Surprisingly not even slotted in for a Halloween release, Gun Media announced that their take on a Friday The 13th videogame wouldn't be releasing this year as planned - instead being pushed to early next year.
Taking a somewhat noble approach by assuring fans it wasn't easy to delay the title, developers Gun Media and IllFonic promised the gained time was being used to fulfill player-requested features.
Though falling short of its Kickstarter stretch goal, the additional months of development time is being used to add the single-player campaign once thought lost to the maws of the missed Kickstarter asking amount. They're adding Crystal Lake's Packanack Lodge as a map, too.
Speaking through a post added to the Kickstarter campaign page, Wes Keltner said "The first thing people are going to read here is 'delay. We want everyone to be assured that coming to our decision to delay was no easy matter, but we believe that the positives far outweigh the negatives. We've been reading day in and day out on our social media feeds that single player and Tommy Jarvis were in such a demand that we couldn't ignore our fans. After securing funding, we're here to tell you that it is a reality and we're making this game even bigger. It sucks that there's a delay, but the wait won't be too long and it's going to offer more for fans in the long-run!"
But the good news is that a beta event will run before Fall ends. Anyone with a valid pre-order or those already backing the project will receive a total of 5 beta access keys each - to dish out to friends before you kill them. Obviously.
Need some Jason in your life? Pre-Orders are still open.
