Behind the reasoning, we suspect a potential jump to the next-gen.

So Insurgency: Sandstorm is a tactical FPS that has been available on PC for a while (it launched on Steam in December 2018), and New World Interactive is now developing the console (PlayStation 4, Xbox One) ports. Focus Home Interactive planned to publish them on August 25. However, the announcement on Twitter pushed them to an unknown date.

„We have important information to share with our community today regarding the status of the upcoming PlayStation 4 and Xbox One releases of Insurgency: Sandstorm. While the development of the console versions has been on a good track, we will be unable to launch the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Insurgency: Sandstorm on August 25, 2020.

We know this is very disappointing and frustrating news for those of you who have been waiting for the console release, and we know you have been waiting a long time to hear from us. We aim to make use of the additional time to improve the day one experience of our company’s first-ever console title. This additional time will allow us to deliver a more complete and optimized version of the game, as well as explore the exciting possibilities of a next-gen console release in addition to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

We will keep our community updated as and when we get new information, and a new release date will be communicated via our social media and console newsletter. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this uncertain time and hope our fans and players around the world are staying safe and well,” Keith Warner, CEO and Derek Czerkaski, Head of Production of New World Interactive, wrote.

We suspect that they plan to push Insurgency: Sandstorm back to make it a PlayStation 5 and an Xbox Series X launch title, and we wouldn’t be surprised if they cancel the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions due to performance issues. (We heard and wrote that Resident Evil 8 might have done the same thing.)

So Insurgency: Sandstorm is coming… at an unknown date on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Source: Gematsu

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