Whereas Metal Seed was initially slated for an April 10 launch, writer ESDigital Video games and developer Storm in a Teacup have introduced that there can be a slight delay within the title’s launch. In a press release, the businesses have revealed that Metal Seed will as an alternative be coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S on April 22.
The writer and developer each clarify the delay as being required as a result of the event groups have confronted some technical hurdles. Whereas the announcement doesn’t go too deep into these hurdles, they’re seemingly associated to platform adaptation associated to certification assessments that studios should run on their recreation for a console launch.
“For the reason that recreation’s announcement, your pleasure has been really inspiring, and we all know how a lot you’ve been wanting ahead to a deep dive right into a darkish sci-fi future on all platforms,” wrote ESDigital Video games head of promoting Ilia Svanidze in a press release asserting the delay.
“That’s why we wish to be fully open with you: We encountered some technical hurdles associated to platform adaptation when operating our platform certification assessments. Slightly than speeding the console launch and risking a probably substandard console consumer expertise that requires swift patching, we’ve got made the troublesome however vital resolution to delay the launch.”
Svanidze additionally defined that the studio can be utilizing the additional time it’s getting from the delay to additional polish all variations of the sport.
“Our objective is to make sure that all gamers, no matter platform, get pleasure from a refined and seamless expertise,” wrote Svanidze. “We’re dedicated to delivering the ebst doable expertise for our gamers. This extra time will enable us to optimise and polish all variations for launch, in order that they meet the usual we all know you deserve.”
Whereas Metal Seed is seeing a slight delay, as caught by WCCFTech, the sport’s retailer itemizing on Steam has additionally been up to date, revealing the required PC specs to play the sport. The necessities for the sport are fairly modest, all issues thought-about.
The minimal CPU required for Metal Seed is an Intel i7-3770K 3.,50 GHz or AMD equal CPU, and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, Intel Arc 580 or AMD equal GPU. The really helpful specs bumps this up barely to an Intel Core i7 6700K 4.0 GHz or AMD equal CPU, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070, Intel Arc 770 or an AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT GPU.
Except for these, Metal Seed can even require gamers to run on Home windows 10 or 11, and requires 16 GB of RAM and 50 GB of cupboard space.
Main as much as its launch later this month, Metal Seed just lately bought a trailer that gave us a stable take a look at the opening jiffy of gameplay. Within the trailer, protagonist Zoe and her robotic companion KOBY needed to platform, sneak and struggle their approach by a collapsing industrial constructing as they attempt to determine what is going on round them.
The title was initially introduced all the way in which again in June 2023 in the course of the Future Video games Present of the time with a trailer.
Appears to be like prefer it’s our flip to publish the Sq. Picture Of Doom, so let’s get this over with shortly, yeah?
We’re transferring Metal Seed’s launch date to April 22 due to some technical hurdles associated to consoles.
No, it’s not an April Fools joke (although we’d a lot somewhat preferred it to be… pic.twitter.com/4b9LfebtUS
— ESDigital Video games (@ESDigital_Games) April 1, 2025
