Developer Fatshark has delayed Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’s upcoming Xbox Series X/S release, saying it has made the decision to spend the next few months solely addressing fan feedback after the game “fell short” of expectations.
When Darktide launched on PC in November, Eurogamer’s Chris Tapsell applauded its “stupendous atmosphere and vicious action” in his review, but called its release “scrappy [and] rickety…arriving with bugs and technical difficulties and making huge demands of PCs”.
Issues around Darktide’s launch have coalesced to the point it’s now accrued a damning ‘mostly negative’ recent reviews rating on Steam from nearly 8,500 players, and Fatshark has moved to acknowledge the community’s mounting frustration in a statement shared on Twitter.
“We take enormous pride in our ability at Fatshark to deliver a game that millions can enjoy,” the developer wrote. “This was what we set out to do with Warhammer 40,000: Darktide – to create a highly engaging and stable game with a level of depth that keeps you playing for weeks, not hours. We fell short of meeting those expectations.”