Deltarune creator Toby Fox has revealed that the game's fifth chapter isn't going to be ready until at least the second half of next year, but there's some good news as well: a sixth chapter has officially been confirmed.
As part of the game's fall newsletter, Fox says that he "[doesn't] think that the game will be released in the first half of 2026", presumably referring to Deltarune's fifth chapter rather than to the game as a whole.
He says that as of September 8th this year, Chapter 5's early areas are complete but in need of polish for some optional areas, while the last 40% of the chapter is in a "rough first pass" state, with the final 10% currently being prototyped.
The newsletter also contains the first official confirmation of Deltarune Chapter 6; Fox says that "one programmer is already working on the regular enemy bullet patterns of Chapter 6", with regular enemies in Chapter 5 being "mostly done".
It was already fairly obvious that Deltarune would have at least two more chapters following Chapter 5. The game's chapter selection screen shows space for seven chapters, but this is the first time Fox has overtly referred to a...
