Stray Gods: Dragon Age Writer's RPG Delayed to Avoid Baldur's Gate 3, Which Was Avoiding Starfield
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A cascade of release date changes is currently underway as this holiday season's most-anticipated RPGs seek to avoid running into one another.
The latest domino to fall is Stray Gods, the new RPG developed in part Dragon Age writer David Gaider. Originally slated to release on August 3, it has been pushed back a week to August 10. The move follows Larian Studios' decision to move the PC release of Baldur's Gate 3 in order to avoid Starfield.
Stray Gods developer Summerfall Studios was candid about the decision to change the release date, saying it wants to avoid Larian's juggernaut, which has been gaining momentum on Steam ever since its infamous bear sex reveal (by which we mean you can romance a druid in bear form).
"We want everyone to have ample space to check out Stray Gods when it launches. Baldur's Gate 3 is hotly anticipated (by us, too!) and we want to give our fans room to celebrate Stray Gods," the studio wrote in a statement posted to its social media channels.
The Stray Gods delay is part of a knock-on effect that arguably began when Starfield was delayed out of 2022 and into 2023. This seemed to put Todd Howard's opus in in line to be in direct competition with Tear of the Kingdom before it was eventually pushed into September. This resulted in Larian Studios shifting Baldur's Gate 3, which in turn impacted Stray Gods.
✨ UPDATE ✨ Stray Gods will now release on August 10th. pic.twitter.com/xTEevmEPLb
In short, it's a pretty stacked holiday season if you're
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