birdie skating legend.SkateBIRD, which was also part of today’s “#WholesomeDirect” event for wholesome and adorable games, is one of several quirkier and more chilled out titles on the release date calendar. Some others areSpiritfarer, the afterlife ferry adventure gamefrom Thunder Lotus Games, andOoblets, a farming and creature collection title that has been compared toPokemon.
Thehuge success ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsshows how the stress of COVID-19 is prompting gamers to seek out more relaxing titles. It could just be a coincidence that these games often seem to feature animal characters.
However, those looking for some sort of skateboarding gameplay will have more than a few titles to choose from later this year. In September, Activision will release theTony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2remasters, featuring Tony Hawk and his friends as they make skateboarding look easy. There have also been releases from indie developers such asSkateXLandSession, which has been called an indie version of EA’sSkateseries.
None of these games feature birds in cowboy hats though, nor do they have a bird version of Bernie Sanders (called Birdie Sanders, naturally). There areskaters in their 50s inTony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2, but again, this just isn’t the same as whatSkateBIRDis doing. The adorableness means that there is surely room forSkateBIRDin the roost. Fans can expect to see moreSkateBIRDgameplay next month.
SkateBIRDwill be released in 2021 on PC and Nintendo Switch.
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