Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, the latest frantic co-op battler from Warhammer: Vermintide developer, Fatshark, has had its console release and seasonal content updates delayed.
Though the game launched to a relatively optimistic critical reception, it hit the public sphere in a rough state and has been the subject of criticism from its fanbase thanks to half-baked systems, underdelivered promises and poor game stability. Right now on Steam the game carries “Mostly Negative” recent user review scores and a “Mixed” lifetime user review score.
To that end, Fatshark has released an open letter to its player base addressing these concerns and making the announcement that it will delay both its planned seasonal content and the Xbox Series X|S release of the game, as well as pause upcoming paid cosmetic drops, in order to first respond to player feedback in an acceptable manner. You can see the statement as shared on Twitter below:
— Warhammer 40K: Darktide (@Darktide40K) January 24, 2023
We take enormous pride in our ability at Fatshark to deliver a game that millions can enjoy. This was what we set out to do with Warhammer 40,000: Darktide — to create a highly engaging and stable game with a level of depth that keeps you playing for weeks, not hours.
We fell short of meeting those expectations.
Over the next few months, our sole focus is to address the feedback that many of you have. In particular, we will focus on delivering a complete crafting system, a more rewarding progression loop, and continue to work on game stability and performance optimisation.
This also means that we will delay our seasonal content rollout and the Xbox Series X|S launch. We will also suspend the upcoming releases of premium cosmetics. We just couldn’t continue down this path, knowing that we have not addressed many feedback areas in the game today.
Thank you for playing and providing feedback. We really appreciate it. It has and will continue to help shape the game we love.
Martin Wahlund,
CEO and Co-Founder of Fatshark
