AV1 Documentary Free! (Also delays)

I thought I was being really cautious and conservative when I posted toward the end of last year that Axiom Verge 2 would be delayed until the first half of 2021. I wanted to say Q1 but decided to hedge myself just in case. Well, I should have hedged a bit more. As you may have seen on IGN already, I regret to announce that I will need to delay the release of Axiom Verge 2 one more time, to Q3 2021. I feel like I am channeling one of the heroes of the games industry, Mr. Iwata, when I ask you to please understand.

I could go into a long spiel about why it’s taking longer than I originally forecast, but I don’t want to get too bogged down into technical details. Suffice it to say that the game will be better for the additional time, and I won’t have to burn myself out crunching to hit a date that I set for myself.

Still, I know a lot of people will be disappointed. So I’m going to try and make it up to you with some free stuff that some of you may already have. One of the positive things that came out of our disastrous foray into the world of retail was a behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Axiom Verge. It was filmed and directed by 2 Player Productions, whom you may know from their work on the Double Fine Adventure documentary, Mojang: The Story of Minecraft, and many others. We included it on a Blu-ray disc in the Axiom Verge: Multiverse Edition and later made it available for separate purchase on Steam. By way of apology for the delay, I am hereby permanently setting the price for the documentary to $0.00 on Steam. In addition, it will soon be available on the Epic Games Store, and I’ll announce it on Twitter when it goes live. And if you’re only interested in streaming it, we’ve partnered with IGN to post it to their YouTube channel. I hope you can make some time to watch it.

As always, I am extremely grateful that people care enough about this project of mine that a post like this is even necessary. Axiom Verge 2 really will be here before you know it.