Developer Jyamma Games has confirmed that the upcoming Souls-like action RPG Enotria: The Last Song has been delayed indefinitely on Xbox. The game, originally planned for an Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S release, will now only come to PC and PlayStation 5 when it launches on September 19.
The reason for this decision, the developer claims, is a “lack of communication” from Microsoft. developer states that it could “take up to two months for the company to respond,” causing difficulties in submitting a build of the game for release.
The developer is cautious to emphasize that it “really wants to get the game out on Xbox as soon as possible” and said that it has already “spent a lot of resources” trying to get the game onto the platform.
It’s undeniably disappointing that the upcoming game won’t be available immediately on Xbox, as it looks like a lot of fun. It’s set in a beautiful world inspired by Italian folklore, with three large regions to explore, over 40 hours of content to sink your teeth into, and over 100 unique enemy types to defeat.
This isn’t the first time smaller developers have had trouble releasing games on Xbox. Last month, developer Blingame halted the Xbox release of indie platformer HOOK claim that it had tried for “over 14 months” to register an account on the Microsoft Partner Center, but was ultimately unsuccessful due to bugs in the registration process.
It paints a chaotic picture of what needs to happen internally at Microsoft, which is hardly ideal considering the many problems the Xbox brand already has. At a time when the PS5 vastly outperforms the Xbox Series X and S combined and Microsoft has shuttered multiple studios, including Hi-Fi rush developer Tango Gameworks and Redfall According to Arkane Austin, the game’s creator, it seems absurd that the company wouldn’t make it as easy as possible for third-party developers to release titles on the platform.
