Replaced postponed to 2023 due to Ukraine war

Developer Sad Cat Studios and publisher Coatsink recently announced that the release of the 2.5D action game Replaced has been pushed back to 2023. The title was originally supposed to be released this year, but fans have to be patient for good reason.

Replaced is postponed to 2023

At E3 in 2021, the Replaced team pulled off a little surprise. The dark retro action game delighted with a first trailer in a pixel art look and a dark sci-fi scenario that immediately made you want more. The release announced for 2022 was eagerly awaited, but as with many other game productions, the war in Ukraine also had an impact here.

In a statement, the Belarus-based Sad Cat Studio said that the Game development severely impacted by the ongoing war in Ukraine became. The Belarusian company noted in the statement that its own team consists of developers from Belarus and Ukraine and that “The safety of the crew and their families is Sad Cat Studios priority” have. As a result, part of the team has now relocated and work has only recently resumed.

Publisher Coatsink, its parent company Thunderful and Sad Cat Studios therefore announced that the Game release date pushed back to 2023 became, “to give priority to the physical and mental health of the studio’s employees”.

What is Replaced about?

In Sad Cat Studios’ debut title, Replaced, players control REACH, an artificial intelligence trapped in a human body. In this single player title, the AI ​​must navigate a decaying city in an alternate version of the 1989s and find an answer to the question of its own existence.