Last year began with a slew of high-profile game delays, most notably Cyberpunk 2077 and the Final Fantasy 7 Remake, but then COVID-19 struck and threw the games industry through a loop. As 2021 nears its end, more delays continue to hit the industry as developers truly begin to understand the effects the pandemic had on their work pipeline. One of the first significant delays to surface this year was Hogwarts Legacy, pushed into 2022.
So we’ve compiled a list of every game delayed from 2021 and beyond. Some of these games are stalled indefinitely, while others have set release windows or a final release date. We’ll continually update this list as more game news develops.
Jump to:
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
- Dying Light 2
- Elden Ring
- Ghostwire: Tokyo
- God of War Ragnarok
- Gotham Knights
- Gran Turismo 7
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Rainbow Six Extraction
- The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
- Saints Row
- Skull & Bones
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Games delayed in 2020 and 2021
Destiny 2: The Witch Queen
Destiny 2’s The Witch Queen expansion was set to release sometime this year. However, the developer realized it needed to add one more unannounced chapter after its Lightfall expansion to satisfyingly conclude the story, so The Witch Queen got bumped to 2022. When it does release, it will represent “an important evolution in the ongoing story of Destiny 2.”
Release date: Feb. 22, 2022
Dying Light 2
Dying Light 2 can’t catch a break. It was supposed to hit consoles and PC sometime in Spring 2020, but Techland delayed it to February 2022, surprising everyone who thought the game would languish in development hell.
Release date: Feb. 4, 2022
Elden Ring
Elden Ring is one of the most anticipated games in recent years, coming from the minds of George R.R. Martin and Hidetaka Miyazaki, and created by Dark Souls developer FromSoftware. While the team aimed to have it out in January 2022, it has been delayed a month to Feb. 25, 2022, due to its “depth & strategic freedom exceeding initial expectations.”
Release date: Feb. 25, 2022
Ghostwire: Tokyo
This new IP coming from Tango Gameworks was meant to hit PS5 and PC exclusively in 2021. However, the developer announced it’s now pushed it to early 2022 to focus on protecting the team’s health and delivering the “unforgettable version” the studio’s been working on.
Release date: Early 2022
God of War Ragnarok
We don’t know much about God of War Ragnarok other than what we can glean from its reveal trailer, but we do know that it won’t release in 2021 as initially planned. Instead, Sony Santa Monica needs some more time and bumped the release date to sometime in 2022.
Release date: 2022
Gotham Knights
WB Games Montreal’s highly-anticipated Batman title won’t make its planned release of 2021. So to deliver the best experience possible, Gotham Knights was postponed until next year. When it does launch on PS5, players will be able to take control of the Bat Family and uncover the secrets behind the Court of Owls.
Release date: 2022
Gran Turismo 7
The next entry in Sony’s racing franchise was initially planned to hit store shelves this year. However, due to the pandemic impacting development and causing production problems, PlayStation boss Jim Ryan revealed that Gran Turismo 7 was bumped until sometime in 2022. The company later announced a March 4 release date.
Release date: March 4, 2022
Hogwarts Legacy
WB Games unveiled Hogwarts Legacy during a Sony PS5 press conference in September 2020. The upcoming RPG was set to take us back to the popular Wizarding World sometime later this year, but to create “the best possible experience,” it was delayed until 2022. It looks like we’ll need to wait a bit longer, but hopefully, it’s worth it.
Release date: 2022
Horizon Forbidden West
This delay wasn’t unexpected, but it was still disappointing. Guerilla Games hoped to release Horizon Forbidden West in 2021, but Sony revealed that it was delayed until February 2022. However, it’s not a huge delay considering it’s set at the beginning of the year. So hopefully, this means the highly-anticipated sequel will meet expectations.
Release date: Feb. 18, 2022
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was set to bundle up all nine movies and completely remake the original Lego saga in a new package, but it won’t hit its spring 2021 release date after all. TT Games revealed it’s delayed, and at Gamescom, it announced that its new release date would be sometime in the spring of 2022.
Release date: spring 2022
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Ubisoft is remaking the classic Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, but in all honesty, the reveal trailer looked … rough. Nothing like what a proper remake should. Though it was intended to release in January 2021, its first delay was until March 2021 and then indefinitely.
Release date: TBD
Rainbow Six Extraction
Rainbow Six Extraction — initially titled Rainbow Six Quarantine before the pandemic — was delayed a couple of times before Ubisoft re-revealed it at E3 2021. Then, after being announced for September 2021, it got postponed again until January 2022.
Release date: Jan. 20, 2022
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is an interesting one. It’s easily by far the biggest and most ambitious title from developer Daedalic Entertainment, so it makes sense that it needs more time to ensure that it meets expectations. Daedalic said it should “fully leverage the power of the new generation of consoles” and “the universe will be faithfully represented” when it launches in 2022.
Release date: 2022
Saints Row
Saints Row’s reboot was intended for a packed February 2022, but it was moved to August 2022. The developer stated this move was to ensure the game exceeds expectations and meets their high standards to do their vision justice.
Release date: Aug. 23, 2022
Skull & Bones
It’s not the first delay Skull & Bones suffered, and it probably won’t be the last. It was expected to release in Q3/Q4 of 2018 before being pushed into 2019. We can see how that panned out as it’s 2021 — and it has still yet to release.
Release date: 2022-2023
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
Fans have eagerly awaited over a decade for this sequel to the cult classic. Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 was initially scheduled to hit store shelves in March 2020 but was delayed later into 2020 and then further until sometime in 2021 at an unspecified date. Then, the publisher went on to obliterate the development team and delayed it indefinitely.
Release date: TBA (Delayed indefinitely)
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