We had originally hoped to have it ready for launch in December, but with everything that’s been going on, it’s just been tough to work very optimally. 'Pretty recently we came to the conclusion that we don’t feel good about releasing Episode Four this year.
We’ve been working on some fallback plans to figure out how to do as much of this as we can while maintaining social distancing, but this will definitely put us behind schedule.' Game Director Raphael van Lierop noted in a developer diary from earlier in May.Īt that point, The Long Dark Episode 4 was still slated for a 2020 release, however, all that changed a few months later. 'One unexpected issue we’ve encountered due to the COVID situation is that we don’t currently have a good way to create our story content, like cinematic sequences or dialogue mode, as these depend on being able to get into the studio with our actors, record their performances, and then process those performances into data that we can then apply to the 3D characters.
