Of all the games announced as cross-gen, there are bound to be a few more that will follow in Metal: Hellsinger’s footsteps.

Funcom (publisher) and The Outsiders (developer) have announced that they will not be able to keep their promise to release this rhythm first-person shooter in 2021, also dropping dropped the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions (presumably because they would not have been able to present Metal: Hellsinger on the 2013 machines) So, in addition to PC (Steam), we’ll see the title on PlayStation 5 and Xbox One… but not until next year.

According to Funcom’s overview, “Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm first-person shooter in which you blast your way through Hell to the headbanging vocals of artists such as Alissa White-Gluz (Arch Enemy), Tatiana Shmayluk (Jinjer), and Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity). First announced in June 2020, Metal: Hellsinger immediately caught the imagination of gamers and pundits. It features an immersive and innovative way of incorporating music into games through layered tracks. Each level has its song, and every piece is divided into multiple layers. Your performance impacts how many layers of the song will be played at a time, starting with atmospheric background music and ending with powerful metal anthems.

The Metal: Hellsinger development team consists of people with an incredible track record of creating blockbuster first-person shooter hits and is spearheaded by executive producer Shila Vikstrom and creative director David Goldfarb. An industry veteran with a history of first-person shooter success, Goldfarb was the lead designer of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Battlefield 3, as well as game director of PAYDAY 2,” Funcom wrote.

So we can forget about Metal: Hellsinger launching this year (there’s not that much time left in the year, the studios will be shut down around mid-December because they won’t be working between Christmas and New Year), so it won’t be coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series and PC until 2022.

Source: Gematsu