Terraria Developer Delays Next Update to 2025 to Avoid Crunch

gamingbolt.com:

The consistent pace at which developer Re-Logic keeps releasing new updates for Terraria has been a big part of the enduring and prolonged success the game has enjoyed over the course of more than a decade- though the wait for its next update is going to be a little longer than expected.

Terraria’s update 1.4.5 was originally due out before the end of 2024, but in an update on the game’s official forums, Re-Logic’s head of business strategy and marketing Ted “Loki” Murphy has revealed that the update has now been delayed to next year. As Murphy puts it, end-of-year releases tend to be “fraught with peril” for a number of reasons, and Re-Logic did not force crunch for anyone.

“The work on the final lists from each dev team member is nearing its conclusion, which is a great measure of progress. That said, we are pretty certain that there is no way that we will see Terraria 1.4.5 release this year,” Murphy wrote. “To make a long story short, end-of-year releases (especially if you are trying to sync launch across PC-Mobile-Console AND do so globally at the same time) are fraught with peril due to review cycles, people leaving early for the holidays, etc. The hope was that we would be able to get things in ahead of that end of year mess, but that isn’t looking to be the case. We are also not going to force anyone on our team or anyone else’s team to crunch for what would be an arbitrary deadline. So, that said, the next Terraria update is moving along into 2025.”

Murphy acknowledged that the delay will be unpopular with some, and apologized for the long wait for update 1.4.5, but promised that it will be worth the wait.

“We are sure that will not be welcome news for many – but we remain committed to being a quality-first studio, so we will take the time necessary for each update to feel ‘just right’… and we think that once the update is out, everyone will appreciate that time and care,” he said. “Apologies for this one taking so long for sure, but it will be well worth