Nightdive has introduced that their remaster of the 2000 not-quite-classic Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion has been delayed by a few weeks till November 30. The preliminary launch date was set for November 14.

I believe I do know why. Let me discover the tweet. Right here it’s. Lead engine designer at Nightdive, Samuel Villarreal tweeted, “Nothing’s higher than failing PS4 certification one week earlier than a recreation is shipped as a result of it crashes when loading a particular stage, solely on a PS4 Professional, solely on 4k decision, and solely when a debugger just isn’t connected.” He then sarcastically added, “Yup, I certain do take pleasure in that.”

Nothing’s higher than failing PS4 certification one week earlier than a recreation is shipped as a result of it crashes when loading a particular stage, solely on a PS4 Professional, solely on 4k decision, and solely when a debugger just isn’t connected.

Yup, I certain do take pleasure in that.

— Samuel Villarreal (@SVKaiser) November 5, 2023

He later added that the problem has now been fastened, however the turnaround time on certification is sluggish.

There’s no official affirmation that certification issues had been the reason for the delay within the press launch or anyplace else that I can discover. Wait. I can get affirmation. I requested Larry Kuperman at Nightdive, who opted to not discuss specifics however said that “supporting a number of platforms at launch is at all times a problem.”

I suppose it doesn’t actually matter why. It’s been delayed, and figuring out the rationale gained’t un-delay the sport.

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion is the final of the mainline trilogy for the N64. It was the odd one since, fairly than be a easy, fast-paced blast-’em-up, it lifted a number of the components from 1998’s Half-Life. So, it’s extra linear, with extra of a deal with narrative. I actually dug it once I was youthful, although it didn’t depart an enormous impression on me. I principally simply keep in mind the primary space.

Nonetheless, I used to be shocked when the remaster was introduced. The primary two Turok video games had PC ports that Nightdive may work off of, whereas Turok 3 solely got here out on N64. Doing a brand new port from an N64 unique lengthy after its preliminary improvement is basically not any simple factor to do, however Nightdive was decided, and now it’s nearly right here. Oh, wait…

Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion is coming to PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X|S, and Nintendo Change on November 30, 2023.