Gloomwood (opens in new tab), New Blood Interactive’s “Thief with guns (opens in new tab)” stealth-action sport, has been delayed. Not for very lengthy, luckily—it is now slated to launch into early entry on September 6, a postponement of simply three weeks. The entire thing can be solely unremarkable, actually, if not for the best way that New Blood introduced it—or, extra to the purpose, who introduced it.
Malcolm McDowell (opens in new tab) is a legendary English actor, recognized for his roles in movies and television (opens in new tab): A Clockwork Orange, Caligula, Cat Folks, Star Trek: Generations, and dozens of others. He additionally has a surprisingly intensive videogame career (opens in new tab), with appearances in video games together with in Wing Commander 3 and 4, Fallout 3, God of Battle 3, and The Elder Scrolls On-line. And now, he has made what I am fairly certain is his first-ever videogame sport delay announcement.
We’re sorry to should delay Gloomwood a couple of weeks, nevertheless we’re certain you’ll be able to wait. However do not simply take it from me! Take heed to legendary star of stage and display, Sir Malcolm McDowell. pic.twitter.com/lFgayx1xtOAugust 2, 2022
“I’m now talking specifically to all of the Gloomwood followers around the globe,” McDowell intones within the video.” These guys that make this sport need to apologize for the brief delay. Yeah, proper. But it surely’s just a few brief weeks. For God’s sake, you’ll be able to wait till then.
“Anyway, hear, Gloomwood followers, get able to anticipate—it is coming your approach in a couple of weeks and when it will get there, you are gonna adore it.”
You would possibly naturally be interested by how precisely a person of Sir Malcolm’s stature ended up saying a videogame delay. It is not solely clear, however McDowell is on Cameo (opens in new tab), a website that lets followers buy personalised messages from celebrities—and New Blood boss Dave Oshry said shortly after the announcement (opens in new tab) went up that “somebody wants to remove my Cameo account.”
As for why precisely Gloomwood’s early entry launch has been delayed, the writer stated in a separate, extra detailed announcement on Steam (opens in new tab) that “unexpected sport improvement points” have come up over the previous few months, and that a number of builders engaged on the sport have additionally been recognized with Covid-19.
“It appears that evidently ever since we introduced the discharge date we have been hit with so many points you’ll assume the immersive sim curse is certainly actual, however we’ll energy by way of it,” New Blood wrote. “This further time will enable us to verify all these points are sorted, add further polish, and provides some area to the foremost replace for one in all our different video games, Ultrakill (opens in new tab), which is now releasing its second act on August sixteenth.”
