After a prolonged period of silence by development studio Endnight Games, the studio has finally given fans an update on the status ofSons of the Forest. Unfortunately, it looks like fans may have to wait until later this year to get their hands on the open-world horror survival game.Sons of the Foresthas moved its target release date from this Spring to this Fall.First announced in 2019,Sons of the Forestinitially targeted a late 2021 release before shifting to early 2022.Sons of the Forestis the sequel to the breakout indie horror game,The Forest, in which players must survive in a forest filled with humanoid monsters and various horrors to get their son back. Endnight Studios’Sons of the Forestwill feature new enemies, enhanced weather mechanics, and greatly enhanced A.I., making this an ambitious project.RELATED:Sons of the Forest Fans Have Theories About TImmyToday, Endnight Studios took to its official Twitter page to announce thatSons of the Foresthas been delayed from May 2022 to October 2022. This decision appears to have been made only within the last few weeks as Endnight Games realized that its vision forSons of the Forestis “overly ambitious.” Endnight’s tweet also contains a five-second snippet of the game for fans eager to see what the studio has been working on since its last update in November of last year.
Although news of the delay may disappoint fans who have been waiting since 2019 to get their hands on the game, Endnight does seem to be promising big things fromSons of the Forest. The studio’s delay announcement also states that this delay is in favor of its “vision of the next step in survival games.” 2014’sThe Forestwas already a remarkably ambitious and dynamic open-world survival horror, and it is clear that Endnight Studios intends to keep pushing the genre forward, as expressed in this tweet.
Since its reveal in 2019, Endnight Studios has been stingy in showing content for its upcoming game.Sons of the Foresthas had very few trailerssince its debut, and the trailers released are composed of brief, often cryptic snippets under a minute and a half in length. Other times, Endnight can be found posting screenshots of the game via Twitter, but never in a regular cadence. Endnight Games is a small studio with large ambitions; how those ambitions will manifest and whatSons of the Forestwill bring to the survival genre is something players will have to wait until October to discover.
