Life is Strange: Remastered Collection delayed again on Switch
eurogamer.netLife is Strange: Remastered Collection, which gathers together fancied-up versions of the original Life is Strange and its prequel Before the Storm, has been delayed for a second time on Switch and is now expected to arrive «later this year».
The Remastered Collection was originally due to launch last September, a mere two weeks after the arrival of the series' latest entry Life is Strange: True Colors, but publisher Square Enix ultimately made the decision to postpone its release into 2022, citing «the ongoing challenges of the worldwide pandemic».
Square eventually announced a revised 1st February release date for the Remastered Collection on all platforms — Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Stadia — but with just weeks to go until that date is finally upon us, the publisher has swooped in with more bad news for Switch players.
Life is Strange: Remastered Collection — Official Trailer.
«The collection will still be hitting Google Stadia, PlayStation, Xbox, and PC on February 1st as previously announced,» it wrote in a statement posted to Twitter. «However, we are sorry to share that the Nintendo Switch versions of the games have been a little set back and will need a bit more time until they are ready, so will be releasing later this year.»
Life is Strange Remastered promises to bring a range of enhancements to developer Dontnod's much-loved original game and its Deck-Nine-developed prequel Before the Storm, including visual upgrades for characters and environments, engine and lighting improvements, and — in the case of Life is Strange 1 — fully motion-captured facial animations. The more recent Before the Storm, meanwhile, comes with all the content from its Deluxe edition, namely a range of outfits and its Chloe-Max
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