{"id":1171,"date":"2026-02-19T03:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-has-once-again-been-delayed\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T03:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:06:21","slug":"cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-has-once-again-been-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-has-once-again-been-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberpunk platformer Replaced has once again been delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The long-awaited cyberpunk platformer <em>Replaced<\/em> <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/REPLACEDGame\/status\/2024122392310591889\"><ins>just got hit with a short delay<\/ins><\/a>. The pixel-art game <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/pixel-art-cyberpunk-game-replaced-arrives-in-march-170253220.html\"><ins>was supposed to come out on March 12<\/ins><\/a>, but will now be released on April 14. That&#8217;s just a month, which isn&#8217;t that big of a deal considering this game has been <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/replaced-game-xbox-windows-182032719.html\"><ins>on our radar for five years<\/ins><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why the delay? Developer Sad Cat Studios notes that the game is &#8220;technically finished&#8221; but the team needs a few more weeks for polish. The company says it wants the day-one release to be &#8220;polished, stable and true to the vision&#8221; of the original concept. This is something to be commended, in my opinion, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/playstation\/concords-disastrous-launch-reportedly-leads-to-its-directors-self-demotion-215515013.html\"><ins>given the sad state<\/ins><\/a> <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/the-last-of-us-part-i-for-pc-is-a-buggy-mess-144036281.html\"><ins>of many game launches<\/ins><\/a> <a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/star-wars-jedi-survivor-and-the-year-of-disappointing-pc-ports-141551209.html\"><ins>in recent years<\/ins><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8BbiNxRqUb\">pic.twitter.com\/8BbiNxRqUb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 REPLACED (@REPLACEDGame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/REPLACEDGame\/status\/2024122392310591889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is just the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/pixel-art-cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-delayed-again-this-time-until-spring-2026-182908044.html\"><ins>latest delay for the game<\/ins><\/a>. However, previous delays have been for a very good reason. The development team had to relocate from Belarus to Cyprus after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><em>Replaced<\/em> is an absolutely gorgeous-looking 2.5D platformer set in a dystopian alternative 1980s America. You play as an AI unwillingly trapped in a human body. There looks to be plenty of cinematic action, with a blurb promising a combination of &#8220;precise melee strikes with satisfying ranged attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The game will be available for Xbox Series X\/S, Xbox One and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and the Microsoft Store. It&#8217;ll also be a day-one Xbox Game Pass release.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-has-once-again-been-delayed-190621246.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/cyberpunk-platformer-replaced-has-once-again-been-delayed\/\">Cyberpunk platformer Replaced has once again been delayed<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The long-awaited cyberpunk platformer Replaced just got hit with a short delay. The pixel-art game was supposed to come out on March 12, but will now be released on April 14. That&#8217;s just a month, which isn&#8217;t that big of a deal considering this game has been on our radar for five years. Why the delay? Developer Sad Cat Studios notes that the game is &#8220;technically finished&#8221; but the team needs a few more weeks for polish. The company says it wants the day-one release to be &#8220;polished, stable and true to the vision&#8221; of the original concept. This is something to be commended, in my opinion, given the sad state of many game launches in recent years. pic.twitter.com\/8BbiNxRqUb \u2014 REPLACED (@REPLACEDGame) February 18, 2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}