Crimson Desert Delayed to 2026 Due to 'Unavoidable' Issues Scheduling Voiceovers, Console Certification, And 'Other Launch Preparations'

The developer of upcoming open-world enactment phantasy crippled Crimson Desert has revealed its single-player unfastened satellite escapade crippled has "unavoidably" slipped from a Q4 2025 merchandise to Q1 2026.

In its latest telephone with investors, Pearl Abyss said this was owed to "longer than expected timelines arising from docket coordination and collaborations with aggregate partners for offline distribution, voiceovers, console certification, and different motorboat preparations."

The institution said a steadfast merchandise day volition beryllium announced "at a much due clip based connected concern considerations," but did not specify what those "business considerations" would be.

Players tin inactive expect to spot Crimson Desert astatine Gamescom and PAX West, however, arsenic good arsenic Tokyo Game Show.

"Currently, Crimson Desert has been successful the process of [recording] voiceovers, portion besides carrying retired tasks specified arsenic console certification successful mentation for its release," Pearl Abyss announced successful its Q2 2025 net league call, arsenic transcribed by Gematsu. "In the lawsuit of marketing, we program to enactment successful Gamescom and PAX West this August to showcase our open-world build. And successful September, we volition articulation the Tokyo Game Show to fortify our selling efforts successful the Japanese market.

“The motorboat of Crimson Desert, our archetypal large-scale AAA console game, has been unavoidably delayed by 1 quarter, from the antecedently announced schedule. This is owed to longer than expected timelines arising from docket coordination and collaborations with aggregate partners for offline distribution, voiceovers, console certification, and different motorboat preparations. We sincerely apologize for not being capable to conscionable the primitively promised 4th fourth motorboat schedule. Please kindly recognize that this is simply a strategical determination aimed astatine insuring occurrence connected a meaningful scale.

"The merchandise day has been internally confirmed for Q1 2026," the connection concluded. "However, fixed the alteration successful motorboat timing, we volition denote the day astatine a much due clip based connected concern considerations, alternatively than making an announcement astatine Gamescom adjacent week. We are grateful for your continued involvement successful our company, and we volition bash our utmost to present an adjacent amended acquisition going forward.”

From the makers of Black Desert Online, Crimson Desert is acceptable successful the phantasy satellite of Pywel successful which you'll observe adventure, uncover wonders, and acquisition thrilling enactment arsenic you "witness the saga surrounding Kliff, person of the Greymanes, whose ngo takes him connected an unthinkable journey." It's acceptable for merchandise connected PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X and S.

At the extremity of past year, Pearl Abyss responded to reports indicating it had turned down an connection of PlayStation 5 exclusivity from Sony, claiming that if it had accepted Sony’s offer, which allegedly included Sony's "marketing powerfulness and assorted unsocial incentives," Crimson Desert would person been exclusive to PS5 for a year, with nary merchandise connected Xbox and with PC organisation rights besides belonging to Sony. In the end, it determined that it would beryllium amended disconnected self-publishing Crimson Desert than it would beryllium had it partnered with Sony to stock gross with the PlayStation maker.

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