Horizon Forbidden West: Why has it been postponed? The director explains the real reason

Horizon Forbidden West: Why has it been postponed? The director explains the real reason

Mathijs De Jonge, the director of Horizon Forbidden West, has explained why the game has been delayed. The man revealed that part of the reason for the game's original delay was due to a desire to avoid a period of crisis.

In an interview with NU.nl, Mathijs De Jonge spoke about the reason for the delay of the game, which was originally scheduled for 2021, but was then pushed back to February 2022: "Horizon Forbidden West could have been released at the end of last year, but then we would have had to work overtime. [...] This also influenced the decision to release the game now."

Elsewhere in the interview, the Director revealed more about Guerrilla's work culture, explaining, "We are very aware of the downsides of crunch, so we take it into account in our planning. For example, at Christmas we said there would be no work and everyone could have two weeks off. The company was closed, you couldn't even go to work."

Crunch is a serious problem in the gaming industry and can lead to health problems (physical and mental). It's important that more and more companies are concerned about this issue, so it's good that Guerrilla Games has done something about it.

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