Back in June, it was a nice surprise to see indie platformer Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries show up at the Xbox press conference at E3. That was one of few tastes we got of the upcoming fantasy platformer ahead of a 2015 release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. But following a gameplay featurette at Gamescom in August and the release of a pretty good alpha gameplay demo (complete with dodgy voice acting and all) not long after, things had been rather quiet. Well, developers GRIN are back after the holiday break and this time they’ve revealed the Woolfe release date. Find out more after the break.

Woolfe Release Date Announced for PC

Woolfe was always scheduled for an ‘early 2015’ release date and that is still going ahead – albeit not in the way that most fans would like. The developer explains:

“As you have probably noticed, we’ve been under the radar for a while. That is because we had some major challenges to tackle and pretty game-changing decisions to make. From the moment Woolfe began to take shape, we were determined to deliver the best story possible within the scope we had defined for the game. Along the way, we expanded our levels and iterated on our story. As a result there is much more content, which is great news! But… if we were to deliver the entire game to match our initial promises on timing, we would need to compromise on quality. And that, for us, was a no-go.”

Instead, GRiN will be releasing Woolfe in two “fully fledged” chunks. The first will be out on March 17th, 2015 for PC (via Steam), while the second will be released sometime in August.

I don’t think many people can disagree with their decision – yes, it is a shame that a game is having to be chopped in half but at least we’ll have some red-hooded, Woolfe-y goodness to tide us over until we get the final part. And we’re hardly strangers to episodic content at this point, are we?

There will, however, be plenty of questions about the Woolfe release date for PS4 and Xbox One and if those versions will be released in volumes too. Many will also be asking about the pricing model as although GRiN specifically state that those who backed them on Kickstarter will get both volumes, it would be nice if there was a season pass type option for non-backers to get instant access as soon as volume two is released.

I’ve messaged GRiN for clarification so stay tuned to the blog for more on that.