Devolver Digital announced at the awards ceremony that it has postponed the release of three of its games to 2025. Yes, it’s an awards ceremony.
The Devolver Delayed Awards are a new tradition. adoration of the lamb The publisher encourages developers of delayed games and gives them a moment to shine beyond typical X declarations. This year’s winners are: baby steps, skate storyand Attach it to the stickman.
Yes, many of these games didn’t even have a release date to push them off. baby steps It was announced at IGN’s Summer of Gaming in 2023, with a release window set for 2024. skate storyOn the other hand, there were delays before. It was originally scheduled to be released in 2023, but was postponed to 2024 last year. deployment delay show Is this your first time winning twice?
We also had a memorial time to mourn the games that were actually released this year. pepper grinder, The Crush House, and children’s sun.
But the indie game publisher surprised everyone with a game that (as far as we know) didn’t exist. Bowlby’s Adventure DXYour award has been accepted. encryption “I didn’t make this game,” said developer Daniel Mullins, who spoke movingly during his speech. I don’t even think this is a real game.”
Volvy is actually a long-running Devolver joke, a gaslighting classic gaming mascot who also appears in other Devolver videos. Publishers have pushed him into games he doesn’t exist in, and he even made a video last year about the development of the fake Volvy series. Or maybe he exists and we are all uncivilized.