Delays can be disappointing, but sometimes, they’re exactly what a game needs.
Tripwire Interactive announced in a post on X that the upcoming sci-fi zombie-killing first-person shooter Killing Floor 3 is being delayed from its original plan for a March 25 release to an “undecided date” later in 2025, with “full support” from Embracer Group, their parent company.
The delay is intended to give them an opportunity to fix a wide variety of issues encountered by players during the game’s closed beta, which ran from February 20-24.
How About That Closed Beta?
The first sign that all was not well after the Killing Floor 3 beta came in an X post shortly after the beta ended, where Tripwire stated that they were canceling a livestream originally scheduled for February 27 in order to do a “deep dive” into how they could improve the game and to build a “detailed action plan” to address the issues.
It seems like this delay is what they settled on.
Some issues they plan to address include performance and stability, UI and UX, lighting, and weapon feel. They go on to say they aren’t sure which problems they’ll be able to...
