Amnesia: The Bunker hit with one more last-minute delay, but luckily it's a short one
Amnesia: The Bunker(opens in new tab), Frictional Games' next «why-am-I-doing-this-to-myself» first-person horror game, is going to take a little longer than expected to arrive. It was scheduled to launch on May 23 but the studio said today that because of some last-minute issues, it's been pushed to June 6.
«The release of Amnesia: The Bunker has been delayed by two weeks due to unforeseen certification issues,» the studio said(opens in new tab). «This decision is crucial to ensure we do not ship the game with these issues. The extra time will allow us to rectify the problem and ensure the best possible gameplay experience upon release. We thank you for your understanding and patience.»
«Certification» is a broad term used to describe the process by which Sony and Microsoft test games prior to allowing them to release on their platforms. For PC games on storefronts like Steam, it's more of a «publish and be damned» situation—whatever happens, happens—but for console releases the process is much more rigorous. It's not a check for in-game bugs or performance issues, but rather to ensure compliance with a specific baseline of stability and functionality, like continuing to function even if three or more directional buttons on the controller are pushed at the same time. (Here's one of Sony's old Technical Requirements Checklists, if you're curious about how it works.)
Creative lead Frederik Olsson said in a video that certification was hung up by «multiple rare crashes that are very difficult to identify, reproduce, and thereby also fix» discovered during the testing process.
«We simply can't make it in time,» Olsson said. «The alternative, of course, would have been to ask the team to work weekends or nights, but that's
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